The Cricketer goes around the grounds across the County Championship on the first day of the second round of matches

11/04/2019 | The Cricketer | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

NICK HOWSON AT LORD'S: If this is to be the English cricket's last great summer then it offered something for everyone on day one

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SAM MORSHEAD AT THE KIA OVAL: One back-footed punch to the legside boundary, with almost zero backlift and to a delivery which might well have winded the average batsman, drew a chorus of excitement from 2,500 blanketed fans in the stands

11/04/2019 | Sam Morshead | Surrey Men | News | Essex Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

HUW TURBERVILL: ‘Packer’s Circus’ may have shown the global game the light when it came to limited-overs cricket, but the official World Cup did not reflect its innovations until 13 years later

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New CWI president Ricky Skerritt outlined the governing body’s vision for the future as he explained the “West Indian first” mantra, giving priority of opportunity to homegrown coaches and allowing selectors to pick the best players available

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HUW TURBERVILL: Hollins – at The Oval on Thursday, as champions Surrey began their title defence against Essex – did his best to convince that The Hundred can attract a new audience

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The World Cup and the Ashes this summer represent an opportunity to build the sport in England and Wales

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The heavily fancied Chelmsford county lost by an innings to Hampshire in their opening game of the season

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The 31-year-old has not played an ODI for the West Indies for nearly three years but changes behind the scenes could work in his favour

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HUW TURBERVILL: Modern life – so the cliché goes – is like being on a zippy escalator, a flash of travel, work, electronic screens, reduced leisure time and a huge choice of ephemeral activities that were unavailable in not-so-distant days

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Emburey's last home Ashes Test at Lord's came 30 years ago this summer in a series that started a run of nine consecutive Australian victories, broken famously in England in 2005. The tourists have yet to record a series victory on English soil since

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Bancroft has landed in the north-east focused on letting his cricket do the talking after serving his much-publicised nine-month suspension, starting with Durham’s Specsavers County Championship clash with Sussex on home soil this week

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OWEN RILEY: Barnard scored 516 runs at 23.45, hitting three fifties last year in Division One. The previous summer yielded 580 at 36.25, five fifties and a career-best 75 against Durham during the Pears’ promotion charge

11/04/2019 | Owen Riley | Worcestershire Men | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

How different was the county grind in 1989? THOMAS BLOW speaks to Julian Wood, David Ripley, Simon Hughes and Darren Bicknell to find out...

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The 24-year-old has only played 12 T20 matches in his career to date, and is on the books of Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash

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