Posting Date Archive - 17/05/2018

Billy bullies Bears in comfortable victory at Edgbaston

Two weeks after suffering a heavy Specsavers County Championship defeat in Birmingham, Billy Godleman's side exacted revenge with a resounding victory of their own in the shorter format

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic |

Horton stars with crucial ton as Leicestershire ease past Northants

Paul Horton’s 103 in 126 balls guided Leicestershire to a competitive 265 for seven having lost the toss, a score that proved more than enough after a slipshod batting display from the home side saw them bowled out for 193 in just 38.2 overs.

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic |

Wells! Wells! Wells! Luke in the runs and wickets as Sussex see off Kent

Playing only his seventh game in the competition and first for nearly two years, Luke Wells took 2-30 with his leg spin as Kent were dismissed for 188

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic |

Westley century leads Essex to easy victory over sub-par Middlesex

SAM MORSHEAD AT RADLETT: Sluggish with the bat, slovenly with the ball and haphazard in the field, Middlesex's first appearance in 2018’s Royal London One-Day Cup ended in emphatic, and quite deserved, defeat

17/05/2018 | Sam Morshead | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic |

Durham rename part of Riverside in tribute to Collingwood

The official unveiling of the Paul Collingwood Pavilion will take place on Friday, prior to the Royal London One-Day Cup match against Yorkshire Vikings

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Durham Men | Domestic | County Championship |

Could the coin toss be a thing of the past?

ESPNcricinfo reported that briefing notes for an ICC cricket committee meeting in Mumbai at the end of May hinted at the possibility of the coin toss being done away with

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Global Game |

It's been a whirlwind three years: Gleeson still looking upwards after rapid rise

As a raw fast bowler, Gleeson was never on the books of a single first-class county academy – and didn’t even play his first Minor Counties game until he was 22, back in 2010. Now he's being monitored by England...

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic |

ONE-DAY CUP ESSENTIALS: All you need to know ahead of Friday’s matches

Friday sees the opening round of fixtures in the Royal London One-Day Cup continue with three matches and The Cricketer has all the information you need

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic |

I thought I bowled like Brett Lee before I saw myself on TV: Shantry says he still gets stick for unusual action

Jack Shantry has claimed more than 250 first-class scalps in his career and don’t bother trying to dig him for his ugly approach – he has heard them all before

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic | County Championship |

Darren Stevens: I still like to think of myself as a batsman that bowls a little bit

Stevens has changed to become one of the canniest all-rounders in the game – his red-ball seamers have accounted for 439 first-class victims and counting

17/05/2018 | The Cricketer | Men's One Day Cup | Domestic | County Championship |

NATIONAL VILLAGE CUP ROUND-UP: Run outs galore and the reigning champions are out

Round Two saw lots of low-scoring affairs as many teams struggled under the pressure of their regional quarter-finals

17/05/2018 | Brad West | National Village Cup | Grass Roots |

THE GOOGLY: Cricket doesn’t need ‘neutral’ umpires… isn’t that wonderful?

HUW TURBERVILL: Late last summer I was at Canterbury for the fourth and final day of Kent v Leicestershire, and I saw something that initially surprised me, and then warmed the heart

17/05/2018 | Huw Turbervill | Opinion |

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