Catch up with all the latest from around the grounds in the County Championship with The Cricketer's round-up...
21/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Sussex Men | Somerset Men | Nottinghamshire Men | Middlesex Men | Hampshire Men | Derbyshire Men | County Championship |
Coming together when the visitors, chasing 253 to beat the Foxes, had been reduced to 38 for two, Heino Kuhn and Sean Dickson batted with impressive purpose and positivity in scoring at more than five runs an over
21/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Leicestershire Men | Kent Men | Domestic | County Championship |
Stuart Broad had plenty to say to the India wicketkeeper after dismissing him during the visitors' first innings in Nottingham
21/08/2018 | The Cricketer | India | England news | England match centre | England |
SIMON HUGHES AT TRENT BRIDGE: He consistently hits the splice and, like Courtney Walsh, doesn’t seem to noticeably tire. He also possesses a wicked yorker and clever changes of pace which he has learnt from his Mumbai Indians colleague Lasith Malinga
The England bowler became just the fifth player in Test history to achieve the notable double of 3,000 runs and 400 wickets in the format
21/08/2018 | The Cricketer | England news | England match centre | England |
SAM MORSHEAD: Back to the wall, he was asked to graft. Forget the fireworks of T20, forget the frenetics, forget the fury… how long can you bat against a destructive, multi-faceted attack? Buttler had an answer, and it was the one England wanted
21/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | Opinion | England match centre | England |
SAM MORSHEAD: Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes shared a stand worth 169 in 58 overs to give the hosts a smidgen of self-respect, after the top four had collapsed earlier in the day, only for the visitors’ pace attack to rip the rest to shreds
21/08/2018 | Sam Morshead | India | England match centre | England |
While his unbeaten innings of 65 runs from just 23 deliveries was ultimately in vain against Trinbago Knight Riders, he followed up with a century (104) in the Stars’ 38-run victory over Barbados Tridents the next day
21/08/2018 | The Cricketer | Global Game | England | Domestic |
"You’ve got a round of County Championship matches going on so the actual selectors are watching the Test matches and they’re not watching county cricket. That tells me they’re not really interested in what’s going on in county cricket"
The Cricketer has everything you need to know ahead of the T20 Blast quarter-finals - fixtures, TV times, odds and more
England opener Cook's partner Alice is due to go into labour around the start of the match at the Ageas Bowl, which is scheduled for August 30, according to a report in the Daily Mail
Installed in early April, the partly synthetic pitch will be used, for the most part, for practice and minor matches
CHRIS SMITH: If the notion that the County Championship is not ably preparing players for Test cricket is to be believed, how can it be reasonably expected that an opening batsman is going to be able to successfully learn the job in 11 Tests?
With the original record having already been beaten on the day with successful attempts of 65m and 70m, Mann set the remarkable record to level the Barmy Army’s “Test series” with the Bharat Army at two apiece
The South African seamer, who has been troubled by various fitness issues in recent years, was unable to complete his 11th over in the County Championship encounter with Notts on Monday
21/08/2018 | The Cricketer | South Africa | Hampshire Men | Domestic | County Championship |
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