Posting Date Archive - 29/06/2018

Quinton de Kock to join Notts for four Championship fixtures

The 25-year-old - who has scored 1,872 runs at an average of 38.30 in 33 Tests for his country - will join Notts as a specialist batsman

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Domestic | County Championship |

England name squad for ODI series against India

Ben Stokes has stepped up his recovery from a hamstring tear and is included for the first time since England's tour of New Zealand

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | India | England news | England |

THE CRICKETER YOUNG WRITER AWARD: Ten-strong shortlist revealed as judges praise quality of entries

The judges have spoken and The Cricketer Young Writer Award shortlist has been announced. A total of nearly 100 entries were received from young men and women ranging in age from 24 down to 12 years old

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: Notts acquisition of young starlet Fraine testament to the triumph of the MCCU system

WILL JENNINGS: Will Fraine is humble about his cricketing background. "In the space of 48 hours I’d gone from being nowhere to gaining the career of my dreams," he says

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: Should England’s other white-ball sensations follow Jos Buttler to Test cricket?

OLIVER LATHROPE: The question is, has Jos Buttler’s selection opened the door for other members of England’s one-day squad to be given an opportunity at Test level?

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: Ross and Jos: The white-ball superstars ready to prove the format isn’t king

HUW MABE: Kevin Sharp, Worcestershire’s head coach, probably did not spend much time thinking about the England Test squad but perhaps Jos Buttler’s inclusion should have given him pause for thought

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: Why is there such a need for Hameed to succeed?

SCOTT HUNT: He’s barely made a significant score for Lancashire since his Test debut and yet the England talk still surrounds him like a fog. The questions, the speculation, the interest, is inescapable.

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: Bess’s youthful enthusiasm and confidence just the tonic after winter of discontent

BRAD WEST: After all the negativity surrounding English cricket over the past six to eight months it was refreshing to see a 20-year-old, who has the world at his feet now, appear calm, relaxed and eager to get going

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: The Closest Shave: How Buenos Aires almost halted the Afghanistan fairytale

NICK FRIEND: As Afghanistan and Argentina met at Buenos Aires’ Hurlingham Club, it appeared unfathomable that two teams so evenly matched could, less than a decade later, enjoy such profoundly contrasting fortunes

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer | Afghanistan |

YOUNG WRITER: County cricket is already dead

HUGH OXLADE: County cricket must adapt, or else it will die. The phrase has become something of a mantra for administrators and journalists. A true cricket lover, they reason, could not bear to see the counties dissolve

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: Should England turn to the scrapheap?

MATT ROLLER: As England’s youngsters struggle in T20 internationals, Trevor Bayliss ought to look at the senior side’s discard pile

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: A cack-handed conundrum for England's other opener

OSCAR RATCLIFFE: Of the batsman to have partnered Cook since Strauss’ retirement in 2012, those who are left-handed have averaged more than five runs less than those who favour their right.

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

YOUNG WRITER: Is fear driving the ECB's city franchise idea?

OLLIE WILLIAMS: Imagine we’ve got our hands on a time-travelling Delorean and zoomed off 20 years into the future. We arrive to discover, rather than causing any familial temporal disruption, that, Great Scott, the ECB has knocked it out of the park!

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Young Writer |

BEFORE THE 'FUN' STOPS, STOP - Part V: Four weeks to save my life

Former Northamptonshire cricketer PATRICK FOSTER is a recovering gambling addict who has written about his struggle. The Cricketer is republishing his memoirs of dealing with the addiction...

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | Features |

England Women win Tri Series final dress rehearsal against New Zealand

A half-century from Sarah Taylor and three wickets from player of the match Anya Shrubsole led England to a comfortable seven-wicket win over New Zealand

29/06/2018 | The Cricketer | England Women | England match centre | England |

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