NICK FRIEND AT THE KIA OVAL: You'd have got long odds on Bairstow and Jason Roy, one of the great white-ball opening duos, sharing a County Championship field together in 2025, but Bairstow played beautifully on Friday as Surrey and Yorkshire battled

16/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Surrey Men | Premium | Nick Friend | News | Lancashire Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

NICK FRIEND: Providing punditry as a current player comes with several challenges, most notably around the balance of providing insight without breaching confidence or omerta

16/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Features | Premium | Nick Friend | News |

NICK FRIEND AT BECKENHAM: Alice Capsey and Amy Jones lit up a tie between Surrey and The Blaze, which saw 692 runs and highlighted the value both of Project Darwin and Charlotte Edwards' insistence that England's best players represent their counties

14/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Women's One Day Cup | Women's Cricket | The Blaze | Surrey Women | Nick Friend | News | County Cricket |

NICK FRIEND: England Women's new head coach has made some bold selections to drop Sophie Ecclestone and Maia Bouchier from her first squads, but has delivered on her vow to reward early-season county performances

14/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Opinion | All Members-Only | Nick Friend | News | England Women | England |

NICK FRIEND: Ecclestone is the highest-profile omission from Charlotte Edwards' first squad in charge, which also sees Maia Bouchier absent after struggling during the Women's Ashes series

14/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Premium | Nick Friend | News | England Women | ENGW v WIW | England |

NICK FRIEND: Sciver-Brunt is set to play as a specialist batter through the first half of the summer as she steps up her recovery from an Achilles injury, which she has rested through the early weeks of the season

13/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | Premium | Nick Friend | News | England Women | England |

Lloyd Pope has played in the Big Bash for both Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Sixers; Agar will miss the Blast with a calf injury

13/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Men's T20 Blast | Premium | Northamptonshire Men | News | County Cricket |

Duffy, the overseas seamer, was absent from the 14-man squad that travelled to Sussex, with Worcestershire – rooted to the bottom of Division One – falling to a fourth defeat in five games

13/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Worcestershire Men | Premium | Nick Friend | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

NICK FRIEND: Sussex's seam-bowling resources have been stretched by injury, though Nathan McAndrew will replace Jayden Seales at Taunton after the West Indies quick's spell at Hove came to an end

13/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Sussex Men | Premium | Nick Friend | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: The Lancashire batter was England's opener of choice in 2022 but, after a spell out of the national side, she has chosen the ideal moment to rediscover her best form, ahead of Charlotte Edwards' first squad as head coach

13/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Features | Premium | News | Lancashire Women | England Women | England | County Cricket |

NICK FRIEND AT HOVE: Sussex are still yet to lose at Hove under Paul Farbrace; Worcestershire, no less doughty than last year, are still yet to win

12/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Worcestershire Men | Sussex Men | Premium | Nick Friend | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

NICK FRIEND: Labuschagne's latest stop-off with Glamorgan will only last two games, ahead of the World Test Championship final, but the Australian's relationship with the county will see him replace the in-form Colin Ingram for a fortnight

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NICK FRIEND: Adam Hollioake has lost two of his first-choice bowling attack to season-ending injuries already and, with several others also absent, has seen his side lose their last two games

12/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Premium | Nick Friend | News | Kent Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

NICK FRIEND AT CANTERBURY: By contrast, Kent – unbeaten 10 days ago – have lost twice in the time since, picking up just five points in the process

11/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Premium | Nick Friend | News | Kent Men | Glamorgan Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

NICK FRIEND: Greenway, who has worked with Charlotte Edwards at Mumbai Indians and was a longtime teammate of the new head coach, is set to step into the newly introduced role

11/05/2025 | Nick Friend | Women's Cricket | News | England Women | England | ECB |