Category: County Cricket
Like a lazy uncle, the county game is much-maligned and much-loved by the same people at the same time. This site is no different.
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May 27, 2011
How to blag a County Cricket contract
The news that Worcestershire have released Adrian Shankar from his contract after only 15 days has turned the division 1 strugglers from “point and laugh” candidates to something resembling a full-on laughing stock. It seems they didn’t bother to actually check whether he could play or not before sticking him in their 1st XI. So, just in case your dreams of playing cricket for a living haven’t yet been extinguished by your complete lack of talent or your sizeable beer belly, here’s my blaggers guide to getting that county contract.
May 26, 2011
Lancashire haven’t been county champions for a long time
It looks increasingly possible that Lancashire are the favourites to lift the County Championship this season. They’ve won five out of six so far, and it would be six out of six were it not for the batting megalith that is Monty Panesar. This is a pretty good record for a county that is usually out of the running every year when rain wipes out half of their schedule.
May 19, 2011
Graham Napier goes mental against Surrey
Potential is a wonderful thing, but it’s downside is that it often remains that when it ought to be morphing into “achievement”. Graham Napier is one such cricketer who has long been held to have potential without ever taking it to the top level. Today, he showed it again.
May 18, 2011
Lancashire enjoy the Roses but find a thorn
Lancashire have had a good day on the pitch and a very bad one off it.
May 11, 2011
Somerset are formidable again
To say that the start of the season was disappointing would be an understatement – for Somerset it was traumatic. Two county championship matches, two innings defeats, 50 all out whilst following on against Warwickshire. Not good. But, since then they’ve won six in a row and counting.
April 25, 2011
Luke Wells makes a splash
A fourth innings run chase is a pretty good time to make your mark for the first time at any level of cricket. Having been thrashed by Lancashire in their opening fixture, as is their habit against the Red Rose, Sussex were staring down the barrel again at Chester-le-Street, facing a target of 309 and without key batsmen like Mike Yardy, Matt Prior and Luke Wright.
March 22, 2011
ECB puts Twenty20 on a diet
The reduction in the Twenty20 program to 10 matches instead of 16 at the group stage further hints at a sudden and unexplained outbreak of sanity amongst the county set.
May 29, 2010
RMJ
The news that Robin Martin-Jenkins is to retire in a few weeks time was greeted with sorrow by Sussex fans.
April 28, 2010
Real Surrey Projekt: a slow start
I’ll be tracking the progress of Chris Adams’ Real Surrey Projekt this summer. Here’s some thoughts on a slow start to the season.
April 26, 2010
Re-inventing the wheel
Last year the ECB decided that the Pro40 had to go, yet this year Sussex are defending their title even though the competition no longer exists. Only at the ECB.
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