Cricket
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Another Aussie invasion.
The county championship has begun once again, and is awash with Australian overseas players. Fifteen will play for English counties this summer, while it has been 9 years now since Mason Crane played his one match for New South Wales. This shows me that the English game has become reliant on the overseas player, and
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The ECB and the current pitch debate.
Now the ECB have brought in the new rule in the county championship that will see the home side docked ALL their points if the pitch is deemed unfit, how will this change pitch preparation?In my view, not much having seen the utter run-fest at the Oval, where you could have played for a week
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Cricket and its paywall issues.
Having seen the news that Lancashire are putting its YouTube coverage of county championship matches behind a paywall, this saddens me greatly.Firstly, I cannot see why Lancashire need to do this; it seems like a business decision more than anything. “Instead of making something free on an accessible platform such as YouTube, lets charge for
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England watch week 2 – days 3 & 4.
Essex vs Somerset. Somerset beat Essex by 10 wickets inside three days at Chelmsford. Essex began day 3 on 131/3, but they collapsed to 245 all out. Matt Critchley moved his score to 59 before he edged Overton to Archie Vaughn at slip. Overton finished with figures of 2/46 from 19 overs. Somerset were set
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England Watch Week 2 – Days 1 & 2.
My roundup for England hopefuls begins this week at Chelmsford with the game between Essex and Somerset. Essex were bowled out for 149 in their first innings. Matt Critchley’s fortunes quickly changed when he was caught behind by James Rew off the bowling of Tom Lammonby for a third-ball duck. Craig Overton returned figures of
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England Watch: county championship days 1 & 2.
I believe the Surrey vs Warwickshire game is as good a place to start as any, with Surrey’s international pedigree top order struggling against a very useful Warwickshire seam attack. Rory Burns’ early run-out brought England wicket-keeper Jamie Smith to the crease for an early outing. He didn’t last long; lessons have not been learnt
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The King returns.
A 43 year old Sir James Anderson showed the county game that he isn’t done yet. Figures of 13-1-64-5 shows me that the King is back. He began by having Northants number 3 Calvin Harrison caught by wicket keeper Matty Hurst, he then removed Vasconcelos’ off-stump with a beautiful inswinger delivered from around the wicket.Saif
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Super Ben Foakes.
The forgotten man of English wicket keeping; is one of the best glovemen in the world, second only to Alex Carey. Ben Foakes has just proven why you do not need “Bazball” to bat with the tail. Bens impressive 128 for Surrey against Warwickshire today at Edgbaston was an innings of beauty for a true
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Which Rew first?
The two Rew brothers at Somerset have the opportunity to become greats of the English games. James, 22, and Thomas, 18, have progressed through the Somerset academy and will surely play red ball cricket together at some point when Thomas finishes his exams this summer. James is already making waves in the first class game,
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It’s a big summer for Ben Duckett.
Duckett has given up a £159,000 contract with the Delhi Capitals to return to Nottinghamshire for the start of the county championship season. This is a smart move from the left-hander in my opinion; he hasn’t had the best of winters has he? With just 202 runs in the Ashes, only one half century in
