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Senior correspondent at The Cricketer. Previously senior correspondent at ESPNcricinfo.
Dom Sibley... 21 not out at lunch having batted throughout the 1st session.
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Nothing like a full set of Grumbler links to open the new season. That and a warm waterproof coat. As
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Here’s my season preview: The County Championship will showcase beauty in many forms - enjoy it while you can | The Cricketer
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The County Championship will showcase beauty in many forms - enjoy it while you can | The Cricketer
If there was a plot to undermine the county game, it might well look much like this, with the season starting on April 3 and two rounds being staged between mid-May and mid-August
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/county_championship_showcase_beauty_enjoy_while_can.html?t=639107987289535168
about 8 hours ago
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If only Brendon McCullum wanted to be in England as much as Beyers Swanepoel…
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about 21 hours ago
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about 22 hours ago
"It matters that, after the long months of winter, we have county cricket to follow once more. Important though producing England players is, it's not all about that" | ✍️
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Injury predicament forces Leicestershire to bolster seam attack | Believe those out are Josh Hull, Ben Mike, Josh Davey and Alex Green. The Cricketer
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Injury predicament forces Leicestershire to bolster seam attack | The Cricketer
Yadvinder Singh has been drafted into the Leicestershire squad and could well make his club debut in the County Championship opener
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/injury_predicament_leicestershire_seam_attack.html?t=639106690463322796
2 days ago
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Great offer this: £18 for 6 months.
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2 days ago
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2 days ago
"It is testament to Worcestershire's remarkable resilience that, despite all the challenges, they go into the 2026 season as trophy holders" | 🖊️
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Worcestershire Men 2026 team guide | The Cricketer
County preview 2026 - Worcestershire Men: Captain, coach, strengths, weaknesses, England bolter, prediction
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/worcestershire_men_county_preview_2026_team_guide.html?t=639106376453761681
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2 days ago
The ECB are considering bringing in profit and sustainability rules to prevent more first-class counties falling into financial trouble |
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Counties facing PSR to ensure that clubs don't trip up | The Cricketer
The ECB are considering bringing in profit and sustainability rules to prevent more first-class counties falling into financial trouble.
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/counties_facing_psr_clubs_dont_trip.html?t=639106344397713156
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2 days ago
"Warwickshire go into the 2026 season with their most realistic hopes of challenging for the Championship trophy since they won it in 2021" |
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Warwickshire Men 2026 team guide | The Cricketer
County preview 2026 - Warwickshire Men: Captain, coach, strengths, weaknesses, England bolter, prediction
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/warwickshire_men_county_preview_2026_team_guide.html?t=639106333465539822
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2 days ago
Troubled Middlesex handed Hundred money blow |
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Troubled Middlesex handed Hundred money blow | The Cricketer
The ECB are not going to relax rules around the release of The Hundred money to help Middlesex augment its executive.
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/middlesex_hundred_money_blow.html?t=639106338115199990
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England clarify involvement in Six Nations competition | The Cricketer
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The club has been poorly led for too long: Middlesex greats call for change in open letter | The Cricketer
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The club has been poorly led for too long: Middlesex greats call for change in open letter | The Cricketer
A group of well-known former Middlesex players has issued an open letter decrying the club's current leadership and imploring its members to attend the imminent AGM to seek answers
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/the_club_poorly_led_too_long_middlesex_greats_call_change_open_letter.html?t=639105484563221317
3 days ago
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4 days ago
Reece Topley: Liam Livingstone was "kind" about England management |
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Reece Topley: Liam Livingstone was kind about England management | The Cricketer
Reece Topley, who last played for England in November 2024, is the latest player to criticise the management as he prepares for a return to county cricket with Surrey
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/premiumfeatures/reece_topley_liam_livingstone_kind_about_england_management.html?t=639104748356417390
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6 days ago
Leicestershire are hopeful that New Zealand batter Nick Kelly can help fill the considerable void left by the withdrawal of Peter Handscomb as overseas player |
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Leicestershire looking to New Zealand batter to fill Peter Handscomb void | The Cricketer
Leicestershire are hopeful Nick Kelly can help fill the considerable void left by the withdrawal of Peter Handscomb as overseas player
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/leicestershire_looking_new_zealand_batter_fill_peter_handscomb_void.html?t=639103104017046075
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7 days ago
"It tells you pretty much everything you need to know about Chris Woakes that he's preparing for another season at Warwickshire" | ✍️
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Worth a read, I think:
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8 days ago
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For those people who ask if I can send them a Cricketer wallchart with all this season's fixtures... It's available here:
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Or in the mag in shops now.
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The Cricketer 2026 wallchart | Cricketer MagazineThe Cricketer 2026 wallchart | Cricketer Magazine
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9 days ago
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10 days ago
Worcestershire have narrowed their search for a new ground location to two sites |
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Worcestershire provide update on search for new ground | The Cricketer
Worcestershire have narrowed their search for a new ground location to two sites amid continued struggles with flooding at New Road
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/worcestershire_provide_update_on_search_for_new_ground.html?t=639099501439595907
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Thoughts on the review:
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10 days ago
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11 days ago
Rob Key has admitted England "overplayed" the idea of "a settled team" in recent months and will be looking to county cricket to provide alternatives in the coming weeks |
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11 days ago
Richard Gould has insisted now is "not the time to throw everything out" after confirming the ECB's decision to retain Brendan McCullum as head coach and Rob Key as MD of England men's cricket |
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Here's my review of @WindrushCricket Windrush Cricket: Imperial Culture, Caribbean Migration, and the Remaking of Postwar England By Michael Collins (in short: I think it's very good)
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A change of tone, compromises and learning lessons - why England are set to stick with Brendon McCullum and Rob Key | The Cricketer
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A change of tone, compromises and learning lessons - why England are set to stick with Brendon McCullum and Rob Key | The Cricketer
GEORGE DOBELL outlines why, following a post-Ashes review, the ECB are resisting making wholesale changes ahead of a pivotal cycle of assignments
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/england-premium/change_tone_compromises_learning_lessons_england_stick_mccullum_key.html?t=639095372576211780
15 days ago
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17 days ago
Worcestershire have drafted in a former Warwickshire stalwart to help coach their young batters |
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Worcestershire add Warwickshire stalwart to backroom staff | The Cricketer
Worcestershire have drafted in a former Warwickshire stalwart to help coach their young batters
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/worcestershire_add_warwickshire_stalwart_backroom_staff.html?t=639093653557024003
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17 days ago
"There's an uncomfortable narrative emerging in the English game at present" | ✍️
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17 days ago
Leicestershire provide update over Grace Road redevelopment |
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Leicestershire provide update over Grace Road redevelopment | The Cricketer
Plans for an ambitious redevelopment at Leicestershire have been put on ice by the arrival of a new chief executive.
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/leicestershire_provide_update_grace_road_redevelopment.html?t=639093431071232526
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18 days ago
"Liam Livingstone has delivered a scathing assessment of the England environment" |
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Not the most enjoyable experience: Liam Livingstone criticises England environment | The Cricketer
Liam Livingstone has delivered a scathing assessment of the England environment
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/england-premium/not_most_enjoyable_experience_liam_livingstone_criticises_england_environment.html?t=639092831848157243
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Umpires threatening legal action against ECB:
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18 days ago
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18 days ago
A group of umpires is threatening to take legal action against the ECB over changes to their terms and conditions |
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Umpires threaten ECB with legal action | The Cricketer
A group of umpires is threatening to take legal action against the ECB over changes to their terms and conditions
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/umpires_threaten_ecb_with_legal_action.html?t=639092760500906217
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Team spirits:
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18 days ago
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20 days ago
"Gratitude is my main feeling now." 💬 Jonathan Trott speaks to
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I don't see it as my decision: Jonathan Trott reflects on the end of his Afghanistan tenure | The Cricketer
Joanatahn Trott, the former Afghanistan coach, discusses the culture shock of the role, the decision to leave being out of his hands and what the future holds
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/premiumfeatures/jonathan_trott_reflects_end_of_his_afghanistan_tenure_.html?t=639090771939041793
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21 days ago
Clumsy backtracking and confusion continue to blight the ECB |
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Clumsy backtracking and confusion continue to blight the ECB | The Cricketer
A scattergun few months for the governing body had bled into the weeks ahead of the new domestic season
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/ecb-premium/clumsy_backtracking_confusion_continue_blight_ecb.html?t=639090159958028207
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23 days ago
"Maybe the most revealing moment of the interview with James Thomas, Warwickshire's new performance director, comes from a passing question about diet and alcohol" |
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24 days ago
Surrey are braced to be without Dan Worrall for the start of the Championship season |
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Surrey suffer early blow as seamer set to miss start of season | The Cricketer
Surrey are braced to be without Dan Worrall for the start of the Championship season
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/surrey_suffer_early_blow_as_dan_worrall_set_to_miss_start_of_season.html?t=639087423921497084
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25 days ago
2003: Hussain resigned as capt in July. 2007: Flintoff sacked as capt; Fletcher went April post WC. 2014: Flower went immediately. 2018: Bayliss continued for one more year. 2022: Silverwood sacked immediately; Root resigned as capt April after WI tour. 2007 thus comes closest but DF was coach in WC
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Correct me if i'm wrong but... this much repeated line about a cycle where England sack the captain and coach straight after losing the Ashes in Oz... I reckon they've only reacted that way once this century.
25 days ago
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Pretty big deal this - we're set to see subs in county cricket. Story by
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: English domestic summer set for injury replacement trial |
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English domestic summer set for injury replacement trial | The Cricketer
Injury replacements are set to be introduced for the upcoming season, The Cricketer understands, after the Professional Game Committee met on Wednesday
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/english_domestic_summer_set_for_injury_replacement_trial.html?t=639084145453450071
28 days ago
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29 days ago
"Who knows how different this result could have been had Sanju Samson, on 15, been caught by Harry Brook at mid-on" | ✍️
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After a groundhog day defeat for England, what happens now? | The Cricketer
It was, in the end, a bit like the end of the Ashes.
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/mens-t20-world-cup-2026-premium/groundhog_day_defeat_england_what_happens_now.html?t=639083350926580976
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'If anything, we didn't concede enough'...
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“This isn't bridge building; it's whitewashing”: Reinstatement of John Blain to Scotland hall of fame provokes strong reaction
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Reinstatement of John Blain to Scotland hall of fame provokes strong reaction | The Cricketer
Azeem Rafiq has accused Cricket Scotland of pathetic and deplorable behaviour in reinstating John Blain to their hall of fame.
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/international-premium/john_blain_scotland_hall_of_fame_strong_reaction.html?t=639082987747749819
29 days ago
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The tough test of India offers a barometer for England's progress - but it's probably too late for McCullum:
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The tough test of India offers a barometer for England's progress | The Cricketer
England take on co-hosts and tournament favourites India in the second semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai tomorrow (March 5)
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/mens-t20-world-cup-2026-premium/the_tough_test_of_india_offers_barometer_for_englands_progress.html?t=639082391271104976
30 days ago
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about 1 month ago
Moeen Ali is in danger of not appearing in The Hundred this summer after failing to gain a nomination from any of the eight teams |
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Moeen Ali facing anxious wait over Hundred participation | The Cricketer
Moeen Ali is in danger of not appearing in The Hundred this summer
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/the-hundred-premium/moeen_ali_anxious_wait_hundred_participation.html?t=639082116390742840
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This is excellent:
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
A statement released by the ECB states they are "working to get everyone [on the Lions trip] home as soon as possible".
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England Women and Lions' plans altered as Middle East crisis deepens
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/england-premium/england_women_lions_plans_altered_middle_east_crisis.html?t=639080728636671748
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about 1 month ago
Counties keeping tabs on Sheffield Shield stars ahead of Championship opener |
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Counties keeping tabs on Sheffield Shield stars ahead of Championship opener | The Cricketer
Nottinghamshire are braced to be without Fergus O'Neill for the start of the County Championship season
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-championship-premium/counties_keeping_tabs_sheffield_shield_stars_ahead_championship_opener.html?t=639080703801435719
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The Cricketer
about 1 month ago
The ECB has announced increased funding commitments to its charity and delivery partners in the hope of "harnessing the power of cricket to change lives" |
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ECB outline £15million funding commitments to make cricket the most inclusive sport | The Cricketer
The ECB has announced increased funding commitments to its charity and delivery partners in the hope of harnessing the power of cricket to change lives.
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/ecb-premium/ecb_15million_funding_commitments_cricket_most_inclusive_sport.html?t=639080641403667431
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about 1 month ago
"Few would dispute the evidence of the last few weeks that England have made decent progress in this format." England continue to make progress as semi-final challenge awaits |
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England continue to make progress as semi-final challenge awaits | The Cricketer
England may well have produced their best performance yet in ending the Super Eights phase of the tournament with a fifth successive victory
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/mens-t20-world-cup-2026-premium/england_continue_to_make_progress_as_semi_final_challenge_awaits.html?t=639078143716121179
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Healing the Rif-kind: Lord's redevelopment breakthrough reached after 27 years of MCC wrangling | The Cricketer:
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
"There was an over-reliance on anticipated Hundred-related income acting as a financial safety net." 💬 Sussex reveal full extent of financial crisis | ✍️
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Sussex reveal full extent of financial crisis, where the responsibility lies and the on-field implications | The Cricketer
Sussex have quantified the extent of their financial problems by declaring losses of £1.33million for the financial year ending October 31 2025.
https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/county-cricket-premium/sussex_financial_crisis_responsibility_on_field_implications.html?t=639076105380413876
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