2 minute readIt’s very early May and it basically feels like winter, but we’re already well on the way to establishing the three divisions that will comprise the second phase of this year’s County Championship. (Here’s an explanation of how the Championship and other competitions will work this year.) 18 teams is
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2 minute readMatt Parkinson bowled someone with a ball-of-the-century-esque leg break earlier this month. He is also the man responsible for the slowest delivery in the entire CricViz database. Last week he took 7-126 in Lancashire’s innings victory over Kent, meaning he now has 15 wickets at 16.80 this season – despite
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2 minute readThis is not an argument in favour of the status quo. This is not an argument to say never change things. It is just to point out that if you change every single county cricket competition, every single year, there are consequences. The format of county cricket has been tinkered
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2 minute readWas there a specific moment when you realised you were no longer young? We’re assuming you’ve realised by now. If you haven’t, we’re sorry to break it to you, but… We remember being highly alarmed the first time we heard Calvin Harris sing, “I’ve got love for you if you
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2 minute readSay what you like about the Hundred, but it’s giving us Sarah Taylor when we otherwise wouldn’t have Sarah Taylor. The former England wicketkeeper is returning to professional cricket after joining Welsh Fire, having previously retired from cricket in 2019. We wonder how many times this year we’re going to
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4 minute readFew things gain complexity the more you try to simplify them. County cricket is an incredible thing. First things first: there are five – count ’em – FIVE different domestic cricket competitions to be contested in 2021. The County Championship The Bob Willis Trophy The One-Day Cup The T20 Blast
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4 minute readDanish Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer who has been banned from the sport for life for spot-fixing. Dane Vilas is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire. Despite what their names suggest, neither player is from Denmark. So who is most Danish? Let’s measure the two men against
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2 minute readWelcome to Tuesday. Here are some things people may or may not want to talk about this Tuesday. England beat New Zealand fairly easily Heather Knight’s world champions hadn’t actually played a one-day international since December 2019, but they beat New Zealand in the first of three matches without too
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< 1 minute readThis is a rhetorical question, because even without research we know the answer is ‘during lockdown’. Isabelle Westbury reckons Keaton Jennings has gone Gower, but that isn’t quite right, is it? Keaton’s mane is more luxuriant than Gower’s. The truth is that Keaton has thought to himself: ‘Girls only like
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2 minute readEssex won the Bob Willis Trophy because they scored more first innings runs than Somerset in the final. Essex made 337-8 and Somerset made 301. Alastair Cook scored 172. Only one other Essex player passed 30. There is something satisfying about this; the idea that the best players are very
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