Posting Date Archive - 29/04/2021

Northants’ slip cordon provide reasons to be cheerful in the Yorkshire chill

ELIZABETH BOTCHERBY AT EMERALD HEADINGLEY: After tasting blood with the first ball, Messrs Curran, Keogh and Berg spent the rest of the morning session doing their best impression of a high school cheer squad

29/04/2021 | Elizabeth Botcherby | Yorkshire Men | Northamptonshire Men | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

Middlesex's flimsy top-order comes good as Somerset fail to cling on

SAM DALLING AT THE COOPER ASSOCIATES COUNTY GROUND: Half-centuries for Nick Gubbins and Robbie White give the visitors something to shout about on a day full of near-misses

29/04/2021 | Sam Dalling | Somerset Men | News | Middlesex Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

The moral of the story at the Oval? Don't judge a game before it's been covered

HUW TURBERVILL AT THE KIA OVAL: I've been tinkering with an analogy that Surrey are like the Harlem Globetrotters: super-skilled, talent in abundance, but when you put them together as a team, for some reason it does not work. Today, it just clicked

29/04/2021 | Huw Turbervill | Surrey Men | Hampshire Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

Hundreds come like buses for Sam Evans to ensure Leicestershire enjoy better of opening day

NICK FRIEND: That he clipped innocuously into the hands of short leg shortly afterwards was a rare moment of surprise on an otherwise serene occasion

29/04/2021 | Nick Friend | News | Leicestershire Men | Gloucestershire Men | County Cricket | County Championship |

How Tom Haines found his mojo

SAM MORSHEAD AT THE 1ST CENTRAL COUNTY GROUND: Over the early weeks of the season, Haines, for whom cricket had turned from passion to chore in 18 miserable months, has been proving - quietly but categorically - that perseverance really does pay off

29/04/2021 | Sam Morshead | Sussex Men | News | County Cricket | County Championship |

Chance to Shine and Warwickshire launch Ramadan Cricket League

The partnership sees indoor cricket available biweekly for youngsters aged between 16 and 18 throughout the period, with plans afoot for an adult league in 2022

29/04/2021 | The Cricketer | Warwickshire Men | News |

ECB secure £2m partnership with Lord's Taverners to take disability cricket across England and Wales

The hugely popular Super 1s programme will be taken to all 39 counties while the table cricket scheme will also be expanded

29/04/2021 | The Cricketer | News | Grass Roots |

Heath Streak denies match-fixing but apologises after being handed eight-year ban

The former Zimbabwe captain was found guilty of five breaches of the ICC anti-corruption code and given a lengthy punishment

29/04/2021 | The Cricketer | Zimbabwe | News |

IPL 2021 – Punjab Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore Match preview

Find out team news, TV and streaming information, odds, weather forecasts and much, much more ahead of the 26th game of the new Indian Premier League season

29/04/2021 | The Cricketer | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Punjab Kings | News | IPL |

Umpire Nitin Menon leaves IPL for personal reasons

Menon, who was widely praised for his officiating of England’s tour of India earlier this year

29/04/2021 | The Cricketer | IPL | Global Game |

Rajasthan Royals donate $1 million towards Covid-19 relief effort in India

Players and team management have come together to raise the funds, with the focus of the gesture on improving oxygen resources

29/04/2021 | The Cricketer | Rajasthan Royals | IPL |

After-care: Top tips for post-match pitch care

In his latest column David Bates – former first-class groundsman and MD of cricket pitch specialist total-play Ltd – outlines what club grounds teams should be doing after play to ensure long-term health of the cricket pitch…

29/04/2021 | The Cricketer | News | Grass Roots |

Susie Rowe

With the advent of The Hundred and improved infrastructure in the women's game, in 2020, after a five-season hiatus, the right-hander resumed her cricketing journey with Kent at the age of 33.

29/04/2021 | The Cricketer | RHFT profiles |

Dom Sibley has a plan to ensure England blip is only temporary

NICK HOWSON: Despite having his Warwickshire return impinged by a finger injury, the Test opener has developed a tried and tested strategy for emerging from lean periods of form

29/04/2021 | Nick Howson | Warwickshire Men | News | England | County Cricket |

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