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Early frontrunners Leicestershire show mettle to back up impressive first weeks

NICK FRIEND AT BRISTOL: Top of Division Two after three rounds, with Rehan Ahmed and Josh Hull in their ranks, Leicestershire dominated the first half of the opening day at Gloucestershire, before their hosts fought back as the afternoon wore on

Cameron Bancroft leads from the front after Gloucestershire's Australians touch down

NICK FRIEND AT BRISTOL: Bancroft, named the county's new red-ball captain over the winter, landed at Heathrow in the early hours on Wednesday morning and ended the working week by churning out 163 as fellow overseas signing Cameron Green watched on

Tension gives way to expression as Caleb Jewell crowns Derbyshire's day against Gloucestershire

DAVID SHARMAN AT THE COUNTY GROUND: The Tasmanian announced himself in county cricket with a flourish as Luis Reece gave the home side the edge in the battle of last year’s bottom pair

Ben Charlesworth: "In the past, I've tried to be the best players in the world, instead of myself"

NICK FRIEND – INTERVIEW: Charlesworth's key role in Gloucestershire's run to last year's Blast title earned him a winter deal with the likes of Nicholas Pooran and Kieron Pollard at MI Emirates, an experience he thinks has changed him

Gloucestershire secure record-breaking vice-captain "at the peak of his career" with three-year extension

James Bracey, who will captain the side for their season opener against Derbyshire in the absence of Cameron Bancroft, has extended his stay until at least the end of the 2028 season

Zafar Gohar: "I would love to play for England"

NICK FRIEND - INTERVIEW: Simon Harmer is the only spinner on the county circuit with more Championship five-wicket hauls since Zafar, the one-time Pakistan left-arm spinner, debuted for Gloucestershire in 2021

Schedule debate set to come into focus as consensus grows around need for change

NICK FRIEND: Miles Hammond, the Gloucestershire batter, recorded a video diary last summer to highlight the absurdity of his county's calendar, and he has called for "enough cricket for it to be able to be elite performance" in any upcoming changes

Here's hoping the Cameron Green gamble pays off for Gloucestershire

MEN'S COUNTY TEAM GUIDE 2025: The arrival of the Australian allrounder provides more questions than answers for the reigning T20 Blast champions, for whom a tricky red-ball season beckons

New Gloucestershire captain set to miss season opener

The Australian, who has taken over from Graeme van Buuren at Nevil Road, will be absent for Gloucestershire's opening trip to Derbyshire

David Payne: "I'm just rising and rising now, which is all I ever wanted to do"

NICK FRIEND – INTERVIEW: Payne was rewarded for a T20 campaign that drove Gloucestershire to Blast glory with a £120,000 Hundred payday, less than two years after an ankle injury forced him onto a white-ball contract and threatened his future

County chair expects schedule alterations for 2026: "I think it's right that there should be change"

NICK FRIEND: Gloucestershire chair Peter Matthews admitted that change to the domestic schedule is likely, sympathising with players' calls for action where physical and mental wellbeing are concerned

"Be responsible citizens": How cash-strapped Gloucestershire will spend Hundred money

NICK FRIEND – INTERVIEW: Gloucestershire's chair and chief executive, Peter Matthews and Neil Priscott, explain how they plan to safeguard the county's future, where a new stadium fits in and what they must do to challenge for an expansion franchise

Unsuccessful investors in The Hundred auction direct attention to four counties

Groups who missed out on securing stakes in the eight teams, which were finalised last week, have turned their focus to the county teams who could yet be awarded a Hundred team in the not-too-distant future