Hassan Ali: ‘Wasim Akram told me to play county cricket. Finally I’m here ’
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It is the first morning of Lancashire’s County Championship game against Essex. Outside the Old Trafford pavilion, England’s highest wicket-taker is handing over a county cap. “I know you expected a bit more grass,” h...
Tom Harrison brought in the money but left cricket smaller, poorer and divided
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Not so long ago someone put a plastic turd in an envelope and posted it to Tom Harrison at the England and Wales Cricket Board. Think of it as a parting gift from the disaffected of English cricket, to go with Harriso...
The Blazers usurped by the Blokes in English cricket
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Blessed are the Blokes, for they shall inherit the earth. There has been a steady evolution in the governing class of English cricket. For many decades the sport was ruled by the Blazers. The Blazers were faceless. Th ...
Yorkshire v Lancashire, Kent v Surrey and more: county cricket – live!
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Ben Stokes breaks sixes record in explosive Durham century: county cricket – live!
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Worcestershire v Durham, Lancashire v Warwickshire: county cricket – live!
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Ben Stokes has the drive and celebrity wattage to revive the pulse of Test cricket
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The appointment of Ben Stokes as the England men’s Test captain was always going to generate a little heat. The patient may be sickly. The team – and indeed Test cricket itself, which has been dying since the day it w...
