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By Brian Halford Batting is something I work really hard on, and I want that genuine all-rounder status, so it was really pleasing to get out there and contribute when the lads were in a bit of trouble. SURREY ALL-ROUNDER TOM LAWES DAY ONE A RECORD partne...
05.04.2026
By Richard Latham Sometimes you make a connection with a teammate and James Rew and I love batting together. SOMERSET BATTER TOM ABELL Five of the best: Dillon Pennington mopped Juno the Somerset tail. PICTURE: Alamy DAY ONE TOM ABELL and James Rew proved...
05.04.2026
By Jon Culley Deja vu: Tom Clark scored a hundred in the season’s first day for the second time PICTURE: Alamy April 3-6, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester Sussex 361 (Clark 101, Haines 56, Holland 3-79, B Green 3-54) & 149-3 (Hughes 72, Coles 23*, Holland...
05.04.2026
By Alex Smith April 3-6, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Essex 461-7 dec (Critchley 173, Allison 80, Abbott 2-76, Baker 2-68) Hampshire 48-3 (Lehmann 30*, Prest 8, Cook 2-15, Snater 1-2) Toss: Hampshire won the toss and decided to field Officials: Ian Blackwell...
05.04.2026
By Blake Bint DAY ONE ON DAY one of the 2026 Rothesay County Championship season, Glamorgan – playing in Division One for the first time since 2005 – lost four wickets inside six overs courtesy of smart catching from Yorkshire’s ‘keeper and slip cordon in...
05.04.2026
More than 39,500 volunteers came together across England and Wales for Get Set Weekend 2026, powered by Toyota, marking the largest mobilisation of volunteers in the event’s history.
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05.04.2026
Worcestershire all-rounder Ethan Brookes has experienced a busy winter. After appearances at last year’s Hong Kong Sixes tournament, the 25-year-old spent several weeks playing in the Bangladesh Premier League – a turbulent time which saw the tournament p...
05.04.2026
IN NEWS from the past week or so that you may have missed, Sam Curran will miss the IPL with a groin injury that has ruled him out of his stint with Rajasthan Royals. MEANWHILE, NEW Zealand’s captain Amelia Kerr hit an unbeaten 179 off 139 balls against S...
05.04.2026
Batter Sam Whiteman, Yorkshire’s new signing from Australia, made his debut against Glamorgan this week on his return home after 30 years.
The post Yorkshire’s new signing Sam Whiteman eyes success on home soil appeared first on The Cricket Paper.
05.04.2026
The IPL is back and some of the world’s best young talents have already stood up to the mark.
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05.04.2026
At the end of the 2012 season, having decided to leave Glamorgan, 22-year-old James Harris sat in the empty stands at Sofia Gardens and shed a tear with his dad, contemplating life away from Cardiff.
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05.04.2026
Thomas Rew is looking to line up alongside his brother James in Somerset’s Championship side this summer
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05.04.2026
Essex are hoping that 27-year-old seamer Zaman Akhter, acquired at the end of last season, will bolster an attack which has struggled to bowl sides out of late.
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05.04.2026
The race for promotion from the second division looks to be hotly contested this year. Adam Hopkins previews the opening round of matches...
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05.04.2026
County Championship cricket finally returns after what feels like a long winter. After England’s Ashes debacle, red-ball cricket in this country is very much under the spotlight, with England’s management claiming that county performances are to have more...
05.04.2026
It’s been quite the start for the grand old County Championship in 2026. Some watery spring sunshine, and quality players like Ben Foakes and Jimmy Anderson showing that the basics, done to a very high standard, are what is required to succeed at the top...
05.04.2026
It was an absorbing start to the new English domestic season as red-ball cricket made its highly-anticipated return, with wins for Essex and Sussex in Division One, whilst Middlesex put down an early marker in Division Two.
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07.04.2026
The return of the County Championship bears significance in its own right but once again conversations around the relationship between the domestic circuit and the international setup are at the forefront, as England set about a new phase under the leader...
07.04.2026
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12.04.2026
Armed Forces head to Lord’s PICTURE: Alamy THE TOP cricketers from across the British Armed Forces will go head-to-head at the Inter Services T20 Tournament later this month. On April 21, the Royal Navy will take on the Royal Air Force at Arundel Castle t...
12.04.2026
VICTORIA AND Melbourne Renegades left-hander Harry Dixon has signed for Bath for this summer’s West of England Premier League campaign. Dixon, 21, was the leading run-scorer for Australia when they won the Under-19 World Cup in 2024 and comes to the UK fr...
12.04.2026
TWENTY20 COMMUNITY Cricket, a Surrey-based cricket development organisation is continuing to expand opportunities for young players across the UK and Europe. Founded by Darren Talbot, it is launching several initiatives this spring, notably including a ne...
12.04.2026
Steventon CC coach Joe Bennett looks ahead to a London trip celebrating women’s and girls’ cricket at every level. World Cup bound: Steventon are set to have a day out to remember PICTURE: Joe Bennett via ECB THIS SUMMER, 88 of us from Steventon CC – a vi...
12.04.2026
TOP-FLIGHT club cricket officially returns on April 18 with 12 of the 33 ECB Premier League getting underway that weekend. Bradford, Cheshire, Derbyshire, East Anglia, Greater Manchester, Huddersfield, Leicestershire & Rutland, North East, North Yorkshire...
12.04.2026
PUDSEY CONGS have been dealt a cruel blow ahead of their return to the Bradford League’s Premier Division after captain and overseas star Yohan Mendis failed to obtain an International Sportsperson’s visa. Mendis needed to play one more first-class match...
12.04.2026
The highlights of this week’s action from across the globe CARDOSO ON CLOUD NINE Brazil Women seamer Laura Cardoso made history when she recorded T20I figures of 9-4 from three overs against Lesotho. These are the best figures in T20I history – men’s or w...
12.04.2026
The Gloucestershire keeper-batter James Bracey on how opening up about his mental health changed him for the better Interview Adam Hopkins I WAS PUTTING SO MUCH PRESSURE ON MYSELF. I was becoming so concerned about failure it became very hard to go out an...
12.04.2026
The recently retired England seamer, who has just embarked on a county season, talks to Jo Harman-McGowan about choosing cricket over football, operating in the shadow of Broad and Anderson, and the untimely injury which brought an abrupt end to his inter...
12.04.2026
This time last year, counties were navigating their new homes alongside men’s sides at the same grounds, looking apprehensively at schedules which would see them play more cricket on bigger stages than ever before, and waiting to see what the third new sy...
12.04.2026
It’s been a long winter, but after six months in Australia and a brief trip to South Africa for pre-season, it was so good to be back at Headingley this week.
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12.04.2026
By Jon Batham April 10-13, Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood Worcestershire 191 (D’Oliveira 75, Lategan 31, Higgins 3-39, Sharma 2-45) & 200-7 (Libby 79, Lategan 65, Higgins 4-53, Sharma 2-26) Middlesex 183 (Gohar 42, Geddes 34, Hannon-Dalby 4-45, Fin...
12.04.2026
By Paul Edwards April 10-13, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester Lancashire 351 (Harris 125, Bohannon 73, Bashir 4-76, Aitchison 3-57) Derbyshire 235-3 (Came 83, Guest 60*, Stanley 2-67, Anderson 1-33) Toss: Derbyshire won the toss and decided to field Offi...
12.04.2026
By Fred Atkins We weren’t actually sure what to do first. It’s the first time we’ve ever put it to a vote and obviously we decided on batting! NORTHANTS’ RICARDO VASCONCELOS DAY ONE NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE’S TOP three batters all hit centuries as they battered...
12.04.2026
By Richard Latham We were actually going to bowl first too. In terms of maintaining concentration throughout a day, it was the best I have played. DURHAM BATTER BEN MCKINNEY DAY ONE BEN MCKINNEY and Alex Lees produced a triple-century opening stand as Dur...
12.04.2026
By Graham Hardcastle April 10-13, Headingley, Leeds Hampshire 251 ((Lehmann 76, Gubbins 43, Hill 5-46, Coad 2-47) & 93-2 (Gubbins 48, Prest 31*, van Beek 2-11, Coad 0-32, Hill 0-36, White 0-12) Yorkshire 177 (Lyth 76, Revis 40, Abbott 4-49, Baker 4-45) To...
12.04.2026
By Paul Weaver April 10-13, County Ground, Hove Warwickshire 267 (Woakes 64, Smith 53, Crocombe 3-44, Price 3-71) & 154-5 (Yates 75*, Barnard 41, Hudson-Prentice 3-35, Crocombe 1-40, Coles 1-25) Sussex 204 (Carson 39, Robinson 39, Bamber 3-47, Barnard 2-1...
12.04.2026
By Mark Baldwin April 10-13, The Kia Oval, Kennington Surrey 520 (Smith 166, Pope 103, Scriven 3-81, B Green 2-89, Ahmed 2-58) Leicestershire 350-3 (R Patel 133*, Weatherald 96, Clark 1-53, Topley 1-53) Toss: Leicestershire won the toss and decided to fie...
12.04.2026
By Jon Culley April 10-13, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 279 (Haynes 100, O’Neill 59, van der Gugten 4-54, Hadley 4-76) & 284-9 (Clarke 136, Slater 70, Gorvin 3-55, van der Gugten 2-19, Crane 2-93) Glamorgan 113 (ul Hassan 27, Carlson 26, O’Nei...
12.04.2026
By Martin Smith April 10-13, Ambassador Cruise Line Ground, Chelmsford Essex 149 (Allison 49, Elgar 41, Shaw 3-30, Overton 2-35, Ball 2-34, Lammonby 2-5) & 131-3 (Walter 63*, Critchley 53*, Ball 1-43, Pretorius 1-45, Leach 1-8) Somerset 348 (Overton 141,...
12.04.2026
SATURDAY SAW the start of the Women’s One Day Cup, with eight of the nine sides in action and Yorkshire making their bow at this level. Yorkshire 178 (Winfield-Hill 36, Griffiths 4-22, Skelton 4-43) lost to Somerset 179-9 (Luff 76*) by 1 wicket. Sophie Lu...
12.04.2026
By Richard Edwards THERE’S ONLY one way to get fit for bowling. And it isn’t resting. That’s the view from one of the County Championship’s most respected senior campaigners, Kyle Abbott, who will once again carry Hampshire’s Division One hopes squarely o...
12.04.2026
It's not often that an uncapped South African cricketer makes headlines around the cricket-playing world, but 27-year-old all-rounder Beyers Swanepoel managed it in early April.
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12.04.2026
Adam Hopkins speaks to Victor Mills from Project Front Foot, an initiative that has been supporting disadvantaged cricketers across India and Europe since 2009 Project Front Foot dates back to when Victor Mills had a chance encounter with some children pl...
12.04.2026
By Rich Edwards CERTAINTY HAS been thin on the ground at Hove this winter, but despite everything that has happened off the field at Sussex, Tom Haines is confident of one thing. This is perhaps the most unified side in the County Championship. Sussex bea...
12.04.2026
By Tawhid Qureshi Main man: Attack leader Roland-Jones says his team is united PICTURE: Ray Lawrence AHEAD OF Middlesex’s season opener last weekend, Toby Roland-Jones was in buoyant mood in conversation with The Cricket Paper. Despite the north London cl...
12.04.2026
INDIA’S WUNDERKIND Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has so far made 52, 31, 39 and 78 for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, meaning he is the Orange Cap leader, his 200 runs scored at a frankly ludicrous strike rate of 266.66. Sooryavanshi has faced 75 balls in the tourna...
12.04.2026
All to play for in the County Championship as title chasers lay down an early marker Skittled: Sussex players celebrate as Warwickshire's Sam Hain is clean bowled by Tom Price PICTURE: Alamy OUTRAGEOUS - NEIL MANTHORP ON THE CURIOUS CASE OF BEYERS SWANEPO...
12.04.2026
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