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Mark Wallace was a young wicketkeeper-batter when Glamorgan last graced the topflight in 2005. Two decades on, Jeff Thomas listens to the county’s now director of cricket as he reflects on a remarkable promotion campaign, the impact of Richard Dawson, and...
19.04.2026
BEN STOKES will play three first-class matches maximum before the test series against New Zealand in June, including a possible appearance for England Lions, as he recovers from serious facial injuries. Having recovered from the groin injury he sustained...
19.04.2026
Durham opener Ben McKinney admits he wanted to be “greedy” as his career best first-class score in Durham’s innings and 225-run victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol saw him named the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round.
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19.04.2026
ROUND three of the Championship sees just four games taking place but that has not stopped the rumblings and grumblings over the subs rule. At Bristol, a bemused Lancashire were denied the right to bring in Tom Bailey when Ajeet Singh Dale pulled up early...
19.04.2026
County Cricket Day returns for a third year next month, with cricket fans new and old encouraged to head down to their nearest professional fixture on Saturday May 16 to support the county game.
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19.04.2026
I’m still struggling to get my head around the fact that we’ve had two rounds of County Championship fixtures by mid-April, and a third is underway. At this time of year, you’d still like to be playing practice matches. Ideally overseas!
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19.04.2026
It may have been introduced with the best of intentions – the sight of Rishabh Pant coming out to bat at Old Trafford last summer with a broken foot or Chris Woakes heading out at The Oval with everyone aware that in his incapacitated state, there was a s...
19.04.2026
It was a truncated round of the County Championship, with just eight teams featuring, but the four fixtures still delivered enthralling action with three positive results as Somerset and Lancashire put down another marker in their respective divisions.
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21.04.2026
The T20I Batting Rankings are shifting like never before in 2026. With explosive openers, streetwise finishers and technically gifted batters all scrapping for the top spot, the global pecking order has seen massive changes over the past few months. Wheth...
23.04.2026
Rew in the runs: Will James Rew continue his case for England selection this round? PICTURE: Dave Vokes ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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26.04.2026
Top Tier: There’s Women’s One-Day Cup action from Tier 1 and 2 PICTURE: Alamy ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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26.04.2026
Monty Panesar made his debut for village club Pelsall last weekend.
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26.04.2026
WITH JUST 50 days to go until the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, more than 236,000 children from over 1,350 schools across the UK picked up a bat and ball last Wednesday (April 22) as part of Schools Cricket Day – the largest single-day cricket participa...
26.04.2026
Rob Morris provides the latest schools round-up A packed programme of school cricket delivered a thrilling mix of high-scoring encounters, dramatic finishes and eye-catching individual performances across multiple competitions over the last week. One of t...
26.04.2026
Club cricket is back! Here’s what happened across the leagues over the first weekend of the season IN THE BRADFORD LEAGUE, champions New Farnley got their season off to a winning start after a six-wicket win over local rivals Pudsey St Lawrence. The Saint...
26.04.2026
The highlights of this week’s global cricketing news...
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26.04.2026
Glamorgan’s ambidextrous spin-bowling all-rounder, Ben Kellaway, on how learning to bowl with both arms gave him a new dimension. Interview by Sam Dalling The first time I bowled offspin was during a Wales age-group session. I’d been a seamer until then....
26.04.2026
The former England and Hampshire opener talks to Jo Harman-McGowan about overcoming two serious health scares, his belated chance at Test level after years of being overlooked, and his disillusionment with the game that brought his career to an abrupt end...
26.04.2026
Katya Witney on England’s issues behind the stumps
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26.04.2026
Durham 118 (Bell 5-22) lost to Hampshire 121-4 by 6 wickets Lauren Bell’s first competitive bowl of the season resulted in her first domestic List A five-wicket haul as Hampshire hammered Durham. Bell, who has been protected ahead of England’s busy intern...
26.04.2026
It’s looking likely that Jonathan Trott will bring his three-year tenure as Afghanistan’s head coach to a close at the conclusion of next month’s T20 World Cup. He tells Phil Walker what he’s learned about himself as a coach, and where he wants to go next...
26.04.2026
Phil Walker heads up to Sheffield for an audience with Joe Root, who is playing for Yorkshire against Sussex in the current round of fixtures.
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26.04.2026
By Brian Halford April 24-27, Visit Worcestershire New Road, Worcester Kent 196 (Milnes 50*, Dudgeon 38, Hannon-Dalby 3-27, Swanepoel 3-51) Worcestershire 441-9 (‘Oliveira 90, Hose 75, Milnes 4-81, Evison 2-68) Toss: Kent won the toss and decided to bat O...
26.04.2026
By Thomas Ridley April 24-27, Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street Lancashire 370 (Harris 146, Jennings 44, Raine 4-77, Potts 3-76) Durham 295 (Potts 66, Gay 41, Bailey 3-68, Anderson 2-73, Stanley 2-49) Toss: Durham won the toss and decided to field...
26.04.2026
By Nigel Gardner April 24-27, The Central Co-op County Ground, Derby Gloucestershire 498 (Hammond 145, Williams 98, Bashir 3-116, Andersson 2-58) Derbyshire 144-3 (Madsen 62*, Jewell 28, Williams 1-19, van Buuren 1-13) Toss: Gloucestershire won the toss a...
26.04.2026
Annie Chave takes the temperature of the Women’s One-Day Cup.
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26.04.2026
By Graham Hardcastle April 24-27, Headingley, Leeds Sussex 502 (Simpson 136, Price 93, White 4-60, Hill 3-86) Yorkshire 192-1 (Bean 102*, Whiteman 73*, Hudson-Prentice 1-29) Toss: Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field Officials: Ben Debenham, Tom Lu...
26.04.2026
By Mark Baldwin April 24-27, The Kia Oval, Kennington Essex 409 (Walter 101, Elgar 92, Lawrence 3-14, Lawes 2-89, Abbott 2-80) Surrey 192-3 (Sibley 74*, Pope 69, Porter 2-33, Snater 1-43) Toss: Surrey won the toss and decided to field Officials: Martin Sa...
26.04.2026
By Jon Culley April 24-27, Trent Bridge, Nottingham Warwickshire 459 (Barnard 165, Booth 70, Tongue 5-124, James 3-79) Nottinghamshire 264-8 (Clarke 94, Duckett 62, Booth 3-59, Woakes 2-44) Toss: Nottinghamshire won the toss and decided to field Officials...
26.04.2026
By Blake Bint April 24-27, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Glamorgan 440 (van der Gugten 99, Carlson 95, Holland 2-33, B Green 2-66) Leicestershire 215-1 (Weatherald 104, R Patel 79, Carlson 1-15) Toss: Glamorgan won the toss and decided to bat Officials: Ian Bla...
26.04.2026
PSL FINAL TO BE PLAYED IN FRONT OF FANS The final of PSL 2026 in Lahore will have a full crowd after PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced that the Pakistan PM had approved the move. It will be the only 2026 game to accommodate fans after the PSL was played...
26.04.2026
By Tawhid Qureshi Pictures courtesy of SACA It’s a windswept Sunday in early April and the Leyton cricket ground in East London is a hive of activity. The Grade II listed pavilion, erected in 1886 and Essex’s official headquarters until 1934, evokes a byg...
26.04.2026
Tom Abell’s unbeaten century that guided Somerset to the top of the Rothesay County Championship Division One table after a two-wicket win over Hampshire has seen him crowned the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round.
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26.04.2026
This season has seen the introduction, on an experimental basis, of a new rule in the County Championship whereby teams are permitted to replace a player if they’re ruled out of a game through injury, illness or a significant life event.
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26.04.2026
Jude Bellingham, England footballing superstar, has bought a minority 1.2% stake in Birmingham Phoenix for some £1 million.
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26.04.2026
Keith Barker is back and loving life at Edgbaston after helping Warwickshire to their first win of the season against Essex in Division One of the County Championship.
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26.04.2026
FORMER NATIONAL selector Ed Smith, 48, has been appointed to the ECB board as a non-executive director. Smith, who turned out for both Middlesex and Kent and played three Tests for England in 2003, will join the ECB on October 1 when his one-year term as...
26.04.2026
Somerset are top of Division One after a tense two-wicket win over Hampshire at Southampton.
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26.04.2026
James Anderson’s Lancashire are out in front in Division Two of the County Championship with the England great himself sitting atop the country’s wicket-taking charts.
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26.04.2026
The first month of the County Championship is already done and dusted and the 2026 season is beginning to take shape with three more rounds to go before the break for the Vitality Blast.
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28.04.2026
Cricket and casino gaming might seem like an unlikely pairing at first, but the crossover has grown into something genuinely entertaining. As online slots continue to evolve, developers have leaned into familiar sporting themes to pull fans closer to the...
01.05.2026
Ben Stokes has announced he has been given the all-clear to return to cricket.
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01.05.2026
Surrey have increased security and bag checks at the Oval following the Golders Green knife attacks.
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01.05.2026
Cricket Scotland have handed out 20 national contracts for the 2026-27 cycle.
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01.05.2026
IPL action: The carnival continues PICTURE: Alamy ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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03.05.2026
Here we go again: The County Championship fixtures keep on coming PICTURE: Huw Evans Picture Agency ... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login
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03.05.2026
PENKRIDGE SEAMER Myles Davis recorded the extraordinary feat of taking six wickets in six balls against Pelsall in the South Staffordshire County League. He finished with figures of 7-16 as he blew away Pelsall for just 52 to help his side to a 116-run wi...
03.05.2026
Rob Morris rounds up the last week’s schools action The early rounds of the national schools cricket competitions have got underway, delivering as always, a compelling mix of dominant performances, nail-biting finishes and standout individual displays acr...
03.05.2026
BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT champions Smethwick kicked off their title defence with a crushing 222-run win over Shrewsbury. Isaac Mohammed, nephew of Moeen Ali, struck nine sixes in his 132 from 100 balls as Smethwick racked up 399-7 in their 50 overs. Shrewsbu...
03.05.2026
The best of this week’s action from across the globe SANTNER SIDELINED WITH SHOULDER INJURY New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner has returned home from the IPL after sustaining a shoulder injury in the field for Mumbai Indians. New Zealand’s white-bal...
03.05.2026