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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
The former Warwickshire opener and Afghanistan coach on how an infected toe led to drastic consequences. Interview by Adam Hopkins.
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03.05.2026
Sam Robson on the two bowlers who’ve caused him most problems at the different ends of his career Going a few years back, Graham Onions was the pick of the crop. I remember in my early to middle years, he was amazing. The best bowler around who wasn’t reg...
03.05.2026
From bowling leggies in Sydney to opening the batting at Lord’s, the Middlesex opener speaks to Jo Harman-McGowan about the hinge points in his career.
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03.05.2026
Lauren Winfield-Hill says head coach Charlotte Edwards and selector Lydia Greenway have stayed true to their words.
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03.05.2026
Somerset 268-9 (Jones 79, Learoyd 56, Griffiths 53*) lost to Essex 269-5 (Grewcock 120*, Miller 54*, Gardner 50, Griffiths 3-42) by 5 wickets Jodi Grewcock scored her maiden professional hundred to propel Essex to a five-wicket victory over Somerset at Ta...
03.05.2026
By Jamie Bowman May 2, Headingley, Leeds Essex 270-8 Yorkshire 257 Essex won by 13 runs Toss: Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field No favour from Grace: Essex captain Scrivens had the last laugh PICTURE: Allan McKenzie/SWPix.com HALF-CENTURIES from...
03.05.2026
By Brian Halford May 2, Edgbaston, Birmingham Warwickshire 336 Somerset 302 Warwickshire won by 34 runs Toss: Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat CHARIS PAVELY’S second century in four days powered Warwickshire to a comfortable 34-run win over So...
03.05.2026
By Ken Grime May 2, Old Trafford, Manchester Hampshire 153 Lancashire 157-4 Lancashire won by 6 wickets Toss: Lancashire won the toss and decided to field Cricket Destroyer: Kate Cross took three for 31 PICTURE: George Franks/Lancashire A GOOD all-round p...
03.05.2026
By Thomas Ridley May 2, Riverside, Chester-le-Street The Blaze 240-8Durham 148 The Blaze won by 92 runs Toss: The Blaze won the toss and decided to bat A MAIDEN List A five-wicket haul from Charley Phillips led The Blaze to their fourth win as they beat D...
03.05.2026
By Jeremy Blackmore May 1-4, County Ground, Northampton Worcestershire 306 (Roderick 164*, Sanderson 4-78, Weatherall 2-47) Northamptonshire 366-5 (Vasconcelos 115, Taylor 2-60, Swanepoel 2-70) Toss: Worcestershire won the toss and decided to bat Official...
03.05.2026
By Ben Kosky May 1-4, Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood Middlesex 430 (Higgins 131, Robson 87, Raine 5-58, Potts 2-103, Aldridge 2-100) Durham 135-1 (Gay 75*, McKinney 46*, Higgins 1-36) Toss: Middlesex won the toss and decided to bat Officials: Antho...
03.05.2026
By Fred Atkins May 1-4, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Kent 352 (Bell-Drummond 129, Benjamin 56, Haydon 5-82, Aitchison 2-94) & 38-2 (Crawley 15, Dawkins 11, Haydon 2-15, Aitchison 0-19) Derbyshire 304 (Reece 84, Andersson 37, Dudgeon 4-78, Milnes 3-87) T...
03.05.2026
The Grumbler takes his missus to the cricket.
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03.05.2026
By Mark Baldwin May 1-4, The Kia Oval, Kennington Sussex 358-9 dec (Hudson-Prentice 105, Robinson 100*, Clark 5-68, Fisher 3-92) Surrey 292-2 (Sibley 116*, Burns 77, Crocombe 1-49, Carson 1-55) Toss: Surrey won the toss and decided to field Officials: Gra...
03.05.2026
By Richard Latham May 1-4, The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton Yorkshire 162 (Bean 35, Bairstow 34, Gregory 6-43, Overton 2-42) & 13-0 Somerset 274 (Thomas 136, Abell 50, White 4-41, Revis 2-36) Toss: Somerset won the toss and decided to field Of...
03.05.2026
By Jon Culley May 1-4, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester Nottinghamshire 490 (Slater 178, Clarke 97, B Green 7-112, Scriven 2-61) Leicestershire 220-8 (Eskinazi 44*, A Patel 38*, Stone 5-41, Pennington 2-5) Toss: Leicestershire won the toss and decided to...
03.05.2026
By Alex Smith May 1-4, Utilita Bowl, Southampton Glamorgan 536-7 dec (Carlson 209, ul Hassan 143, Prest 2-37) Hampshire 58-0 (Gubbins 37*, Albert 21*) Toss: Hampshire won the toss and decided to field Officials: Ben Debenham, Mark Newell, Mike Smith I hav...
03.05.2026
Warwickshire are one point ahead of Somerset at the top of the County Championship Division One table after drawing with Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
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03.05.2026
Adam Hopkins speaks to Darren Talbot of Twenty20 Community Cricket Academy about his state school talent search The search is on to unearth some of Surrey’s untapped state school cricketing talent with the launch of the second edition of Twenty20 Communit...
03.05.2026
THE BARMY Army has distanced itself from Vic Flowers, once their cheerleader, who is reported to be standing for Reform UK in this week’s local government elections. Flowers became well-known in the early 2000s with the Barmy Army, dressed in a St George’...
03.05.2026
April’s teams of the month THE PCA Team of the Month has returned in 2026 with April’s sides selected using the PCA’s Most Valuable Player Rankings, powered by OFX. The PCA’s MVP system works by comparing a player’s accomplishments against the expected pe...
03.05.2026
Stephen Eskinazi has just returned from a run. The Cricket Paper jokes that the number of boundaries he has hit so far this season should make that kind of exercise superfluous.
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03.05.2026
Emilio Gay would have been on England’s radar before his match-winning knock against Lancashire on Monday.
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03.05.2026
According to Gloucestershire’s overseas recruit Gabe Bell, the west country club have got their season back on track.
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03.05.2026
‘Stress fracture’ – two words that all fast bowlers dread. But words which are now more common than ever in the lexicon of modern cricket.
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03.05.2026
“It was a great feeling,” says Emilio Gay after his match-winning hundred and record stand with David Bedingham against Lancashire saw him voted Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round.
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03.05.2026
OLLY STONE'S first five-wicket haul since 2019 put reigning champions Nottinghamshire in a commanding position at Leicester, the injury-hit quick delivering a reminder of his talent. High fives: Olly Stone, right, takes the plaudits from Notts teammate Be...
03.05.2026
There’s definitely a difference in standard between the two divisions, but it’s not necessarily about the individual players.
The post Ben Raine: Mind the gap! The real differences between Division One and Two appeared first on The Cricket Paper.
03.05.2026
A lot of the discussion surrounding England’s first Test squad of the summer has been about who should replace Zak Crawley at the top of the order, but the make-up of the bowling attack is another major headache for the selectors.
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03.05.2026
England have named uncapped 18-year-old left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman in their squad for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup.
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03.05.2026
After the abundance of drawn contests in Division One last week, the latest action in the Rothesay County Championship produced a much more result-oriented round with six positive outcomes in seven matches.
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05.05.2026
Kevin Pietersen has always been a master of the ‘switch hit’ and now he's bringing that same boundary-pushing energy to his content squad.
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05.05.2026
Ben Stokes’ county comeback is set to be an all-action affair, with Durham considering unleashing the England captain as a new-ball strike bowler.
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08.05.2026
England captain Ben Stokes picked up an early wicket as he took the new ball for Durham on his first competitive appearance since the Ashes.
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08.05.2026
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10.05.2026
Format switch: It’s the last round of Championship action before the T20 Blast returns 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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10.05.2026
The biggest news stories from cricket across the globe in the last week BLACK CAPS NAME TEST SQUAD FOR ENGLAND TOUR New Zealand have named their squad for the three-match Test series against England starting next month. Seamers Kyle Jamieson and Will O’Ro...
10.05.2026
WITH THE Bank Holiday weekend, most boarding schools were on exeat over the weekend, resulting in fewer Saturday fixtures than normal. At the same time, GCSE and A-level exams start in earnest next week, and with pupils starting study leave, opportunities...
10.05.2026
Bowling jaffas: Jafer Chohan is playing in the NYSD prem PICTURE: Alamy YORKSHIRE LEG-SPINNER Jafer Chohan has joined North Yorkshire & South Durham Premier League side Hartlepool and made an impressive start to his career with the North East club. He too...
10.05.2026
IN BRADFORD, Pudsey St Lawrence took the spoils in the Pudsey derby after thrashing Pudsey Congs by 170 runs. There were half-centuries for Archie Phillipson (77), Ankit Sharma (55 not out) and Archie Scott (50) in St Lawrence’s total of 289 before Sharma...
10.05.2026
STARTING THIS May, cricket charity Lord’s Taverners is introducing a new national softball cricket competition for SEND and ALN schools across England and Wales. An accessible and competitive alternative to table cricket, the new format will provide pupil...
10.05.2026