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Strength and charisma of Pavely see Warwickshire over the line
Warwickshire (336 all out) beat Somerset (302 all out) by 34 runs A native of Warwickshire once wrote: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” This has not been a temperate summer so far for Warwickshire’s cricketers. They have blown both hot and cold as they hit over 300 last week and lost, whilst they hit 691 runs in their first two games wi
Richard Starkie
2 days ago5 min read
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Strength and charisma of Pavely see Warwickshire over the line
Warwickshire (336 all out) beat Somerset (302 all out) by 34 runs A native of Warwickshire once wrote: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” This has not been a temperate summer so far for Warwickshire’s cricketers. They have blown both hot and cold as they hit over 300 last week and lost, whilst they hit 691 runs in their first two games wi
Richard Starkie
2 days ago5 min read
Gammon’s crucial knock helps Glamorgan avoid a giant-killing
T20 County Cup: Glamorgan (140/8) beat Devon (129/5) by 11 runs Newport International Sports Village is a truly impressive development. Here you can play and watch a myriad of different sports in one place. There is the Geraint Thomas Velodrome for cycling, there is the Newport Stadium for Rugby, football and athletics, there is a competition level swimming pool and there are two adjoining cricket pitches at Newport Cricket Club, with a triangular scoreboard with faces that c
Richard Starkie
Apr 255 min read
Middlesex steamroll their way to another dominant win
Middlesex (173/3) beat Gloucestershire (172 all out) by seven wickets with 110 balls to spare On Watling Street, the road which took people in ancient times from Verulamium to Londinium, many great battles have been fought over the centuries. It was here that in AD 46 that Roman legions marched northward to conquer the Britons. It was here that Boudica, Queen of the Iceni (the ancient world equivalent of Captain of Essex) marched her forces through Radlett, situated on this a
Richard Starkie
Apr 205 min read
Yorkshire triumphant on their Headingley début in Division One
Yorkshire (280/9) beat The Blaze (210 all out) by 80 runs It has been quite a journey for the White Rose county. Aggrieved at being passed over for the right to become a Tier 1 county in the first year of the re-organised structure of women’s cricket in 2025, they did not quietly accept their fate, but instead protested vociferously and decried the unfairness of a system which rewarded their more northerly neighbours over them. A year’s penitence in Tier 2 was not all plain s
Richard Starkie
Apr 185 min read
Stylish Middlesex dodge wind and rain to achieve yet another 10-wicket win
Middlesex 121/0 (18.4) beat Derbyshire 124/6 (39.3) by 10 wickets (DLS method) “When the clouds shake their hyssops, and the rain Like holy water falls upon the plain,' Tis sweet to gaze upon the springing grain And see your harvest born.” (A rainy day in April, Francis Ledwidge (1887-1917)) The early season chill was as evident as ever beneath the slate grey skies of Derbyshire’s County Ground. A brisk breeze added bite to the cool, damp morning and sent endless sooty cumu
Richard Starkie
Apr 123 min read
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