Hampshire have eyes on first title in 50 years but Lancashire have recruited well and champions Surrey will be tough to beatCaptain Tom Westley (Championship and 50-over Cup) Coach: Anthony McGrath Last season: 4th Continue reading...
Lancashire and Warwickshire look most likely to fight for the title, with Jimmy Anderson’s availability potentially decisive, while Hampshire benefit from a bolstered batting lineup Continue reading...
From Edgbaston to Euro 2020, modern supporters can participate: so long as it is in corporately pre-approved fashionFor the second time in two years, Fortress Edgbaston was breached. This time, however, it was not Steve Smith and Nathan Lyon but a few hundred inebriated hedonists from Warwick University.“The behaviour of a small number of students after the match finished was disgraceful,” the Warwickshire chief executive, Stuart Cain, said following Birmingham Bears’ T20 Blast game last week. Cain confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that lifetime bans are being meted out for the monstrous crime of walking on to a cricket field upon which no match was taking place and milling around for upwards of five minutes. Related: ‘It’s not a circus’: Tour de...
The Trinidadian’s first-class masterpiece for Warwickshire remains the world record innings, despite the game’s evolution The Spin: listen and subscribe to our brand new podcastBrian Charles Lara. The middle name is nearly always inserted whenever the great Trinidadian is spoken about in reverential terms and being as this week’s Spin is a look back at his world record first-class score of 501 not out, it feels appropriate to do the same.At 5.30pm on Thursday, during what will hopefully be a gripping denouement to West Indies v Australia at Trent Bridge, it will be 25 years since Lara stepped to leg and scythed Durham’s John Morris to the cover boundary at Edgbaston, passing the 499 made by Hanif Mohammad in 1959...
Somerset and Surrey look best equipped to battle for the title while Division Two features an intriguing race to make the top three promotion places Related: The Spin | Enjoy the cricket season ahead … it will be the last of its kind | Tanya Aldred Twitter: follow us at @guardian_sport Related: Alex Hales: ‘It takes 10 seconds to get an image, 10 years to undo it’ Related: Joe Root v Stuart Broad kicks off cricket bonanza in summer to savour | Vic Marks Continue reading...