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County Championship 2012: The Week That Wasn’t In Any Way Overshadowed

It was rearguard actions galore in the County Championship, as the competition basked in the the media limelight.

No Comments | July 31, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , , ,

Overpaid, Overated And Still Over Here: The Australia A Tour Of England

Turns out this English Test team might not be quite as good as everyone thought. Some charitable Aussies have stuck around to get hammered one more time to cheer up the locals.

1 Comment | July 26, 2012 | | First Class, Opinion | Tags: , , ,

County Championship 2012: Da Week Wat Got Gud

Belatedly, the County Championship sprung into life this week with close matches, dramatic finishes and some superb performances. Here’s our rundown on the latest round of fixtures.

2 Comments | July 25, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , ,

County Championship 2012: The Week That Might Be

The County Championship is back! If it was 1989, this would presumably have been one of the lead stories for this week’s edition of the Junior Gazette.

No Comments | July 16, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , ,

The County Championship: They Have The Internet On Computers Now!

YouTube: quite popular. The County Championship: not quite as popular. But surely the former could help the latter?

No Comments | June 15, 2012 | | First Class, Opinion | Tags: , ,

County Championship 2012: The Halfway House (Division Two)

We turn our attention to Division Two as we go around the grounds, realise it rained all week and fill space by talking about the season so far.

3 Comments | June 14, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , , ,

County Championship 2012: The Halfway House (Division One)

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. The rain in England and Wales falls mainly on the County Championship. Here’s the first half of our discussion around said County Championship so far.

4 Comments | June 13, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , , , ,

County Championship 2012: The Week That Was Overshadowed

Bloody foreigners, eh? Coming over here, retiring from one day cricket to distract everyone from the proper cricket going on. Can’t trust ’em.

County Championship 2012: The Week That Was Dry

For once, it was dry. Who performed in the heat and who wilted? Find out as we review the latest week of the County Championship.

No Comments | May 28, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , ,

County Championship 2012: *comedy title goes here*

Another tough week of cricket in the County Championship saw plenty of bad weather, just one result and rising levels of excitement about the imminent arrival of Phil Hughes.

No Comments | May 20, 2012 | | First Class | Tags: , , , ,