News Desk 06 Apr 2022

Essex focused on further trophies amid fallout from racism scandal

Essex host Kent in this week’s opening County Championship match, with captain Tom Westley eager to get back to trophy-winning ways.

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News Desk 06 Apr 2022

Ashes winner Ian Bell joins Derbyshire for stint as batting consultant

The former England batter’s 7,727 runs in 118 Tests at an average of 42.69 included 22 centuries.

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News Desk 05 Apr 2022

Yorkshire’s bid to draw line under racism claims continues with aptly-named deal

The county have announced a partnership with Indian global streaming platform Clean Slate.

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News Desk 05 Apr 2022

5 players to watch in the 2022 County Championship campaign

Warwickshire pipped Lancashire to the 2021 title on the final day of last term.

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News Desk 05 Apr 2022

The key talking points ahead of the start of the County Championship campaign

Two divisions have returned to the County Championship for the first time since 2019, with 10 clubs in division one and eight in division two.

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James Richardson 31 Mar 2022

Yorkshire members vote in reforms which pave way for Headingley internationals

Lord Kamlesh Patel lauded the ‘overwhelming vote for positive change’ after the extraordinary general meeting.

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James Richardson 31 Mar 2022

Derbyshire: Wayne Madsen backs coach Mickey Arthur in bid to end trophy drought

The county’s last success came with the County Championship Division Two title a decade ago.

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James Richardson 31 Mar 2022

Yorkshire: Pivotal day for club with EGM set to take place at Headingley

Members will be asked to vote through changes to the structure of the board that are key to the future of the club.

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James Richardson 30 Mar 2022

England Cricket Board backs Lord Patel to lead Yorkshire forward ahead of EGM

An EGM will take place at Headingley on Thursday where members will vote on key structure changes.

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Barend Prins 22 Mar 2022

Vitality Blast: Birmingham Bears snap up Ireland opener Paul Stirling

Stirling is his country’s all-time leading run-scorer in one-day internationals and Twenty20s.

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James Richardson 19 Mar 2022

Yorkshire: PCA fear Robin Smith is ‘endangering future’ ahead of vital EGM

The ECB restored Yorkshire’s international rights but on the proviso certain conditions were met by March 31.

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James Richardson 25 Feb 2022

Australia news: Fast bowlers from Down Under set for County stints

Bird has signed on for a short stint at Kent while Kelly is due to be available for Northants' first six Championship games.

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James Richardson 17 Feb 2022

Essex news: County charged by ECB with bringing game into disrepute

John Faragher last year resigned as Essex chairman following a claim he used racist language in 2017.

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James Richardson 16 Feb 2022

Yorkshire news: Clutch meeting rescheduled in bid for Headingley hosting rights

The March 14 EGM will seek to remove the final obstacles to hosting rights being restored by the ECB.

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James Richardson 14 Feb 2022

Yorkshire CCC news: Former England seamer Kabir Ali lands assistant coach role

The 41-year-old most recently worked at Warwickshire.

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Cricket365 08 Feb 2022

PCA admits failings over Azeem Rafiq racism allegations

Former spinner Rafiq described the organisation as “incredibly inept” in the wake of his racism allegations against Yorkshire.

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James Richardson 04 Feb 2022

South Africa left-arm quick signs on for stint with the Running Foxes

Hendricks has been on the fringes for the Proteas for some time.

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Cricket365 03 Feb 2022

Yorkshire: Individuals are trying to ‘delay and derail’ reform says Lord Patel

The club were forced to cancel an extraordinary general meeting on Wednesday night.

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James Richardson 03 Feb 2022

Sri Lanka seamer Suranga Lakmal retires to join Derbyshire for two-year County stint

Suranga Lakmal calls time on international career in favour of Derbyshire spell.

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Cricket365 02 Feb 2022

Yorkshire scrap EGM that was called to vote on changes to board structure

The meeting had been seen as a key step in the county’s governance overhaul in the wake of the Azeem Rafiq racism crisis.

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Cricket365 01 Feb 2022

Yorkshire announces partnership with second overseas club

The link-up with Momentum Multiply Titans will enable the clubs to offer scholarships for boys and girls to train overseas.

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Cricket365 31 Jan 2022

Tim Bresnan announces his retirement from all forms of cricket

Bresnan was contracted to Warwickshire for 2022 but says that, although his head was willing to tackle the new season, his body was not.

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Cricket365 26 Jan 2022

Cricket must address racism: Former England international Roland Butcher fed up

Butcher, who played three Tests and three one-day internationals for England in the early 1980s, is “not interested” in just words any more.

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Cricket365 26 Jan 2022

Racism in cricket: Azeem Rafiq staggered despite Middlesex chair’s apology for comments

Mike O’Farrell appeared to make generalisations at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee hearing.

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Cricket365 25 Jan 2022

Azeem Rafiq criticises Mike O’Farrell’s comments on lack of diversity in cricket

O’Farrell addressed the DCMS committee on Tuesday morning.

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