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1 week ago | 
espn.in | Alan Gardner |Danyal Rasool |Vithushan Ehantharajah
It's Trade Wars Szn, apparently, and while cricket won't register high on the import/export ledger in either China or the US, that doesn't mean the game is short on geopolitical posturing. Witness the PSL opting to go toe-to-toe with the IPL during the global T20 circuit's premium window. What does it all mean, apart from a brightly coloured smorgasboard of short-form frippery swamping the airwaves just when the County Championship is looking to remind everyone it still exists?
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1 week ago | 
espn.in | Vithushan Ehantharajah |Alan Gardner
Hampshire 55 for 1 (Gubbins 23*, Worrall 1-14) trail Surrey 253 (Sibley 100*, Wheal 4-65) by 198 runsIt was just after 5pm at the Kia Oval, with Surrey nine down, having spent a gorgeous day at the Kia Oval scrapping against Hampshire, that the probable past and potential future of English Test cricket locked horns. Words were spoken. Bouncers bowled. Attempts to guide a boundary over third missed three times. Sonny Baker, just two weeks into his County Championship career, was fed up.
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3 weeks ago | 
espn.in | Valkerie Baynes |Alan Gardner |Vithushan Ehantharajah
Can Surrey claim a fourth consecutive Championship pennant, matching their own feat from the 1950s? How will Yorkshire and Sussex fare back in the top tier? The Rothesay County Championship season begins on Friday and we have run the rule over the contenders. You can read our Division Two preview here.
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4 weeks ago | 
espn.co.uk | Alan Gardner |Vithushan Ehantharajah |Andrew Miller
Sussex's base at Hove may be one of the more tranquil destinations on the county circuit. But when the club make their return to Division One of the Championship after a ten-year absence next month, opponents should not arrive expecting a ride on the teacups. That is the message coming from the 2024 Division Two champions, with head coach, Paul Farbrace, saying Sussex will going into the new season "aiming to win" the title.
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4 weeks ago | 
espn.co.uk | Vithushan Ehantharajah |Andrew Miller |Alan Gardner
The England Test set-up under Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes have given plenty of new opportunities to players. But for Dan Lawrence, his three-match stint as an opener last summer might rank as their biggest hospital pass. With Zak Crawley ruled out of the Sri Lanka series with a broken finger, England decided to insert Lawrence at the top of the order. He had been the spare batter for a while, at home and overseas.
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4 weeks ago | 
espn.co.uk | Andrew Miller |Vithushan Ehantharajah |Alan Gardner
How long can a hungry young player stay hungry - or young for that matter - when the fates seem so cruelly conspired against him? Five years have passed since Jordan Cox, then 19, announced his talents with a startling double-century for Kent in the Bob Willis Trophy, and four years since his Player-of-the-Match performance in their T20 Blast triumph at Edgbaston in 2021.
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1 month ago | 
espn.co.uk | Alan Gardner |Matt Roller |Vithushan Ehantharajah
Sussex head coach, Paul Farbrace, believes English cricket has a golden opportunity to overhaul the structure of the men's county game with a blueprint that is "right for cricket and not right for finance", in the wake of the ECB securing an unprecedented windfall from its sale of equity in the Hundred. The process to attract outside investment in the eight Hundred franchises ended last month, with around £500 million in line to be distributed once exclusivity agreements are reached.
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2 months ago | 
espn.co.uk | Alan Gardner |Hemant Brar
How do they look? Like the rest of the world, England haven't given the one-day format much thought in recent times - although that period of neglect arguably stretches back to 2019, when they finally lifted the 50-over World Cup and then promptly demoted List A cricket to second-class status as part of the upheaval around the introduction of the Hundred.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
dailycartoonist.com | Alan Gardner
Skip to content →2025→01→15→Editorial cartooning→International→Nominations Open for Courage in Cartooning Award Cartoonist Rights has announced they are now taking nominations for the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award. The award recognizes a cartoonist’s exemplary bravery while facing threats to their human rights.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
dailycartoonist.com | Alan Gardner
Skip to content →2025→01→07→Editorial cartooning→International→Kenyan Cartoonist Kibet Bull Found Alive Kenyan cartoonist and social media influencer Kibet Bull has been found alive after being abducted Dec. 24. Kibet. His brother and four other young men were abducted in the weeks prior in what appears to be a politically motivated kidnappings by President William Ruto’s government. Kibet’s viral silhouette cartoons, shared on social media, were sharply critical of the president.
