It may have been introduced with the best of intentions – the sight of Rishabh Pant coming out to bat at Old Trafford last summer with a broken foot or Chris Woakes heading out at The Oval with everyone aware that in his incapacitated state, there was a strong chance of further injury – but the ECB’s decision to allow replacements for injury, illness and significant life even...

I’m still struggling to get my head around the fact that we’ve had two rounds of County Championship fixtures by mid-April, and a third is underway. At this time of year, you’d still like to be playing practice matches. Ideally overseas!

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County Cricket Day returns for a third year next month, with cricket fans new and old encouraged to head down to their nearest professional fixture on Saturday May 16 to support the county game.

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ROUND three of the Championship sees just four games taking place but that has not stopped the rumblings and grumblings over the subs rule. At Bristol, a bemused Lancashire were denied the right to bring in Tom Bailey when Ajeet Singh Dale pulled up early on with an injured hamstring, and the likelihood now is […]

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Durham opener Ben McKinney admits he wanted to be “greedy” as his career best first-class score in Durham’s innings and 225-run victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol saw him named the Rothesay County Championship Player of the Round.

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