CRICKET MATTERS National Counties showcase day

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:14

Published on Tuesday, 20 July 2021 08:00

Callum Taylor will find himself playing against Wales NC just 48 hours after he helped them reach the semi-finals of the National Counties Trophy for the first time in 25 years.  

Taylor took important wickets on his seasonal debut for Wales to help them defeat Herefordshire in Sunday’s quarter-final at Port Talbot but his team-mates will become opponents in today’s 50 overs contest against Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.

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NATIONAL COUNTIES TROPHY Quarter final line-up

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Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2021 06:12

Published on Monday, 05 July 2021 06:04

Holders Berkshire, Devon, Herefordshire, Suffolk and Cheshire all booked their places in the quarter-finals of the National Counties Trophy on a rain-affected final day of group matches. 

Devon’s six runs (DLS Method) win over Dorset in a cliff-hanger at Dorchester secured them a home quarter-final and decided a tight Group Two in which all five sides started the day with a mathematical chance of progressing. 

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CRICKET Dent to push-on after new Gloucestershire deal

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 22 April 2020 13:57

Published on Monday, 20 April 2020 13:46

Gloucestershire CCC captain Chris Dent has signed a three-year extension that will see him stay with his home city side until the end of the 2023 season.

Dent, 29, skippered Gloucestershire to promotion last summer, his second term as county captain.

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CRICKET Somerset title chase going to the wire

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Last Updated on Thursday, 22 August 2019 08:23

Published on Thursday, 22 August 2019 07:59

Somerset's bid for their first ever county championship crown is set to go to the wire and a final mouth-watering match of the season at home to table-topping Essex at Taunton, starting on Monday September 23.

Somerset's five wicket win - and 21 points haul - against Warwickshire at Edgbaston yesterday narrowed the gap on leaders Essex to just two points with three fixtures remaining.

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MINOR COUNTIES Cornwall depleted against champions

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Last Updated on Sunday, 18 August 2019 10:49

Published on Sunday, 18 August 2019 07:03

Defending champions Berkshire will face a severely-depleted Cornwall side at St Austell as the leaders attempt to make it five straight wins this season in the Minor Counties Championship Western Division.

The match clashes with the regional final of the ECB Vitality Club T20 Blast which means that six players from Penzance, who normally form the nucleus of Cornwall’s side, are unavailable.

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