County cricket 2026 awards: the good, the bad and the best man Featuring: a teenager taking a debut hat-trick, a win for one of cricket’s nice guys, and a hard summer for ground staff The Guardian - UK · Sep 29
Thomas hundred boosts Somerset against Essex, as Surrey peg back Notts – as it happened Josh Thomas’s century lifted Somerset while Surrey’s Tom Lawes helped skittle Notts and Zak Crawley found form for Kent The Guardian - UK · Aug 20
Saltburn cricketer at centre of ‘Clicky Ponting’ cheating allegations suspended by club after viral video Saltburn Cricket Club said on Wednesday that the player will not play again ‘for the foreseeable future’ The Independent UK · Jul 29
Saltburn suspend player at the centre of finger-clicking controversy The club have announced that they will not play their second-team fixture against Marton on Wednesday. The Independent UK · Jul 29
'Spygate' villains Southampton wouldn't be the first team to be kicked out of the play-offs Southampton are set to learn their fate over the 'spygate' row, and there is precedent for a team being kicked out of the play-offs FourFourTwo · May 19
Michael Thomas, Sergio Agüero, Josh Stones: football’s latest title-winning goals Plus: dramatic late drops into the relegation zone, the Italia 90 XI and teams wearing away kits in finals The Guardian - UK · Apr 29
Emilio Gay presses England case in Durham victory on day of draws in County Championship Stylish left-hander Gay made a superb fourth-innings ton to steer Durham to victory The Independent UK · Apr 27
County Championship: Team-by-team guide to new season – and the England hopefuls to look out for With Test places up for grabs, another thrilling English summer could be in store The Independent UK · Apr 1
County Championship 2026: team-by-team guide to the new season Surrey look well placed to reclaim the title after their runner-up finish last season while all eyes are on promotion for Lancashire The Guardian - UK · Mar 31
Twenty-eight days later: the fastest sackings in English football’s top tier Plus: Austria’s full-house of goals and assists, more free-kick purple patches and seeing red after scoring a hat-trick The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025
Durham collapse to defeat and relegation as Yorkshire and Hampshire survive Durham were bowled out for just 85 runs and will play in the second tier while Hampshire survived. The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2025
Hampshire’s relegation fate left on knife-edge as bad light stops play vs Surrey Strugglers Hampshire were 148 for nine when the umpires led the teams off early, with just one wicket left in hand and the winning line 33 runs away. The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2025
Durham v Surrey, Yorkshire v Sussex, and more: county cricket day one – as it happened Sussex’s 10th wicket partnership denies Yorkshire, Rehan Ahmed shines again and Surrey skittle Durham The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025
Leicestershire hammered by Middlesex to end unbeaten season The County Championship Division Two leaders lost by an innings and 127 runs. The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2025 Counties to vote on radical shake-up to cut matches from domestic cricket The 18 first-class counties will this week finalise plans to cut the County Championship and Twenty20 Blast to 12 matches in each competition next season in a significant restructure of the domestic game
FourFourTwo · May 31, 2025 ‘When we made it 2-1 against Gillingham, I felt something big was happening – I knew I’d get one more chance and told myself I had to keep calm and take it’ - Paul Dickov remembers iconic moment that changed Manchester City history Manchester City may not be where they are today if they had not miraculously escaped defeat in the third-tier play-off final in 1999
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025 County cricket day four: Somerset beat Essex, Middlesex edge Kent and more – as it happened James Rew was the hero as Somerset roared back to beat Essex by three wickets at Taunton
The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025 Jamie Porter claims six second-innings wickets as Essex see off Worcestershire Porter finished with match figures of eight for 101.
AAP · Apr 21, 2025 Crawley denies Green debut county victory with Glos Cam Green's English county debut for Gloucestershire has ended in a tense draw, the Australian denied by Ashes foe Zak Crawley who steered Kent to survival.
The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2025 Ben Brown’s Hampshire captaincy starts with five-wicket win against Yorkshire Adam Lyth ground out 106 to give Yorkshire hope of a sensational turnaround victory.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025 County Championship 2025: team-by-team guide to the new season Surrey look primed to make it four titles in a row and Lancashire have enough to jump back to Division One
The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024 Which footballers have won most under-age caps and switched allegiances? Plus: winless quintets this far into an English top-flight season, more unlikely tattoos and first-half shellackings
The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024 Ron Yeats obituary Footballer who captained Liverpool under Bill Shankly and helped win the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s history
The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024 Vitality County Championship leaders Surrey on top against Worcestershire In Division Two Yorkshire wrapped up victory inside three days at Scarborough.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2024 County cricket: Surrey wrap up innings win, Durham draw with Essex – as it happened The champions proved far too strong for Hampshire while Leicestershire are top of Division Two after drawing with Northants