Here’s to the quiet heroism of county cricket: Pride, jeopardy and extraordinary matches Sport Business While the world’s white-ball franchise leagues flash past in a blur of sixes, jazzy uniforms and fireworks, England’s red-ball heartbeat, the County Championship, keeps thumping, writes Ed Warner. We painted the County Ground in Hove yellow on Tuesday to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of John Wisden just under a mile away in Crown [...]
What I’ve learned about English cricket finances in seven weeks chairing Sussex Sport Business Seven weeks as chair of Sussex Cricket and no major jolts to the view of the sport that I held while my nose was pressed to the window looking in, but lots of new detail to fill out my understanding of its challenges. Some of these challenges are unique to cricket, others common to many [...]
My dozen questions to get inside the minds of English cricket fans Sport Business An invitation from the England and Wales Cricket Board arrives, forwarded by Middlesex Cricket. A survey no less, and one with a laudable aim – to find out what it would take to entice the respondent to take up or extend membership of their favoured cricket county. It starts with questions about age, gender and [...]
Cricketers’ union: Counties don’t care about player welfare September 24, 2025 The Professional Cricketers’ Association has accused County Championship chairs of failing to prioritise player welfare after they rejected plans to streamline the competition. A long-running consultation on reducing the number of fixtures in the English game concluded yesterday without achieving the two-thirds majority support required. The proposals put to a vote were for the top [...]
Don’t be dazzled by the hype around The Hundred April 17, 2025 Ed Warner looks at the start of the County Championship season and whether an upcoming ECB review could see new influence from Hundred investors. The ice cream van was doing a steady trade, even at £4 for a Magnum. Made the twenty quid ticket feel especially good value. Around 2,500 people basked in the April [...]
Middlesex CCC call police on former chief over expenses feud May 29, 2024 Goatley insists he is innocent but Middlesex have called in the police and provided evidence to investigators.
County Cricket: Division One players putting their hands up for England April 29, 2024 Has spring finally sprung? Have those April showers given way to beer gardens and champers at the cricket? Not quite. The first three rounds of this year’s County Championship have been plagued with rain delays and washout results. With 14 of the 19 Division One results ending in draws or abandonments thus far it would [...]
Surrey remain unbeaten in County Championship with innings win April 22, 2024 Surrey closed the gap to leading Division One side Essex yesterday with an innings victory over Kent in Canterbury. Dan Worrall took 4-31 while Cameron Steel took 3-38 as the reigning champions bowled out the hosts for just 262. With Dom Sibley and Dan Lawrence knocking 150 and 112 in Surrey’s only innings, the favourites [...]