No 152, May 1: The Grumbler's County Cricket Newsletter
🟣 Champ Round 5 previews 🟢 Notts lead Div One but star departs 🟠 Root, Brook to play for Yorks 🔴 Gloucs eye new site 🔵 TV documentary star plays for Lancs 2s 🟡 Buy a flat overlooking Taunton
County Championship - Rd 5 previews
Click on each team for a different preview
Division One
Hampshire vs Durham
Somerset vs Essex
Yorkshire vs Warwickshire
Harry Brook & Joe Root: England duo to play for Yorkshire | BBC Sport
Division Two
Glamorgan vs Derbyshire
Lancashire vs Gloucestershire
Leicestershire vs Northamptonshire
Middlesex vs Kent
Australian trio arrive but Chris Woakes' return delayed ahead of County Championship round five | Cricketer ($)
Beau Webster, Jordan Buckingham and Harry Conway are available for Warwickshire, Yorkshire and Northamptonshire, respectively, as the county cricket overseas contingent grows
Guest signs new two-year deal with Derbyshire - Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Guest signs new two-year deal | Peakfan’s Blog
Jamal Richards loaned to Kent | Essex CCC
☕️ When I started this newsletter I made two promises, it will be free forever and your data will never be misused. If you like this newsletter (and you can afford it) please consider buying me a coffee via Ko-Fi or subscribe via Patreon. All coffee buyers are name-checked in the next edition.☕️
📱My social media BlueSky | Threads Facebook | Instagram | Reddit | X
PS If you want to get involved in any groups to change this situation. Then there is the County Cricket Members Group and, of course, the Cricket Supporters Association.
County Championship - Rd 4 reviews
County cricket talking points: Notts take top spot but Surrey are stalking | The Guardian
Somerset capitulate to hand Surrey first win of the season | Cricinfo
Nottinghamshire go clear at the top as Duckett, Hameed make quick work of Sussex | Cricinfo
Farhan Ahmed - a generational talent keeping it real for Notts | Cricinfo
Nottinghamshire laud 'outstanding' Fergus O'Neill as productive stint ends | ESPNcricinfo
Nottinghamshire are season’s surprise package, which is good news for English cricket | Telegraph
Leicestershire win Bristol thriller to go top of Division Two | Cricinfo
Passage of play that showed county cricket isn’t irrelevant for selectors | Times
📱My social media BlueSky | Threads Facebook | Instagram | Reddit | X
News, Views and Interviews
Read these…
and then this
Wisden, cricket elitism and football punditry | The Guardian
and now this…
Mark Wood rejects notion England cricketers play too much golf | BBC Sport
The England set-up’s failure to grasp how much this p*sses off the wider cricket community is staggering. From a PR perspective, it is a huge own goal. A stick to beat them with when they fail. And it is all their own fault.
Broadhalfpenny Brigands CC launch £10,000 crowdfunding bid | Hampshire Chronicle
Hats off to the county cap, the players’ headwear with a mystical symbolism | The Guardian
Gloucestershire cricket to explore new site in Swanmoor Stoke | BBC Sport
Gloucestershire eye up site in South Glos for new cricket stadium | Bristol 24/7
Taunton apartment - the perfect property for a cricket fan - is up for sale | The Somerset Leveller
Tributes paid to former council leader and President of Durham CCC | Chronicle Live
Rite of spring | The Critic Magazine
Pre-game rituals in cricket - what are yours? | Cricket Yorkshire
Holding Fever: when club side Rishton signed the fastest bowler in the world | Sport | The Guardian
Catches, Cracks, and Camaraderie | The Lecturing Engineer
Why £520m H*ndred franchise deals are still not signed | Telegraph
If this were Premier League football, it would be reported as a crisis. Or at least a climbdown by the ECB.
And that is the problem of selling your sport to external interests, they have different objectives and, as the ‘money’, they hold all the cards. Something that REALLY comes to bear when events change. Such as…
IPL Eyes Major Expansion to 94 Match Season by 2028 | SI
Cricket Ireland: Plans for new stadium lodged by Sport Ireland | BBC Sport
Grassroots cricket participation grows to record levels across Lancashire in 2024 | Lancashire CCC
📱My social media BlueSky | Threads Facebook | Instagram | Reddit | X
The story of this newsletter
This newsletter started in January 2021 because, frankly, no one else was publishing one and the county game lacked promotion. It will always be free and we will never misuse your data.
🤝 Sponsor - If you would like to sponsor this newsletter then please let me know
☕️ Coffee tips - The newsletter is a labour of love but it takes a long time to write. If you like the content, please feel free to tip me a coffee.
My monthly coffees: Ian Spittles, Daren Mootoo, Robin Lewis, Steve Harris, Simon Sargent, Cliffy, Vass, Gary Pope, DJH, Rich Turner, Anon, Bill Dove, Simon Hemsley, Steve Hart, Russell Holden, A Wilson, Ralph Cunningham, Simon Hemsley, Ben Hieatt-Smith, Sam Morshead, Adrian Partridge, Russell Holden, Martin Searle, Graeme Hayter, Cow Corner Slog, John Lucey, Sophie Whyte, Kevin Roome, LongLeg, George Dobell, William Dobson, Gary Prail
Patreon: Simon Burnton, Bob Christie, Duncan Lewis, Chris Lowe, Steve, Robert Stone
Coffees since the last edition: Chris Freeman
Classifieds
Links
Join the Cricket Supporters Association, it’s free
County Cricket Matters - Buy the magazine direct or on Kindle
Guerilla Cricket - irreverent, online commentary and jingles all the way
Leading Edge - County stats dashboard and podcast
98 Not Out - top interviews and cricket chat on the podcast
Also, there’s my book, Last-Wicket Stand.
🏴☠️ Indy bookshop | 🇺🇸 USA | 🇦🇺 Australia