No 153, May 8: The Grumbler's County Cricket Newsletter
🟣 All your Champ previews 🟢 Looking back at Round 5 🟠 Surrey star to play first Champ game in five years 🔴 Labuschagne to return 🔵 Two counties looking at new grounds 🟡 County CEO to quit
County Champ - Rd 6 previews
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Division One
Essex vs Yorkshire
Warwickshire vs Surrey
Kurtis Patterson: Australian batter joins Surrey for three County Championship matches | BBC Sport
Jason Roy set to make red-ball comeback for Surrey | ESPNcricinfo
New Zealand star poised to make Warwickshire debut | Express & Star
Nottinghamshire vs Hampshire
Sussex vs Worcestershire
Division Two
Northamptonshire vs Lancashire
Kent vs Glamorgan
Marnus Labuschagne: Australian star to play two matches for Glamorgan in May | BBC Sport
Australia batter Labuschagne to play two games for Glamorgan ahead of WTC final | ESPNcricinfo
Durham & England bowler Brydon Carse close to return from injury | BBC Sport
James Rew called up to England Test squad after Jordan Cox ruled out | ESPNcricinfo
Jordan Cox struck by injury curse again ahead of Zimbabwe Test | Telegraph
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County Champ - Rd 5 reviews
Round 5 highlights page on ECB site - 30 mins per game
County Champ R5 Team of the Week: James Rew catches the eye | Cricket Paper
County cricket talking points: Bears beat Bairstow to go second | The Guardian
Week 5 Rothesay County Championship Review | Deep Extra Cover
Webster 'brilliant' in county debut for Warwickshire | cricket.com.au
James Rew becomes youngest Englishman to hit 10 first-class centuries since Denis Compton | Telegraph
News, Views and Interviews
Surrey and Middlesex set to develop grounds away from Oval and Lord’s | Times
Surrey County Cricket Club Unveil Populous-Designed Dressing Rooms at Kia Oval | Populous
Meanwhile, at Chelmsford, the visitors’ dressing room is a marquee. Haves and have-nots.
Sean Jarvis to step down in autumn as Leicestershire CEO | ESPNcricinfo
This is a real shame. Keeping the likes of Leicestershire going, let alone thriving, must be one of the biggest challenges in the county game and Jarvis made his mark. Doing well on the pitch helps too.
MCC to address gender divide at AGM in push for more women as members | BBC Sport
MCC appoints Ed Smith as next president | ESPNcricinfo
Why do the MCC continue to garner such coverage, given its privilege and irrelevance? Surely this will start to wane in the coming years. It says something when the Vatican makes a more progressive leadership appointment.
Ally McCoist plays wicketkeeper in beach cricket match at Elie | The Courier
‘It’s like a summer fling, but I’m not sure cricket is for me’ | The Observer
Cheshire cricket club enters the record books with world-beating giant wickets | Prolific North
Why is a PGA Tour golf event being played at a cricket club? | Today’s Golfer
Ballance joins Zimbabwe coaching staff ahead of England tour | Zim Cricket
Professional women's Essex cricket team starts after 20-year fight | BBC News
So much of cricket’s progress is built on the back of volunteers working for love, not money
IMPORTANTLY…WHY CRICKET DOESN’T MATTER – Some musings | Pete Aird
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