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English Domestic Season 2025
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Hungry Llama
U19 Cricketer
Agree Surrey and Lancs must be favourites for the titles.
The dry and sunny weather seen some big scores in the uni games and warmups. In 1 of the warmup friendlies, Warwicks smashed Northants for 504-0 off 90 overs, although 8 actually batted. poor scrimshaw went for 119 off 13 overs. In theory Notts have a strong bowling attack with Tongue, Stone and Pennington all available. Cors they could all be injured by next week. Prob why they signed Mo Abbas. And Kent were in trouble at 190-6 against the students until Evison and denly jnr added 325.
The dry and sunny weather seen some big scores in the uni games and warmups. In 1 of the warmup friendlies, Warwicks smashed Northants for 504-0 off 90 overs, although 8 actually batted. poor scrimshaw went for 119 off 13 overs. In theory Notts have a strong bowling attack with Tongue, Stone and Pennington all available. Cors they could all be injured by next week. Prob why they signed Mo Abbas. And Kent were in trouble at 190-6 against the students until Evison and denly jnr added 325.
chris.hinton
International Captain
Cecil Wright: Tributes to cricket ace who played last game at 85
Jamaican-born Cecil Wright made England his home and played in the Lancashire leagues for six decades.
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Tribute to Cecil Wright who passed away aged 91 but played Club Cricket in Lancashire for decades until 2019. He played first class cricket for Jamaica.
chris.hinton
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Previews for the County Championship Season
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County Championship: Worcestershire look to defy odds to stay in Division One
Worcestershire begin their County Championship season at Somerset on Friday and are looking to defy the odds once again.
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Lancashire: 'It's my job' to win silverware says captain Keaton Jennings
Keaton Jennings is out to deliver as Lancashire captain as they begin life in Division Two in 2025.
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James Anderson: England record-holder not ruling out three more years at Lancashire
James Anderson will miss the first month of the County Championship with injury but says he could play another three years at Lancashire.
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Warwickshire: Hamza Shaikh signs extended contract with Bears
Warwickshire's England Lions player Hamza Shaikh extends his contract with the Bears until at least 2026.
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Matt Henry: Somerset hope to have New Zealand pace bowler for Sussex match
Somerset hope to have New Zealand pace bowler Matt Henry available for the second game of the County Championship says head coach Jason Kerr.
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Warwickshire: Bears must spread wickets around - Hannon-Dalby
Warwickshire fast bowler Olly Hannon-Dalby says the Bears must spread the wickets around if they are to challenge in 2025.
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chris.hinton
International Captain
Part 2
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Cameron Bancroft: Gloucestershire new captain 'boosts team' - Mark Alleyne
Gloucestershire's new red-ball captain Cameron Bancroft has experience of winning that can "boost" his team, says Mark Alleyne.
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Dewald Brevis: Hampshire sign South African batter for T20 season
Hampshire sign South African batter Dewald Brevis for the T20 Blast and County Championship.
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chris.hinton
International Captain
All the Ins and Outs
DERBYSHIRE
Ins: Martin Andersson (Middlesex), Jack Morley (Lancashire)
Outs: Sam Conners (Durham)
Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Blair Tickner (New Zealand), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast)
DURHAM
Ins: Emilio Gay (Northants), Will Rhodes (Warwickshire), Sam Conners (Derbyshire)
Outs: Michael Jones (Lancashire), Jonathan Bushnell, Brandon Glover, Oliver Gibson (all released)
Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Brendan Doggett (Australia - April and May), Neil Wagner (New Zealand - from June 22 onwards), Zak Foulkes (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)
ESSEX
Ins: None
Outs: Ben Allison (Worcestershire), Feroze Khushi (released), Aaron Beard (retired)
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa)
GLAMORGAN
Ins: Ned Leonard (Somerset), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset - on loan for first three County Championship matches)
Outs: Harry Podmore, Prem Sisodiya (both retired)
Overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka - first seven County Championship games)
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Ins: None
Outs: Zafar Gohar (Middlesex)
Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Cameron Green (Australia - five County Championship matches across April and May)
HAMPSHIRE
Ins: Sonny Baker (Somerset), Mark Stoneman (Middlesex)
Outs: None
Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Dewald Brevis (South Africa), Brett Hampton (New Zealand - April and May), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa - Vitality Blast)
KENT
Ins: Chris Benjamin (Warwickshire), Corey Flintoff (Lancashire)
Outs: Hamidullah Qadri, Arafat Bhuiyan (both released)
Overseas players: Kashif Ali (Pakistan - April and May), Keith Dudgeon (South Africa - April and May), Wes Agar (Australia - end of May onwards), Tom Rogers (Australia - Vitality Blast)
LANCASHIRE
Ins: Michael Jones (Durham)
Outs: Jack Morley (Derbyshire), Corey Flintoff (Kent), George Lavelle (released), Steven Croft (retired)
Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia - County Championship and One Day Cup), Anderson Phillip (West Indies), Chris Green (Australia - Vitality Blast), Ashton Turner (Australia - Vitality Blast)
LEICESTERSHIRE
Ins: Ben Green (Somerset - on loan for first seven County Championship matches)
Outs: Sam Evans (released)
Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Logan van Beek (Netherlands), Shan Masood (Pakistan, from May 31)
MIDDLESEX
Ins: Ben Geddes (Surrey), Zafar Gohar (Gloucestershire)
Outs: Martin Andersson (Derbyshire), Mark Stoneman (Hampshire), Ethan Bamber (Warwickshire), Thilan Walallawita (released), Robbie White (retired)
Overseas players: Kane Williamson (New Zealand - at least five County Championship matches plus at least 10 Vitality Blast games), Dane Paterson (South Africa - County Championship in April and May), Josh Little (Ireland - mainly for the Vitality Blast)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Ins: Dom Leech (Yorkshire), Liam Guthrie
Outs: Emilio Gay (Durham), Jack White (Yorkshire), Alex Russell, George Gowler, George Weldon (all released)
Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa - April to July), Harry Conway (Australia - four County Championship matches in May), Ashton Agar (Australia - Vitality Blast), Yuzvendra Chahal (India - County Championship and One Day Cup, from June 22)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Ins: Conor McKerr (Surrey), Francis Moore
Outs: Fateh Singh (Worcestershire), Luke Fletcher (released), Tom Loten, Toby Pettman (both retired)
Overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa - County Championship), Fergus O'Neill (Australia - first month of County Championship), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan - six County Championship games across May and September), Daniel Sams (Australia - Vitality Blast), Moises Henriques (Australia - Vitality Blast)
SOMERSET
Ins: None
Outs: Sonny Baker (Hampshire), Ned Leonard (Glamorgan), George Thomas (Sussex), Ben Green (Leicestershire - on loan for first seven County Championship matches), Shoaib Bashir (Glamorgan - on loan for first three County Championship matches), Roelof van der Merwe (released)
Overseas players: Matt Henry (New Zealand - County Championship and Vitality Blast, April 7-June 25), Riley Meredith (Australia - Vitality Blast), Migael Pretorius (South Africa)
SURREY
Ins: Matthew Fisher (Yorkshire)
Outs: Conor McKerr (Nottinghamshire), Ben Geddes (Middlesex), Amar Virdi (released)
Overseas players: Kemar Roach (West Indies - first four County Championship matches), Nathan Smith (New Zealand - County Championship and Vitality Blast), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)
SUSSEX
Ins: George Thomas (Somerset)
Outs: None
Overseas players: Daniel Hughes (Australia), Jayden Seales (West Indies), Jaydev Unadkat (India - September), Gurinder Sandhu (Australia - June and July)
WARWICKSHIRE
Ins: Ethan Bamber (Middlesex)
Outs: Will Rhodes (Durham), Chris Benjamin (Kent), Amir Khan (released), Liam Norwell, Michael Burgess (both retired)
Overseas players: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka, County Championship - April), Beau Webster (Australia - County Championship and Vitality Blast, May-July), Hassan Ali (Pakistan - end of May-September)
WORCESTERSHIRE
Ins: Ben Allison (Essex), Fateh Singh (Nottinghamshire)
Outs: Olly Cox (released), Joe Leach, Josh Cobb (both retired)
Overseas players: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand - first three months of season for County Championship and Vitality Blast), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia - Vitality Blast)
YORKSHIRE
Ins: Jack White (Northamptonshire)
Outs: Matthew Fisher (Surrey), Dom Leech (Northamptonshire), Mickey Edwards (retired)
Overseas players: Ben Sears (New Zealand), Jordan Buckingham (Australia - County Championship, April 29-May 29), Will Sutherland (Australia - two County Championship matches in June and Vitality Blast group stage), Will O'Rourke (New Zealand - first eight Vitality Blast matches)
DERBYSHIRE
Ins: Martin Andersson (Middlesex), Jack Morley (Lancashire)
Outs: Sam Conners (Durham)
Overseas players: Caleb Jewell (Australia), Blair Tickner (New Zealand), AM Ghazanfar (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast)
DURHAM
Ins: Emilio Gay (Northants), Will Rhodes (Warwickshire), Sam Conners (Derbyshire)
Outs: Michael Jones (Lancashire), Jonathan Bushnell, Brandon Glover, Oliver Gibson (all released)
Overseas players: David Bedingham (South Africa), Brendan Doggett (Australia - April and May), Neil Wagner (New Zealand - from June 22 onwards), Zak Foulkes (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)
ESSEX
Ins: None
Outs: Ben Allison (Worcestershire), Feroze Khushi (released), Aaron Beard (retired)
Overseas players: Simon Harmer (South Africa)
GLAMORGAN
Ins: Ned Leonard (Somerset), Shoaib Bashir (Somerset - on loan for first three County Championship matches)
Outs: Harry Podmore, Prem Sisodiya (both retired)
Overseas players: Colin Ingram (South Africa), Asitha Fernando (Sri Lanka - first seven County Championship games)
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Ins: None
Outs: Zafar Gohar (Middlesex)
Overseas players: Cameron Bancroft (Australia), Cameron Green (Australia - five County Championship matches across April and May)
HAMPSHIRE
Ins: Sonny Baker (Somerset), Mark Stoneman (Middlesex)
Outs: None
Overseas players: Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Dewald Brevis (South Africa), Brett Hampton (New Zealand - April and May), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (South Africa - Vitality Blast)
KENT
Ins: Chris Benjamin (Warwickshire), Corey Flintoff (Lancashire)
Outs: Hamidullah Qadri, Arafat Bhuiyan (both released)
Overseas players: Kashif Ali (Pakistan - April and May), Keith Dudgeon (South Africa - April and May), Wes Agar (Australia - end of May onwards), Tom Rogers (Australia - Vitality Blast)
LANCASHIRE
Ins: Michael Jones (Durham)
Outs: Jack Morley (Derbyshire), Corey Flintoff (Kent), George Lavelle (released), Steven Croft (retired)
Overseas players: Marcus Harris (Australia - County Championship and One Day Cup), Anderson Phillip (West Indies), Chris Green (Australia - Vitality Blast), Ashton Turner (Australia - Vitality Blast)
LEICESTERSHIRE
Ins: Ben Green (Somerset - on loan for first seven County Championship matches)
Outs: Sam Evans (released)
Overseas players: Peter Handscomb (Australia), Logan van Beek (Netherlands), Shan Masood (Pakistan, from May 31)
MIDDLESEX
Ins: Ben Geddes (Surrey), Zafar Gohar (Gloucestershire)
Outs: Martin Andersson (Derbyshire), Mark Stoneman (Hampshire), Ethan Bamber (Warwickshire), Thilan Walallawita (released), Robbie White (retired)
Overseas players: Kane Williamson (New Zealand - at least five County Championship matches plus at least 10 Vitality Blast games), Dane Paterson (South Africa - County Championship in April and May), Josh Little (Ireland - mainly for the Vitality Blast)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Ins: Dom Leech (Yorkshire), Liam Guthrie
Outs: Emilio Gay (Durham), Jack White (Yorkshire), Alex Russell, George Gowler, George Weldon (all released)
Overseas players: Matthew Breetzke (South Africa - April to July), Harry Conway (Australia - four County Championship matches in May), Ashton Agar (Australia - Vitality Blast), Yuzvendra Chahal (India - County Championship and One Day Cup, from June 22)
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Ins: Conor McKerr (Surrey), Francis Moore
Outs: Fateh Singh (Worcestershire), Luke Fletcher (released), Tom Loten, Toby Pettman (both retired)
Overseas players: Kyle Verreynne (South Africa - County Championship), Fergus O'Neill (Australia - first month of County Championship), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan - six County Championship games across May and September), Daniel Sams (Australia - Vitality Blast), Moises Henriques (Australia - Vitality Blast)
SOMERSET
Ins: None
Outs: Sonny Baker (Hampshire), Ned Leonard (Glamorgan), George Thomas (Sussex), Ben Green (Leicestershire - on loan for first seven County Championship matches), Shoaib Bashir (Glamorgan - on loan for first three County Championship matches), Roelof van der Merwe (released)
Overseas players: Matt Henry (New Zealand - County Championship and Vitality Blast, April 7-June 25), Riley Meredith (Australia - Vitality Blast), Migael Pretorius (South Africa)
SURREY
Ins: Matthew Fisher (Yorkshire)
Outs: Conor McKerr (Nottinghamshire), Ben Geddes (Middlesex), Amar Virdi (released)
Overseas players: Kemar Roach (West Indies - first four County Championship matches), Nathan Smith (New Zealand - County Championship and Vitality Blast), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)
SUSSEX
Ins: George Thomas (Somerset)
Outs: None
Overseas players: Daniel Hughes (Australia), Jayden Seales (West Indies), Jaydev Unadkat (India - September), Gurinder Sandhu (Australia - June and July)
WARWICKSHIRE
Ins: Ethan Bamber (Middlesex)
Outs: Will Rhodes (Durham), Chris Benjamin (Kent), Amir Khan (released), Liam Norwell, Michael Burgess (both retired)
Overseas players: Tom Latham (New Zealand), Vishwa Fernando (Sri Lanka, County Championship - April), Beau Webster (Australia - County Championship and Vitality Blast, May-July), Hassan Ali (Pakistan - end of May-September)
WORCESTERSHIRE
Ins: Ben Allison (Essex), Fateh Singh (Nottinghamshire)
Outs: Olly Cox (released), Joe Leach, Josh Cobb (both retired)
Overseas players: Jacob Duffy (New Zealand - first three months of season for County Championship and Vitality Blast), Ben Dwarshuis (Australia - Vitality Blast)
YORKSHIRE
Ins: Jack White (Northamptonshire)
Outs: Matthew Fisher (Surrey), Dom Leech (Northamptonshire), Mickey Edwards (retired)
Overseas players: Ben Sears (New Zealand), Jordan Buckingham (Australia - County Championship, April 29-May 29), Will Sutherland (Australia - two County Championship matches in June and Vitality Blast group stage), Will O'Rourke (New Zealand - first eight Vitality Blast matches)
brandon
U19 12th Man
It’s an absolute insult to county cricket. I’m sure most of us know the ECB don’t give much of a toss about it anyway, but it’s just rank incompetence to keep proving they don’t. Any organisation with the slightest bit of competence doesn’t make it so obvious.
brandon
U19 12th Man
How do people feel the season is going to go for their county? Or any other for that matter?
I’ve absorbed practically every piece of writing and every podcast that’s been put out on the start of the county season - unsurprisingly the BBC are the only ones who haven’t yet sorted theirs, which is a massive slap in the face to the excellent Kevin Howells, they consistently let him down and frankly, they don’t deserve him.
Anyway, I’m a Durham supporter, it seems the biggest question is ‘CAN SURREY BE STOPPED’ and if so, by whom?! I’d love to say by us, a few people have been kind enough to tip us, but I have to say that the bowling depth concerns me. Last year we had the lowest number of bowling bonus points in the Division, the problem we have isn’t talent (or a lack thereof), it’s dealing with international call ups and injuries. In a perfect world (which, of course, we don’t live in) we could field a four man pace attack of Test players - Wood, Potts, Carse and Stokes. Unfortunately for us, the concern will be that we won’t see much of any of them. As far as I’m aware only Potts will be available for the first half of the season, we may see Stokes playing later in April or May, but I suspect it’ll be a a batsman only. Ben Raine continues to perform admirably in filling the role left by Chris Rushworth, I look forward to seeing how Doggett (sp?) performs when he arrives for the Warwickshire game next week, but aside from that there’s a lot of youth and inexperience. Players like Minto, Hogg, McAlindon and Killeen all have bags of promise and potential, Minto and Hogg have also received praise nationally from the media, but it would be unwise to place too much expectation on them as they learn their trade. I expect the occasional seam of Will Rhodes will be heavily relied upon, as will the spin of Parkinson and possibly even Ackermann in terms of finding people to give the quicks a rest in the middle of the afternoon. A pacer that does have experience and capability is Paul Coughlin, but he continues to be MIA too regularly for him to be considered a serious contender for making a telling contribution - which is a shame, because I genuinely believe that when fit he’s as good a genuine all-rounder as any in county cricket.
Batting wise we may have the strongest lineup in the country, the hardest task for Ryan Campbell will be putting together the best combination and then keeping happy the lads he can’t find a place for. We’re likely to see the order in the first month or so of the season with something like: Lees, McKinney, Gay, Bedingham (although not at Trent Bridge), Rhodes, Ackermann, Robinson.
Bedingham might want to go 5, Rhodes and Robinson have both batted higher than I have them, the latter especially could be interesting, he was magnificent at 5/6 in our Division Two title winning season, but struggled a bit at times last year, perhaps filling the more traditional keeper/batsman 7 slot will suit his game much more, along the Adam Gilchrist lines.
Much has already been written of McKinney’s promise, I think it’s a big year for him, my main concern is that he’ll fall into the Zak Crawley trap of looking a million dollars for the first few overs but suddenly finding a way to throw it away. The key for him will be finding the right gear and giving himself a chance.
On top of all that, we boast four bowlers (I think it’s four) who have FC hundreds to their name. Raine, Carse, Potts & Coughlin, so if the top order don’t get the job done, the lads down at the bottom might just keep us competitive.
I’m excited for the season as always, but I think this year may see us in something of a holding pattern, we’re heading in the right direction and for those of us who enjoyed the three title wins only to have to endure the possibility that we’d cease to exist - I’m hungry for more success, but patient enough that I’m simply enjoying the ride for the time being. I feel like this squad and the coaching staff have the ability to win it, but that they’re not quite there just yet. Would love to be proved wrong come September.
Hope you’ve enjoyed it if you’ve got this far. Apologies if it’s given you a headache.
Ha’way Durham!
I’ve absorbed practically every piece of writing and every podcast that’s been put out on the start of the county season - unsurprisingly the BBC are the only ones who haven’t yet sorted theirs, which is a massive slap in the face to the excellent Kevin Howells, they consistently let him down and frankly, they don’t deserve him.
Anyway, I’m a Durham supporter, it seems the biggest question is ‘CAN SURREY BE STOPPED’ and if so, by whom?! I’d love to say by us, a few people have been kind enough to tip us, but I have to say that the bowling depth concerns me. Last year we had the lowest number of bowling bonus points in the Division, the problem we have isn’t talent (or a lack thereof), it’s dealing with international call ups and injuries. In a perfect world (which, of course, we don’t live in) we could field a four man pace attack of Test players - Wood, Potts, Carse and Stokes. Unfortunately for us, the concern will be that we won’t see much of any of them. As far as I’m aware only Potts will be available for the first half of the season, we may see Stokes playing later in April or May, but I suspect it’ll be a a batsman only. Ben Raine continues to perform admirably in filling the role left by Chris Rushworth, I look forward to seeing how Doggett (sp?) performs when he arrives for the Warwickshire game next week, but aside from that there’s a lot of youth and inexperience. Players like Minto, Hogg, McAlindon and Killeen all have bags of promise and potential, Minto and Hogg have also received praise nationally from the media, but it would be unwise to place too much expectation on them as they learn their trade. I expect the occasional seam of Will Rhodes will be heavily relied upon, as will the spin of Parkinson and possibly even Ackermann in terms of finding people to give the quicks a rest in the middle of the afternoon. A pacer that does have experience and capability is Paul Coughlin, but he continues to be MIA too regularly for him to be considered a serious contender for making a telling contribution - which is a shame, because I genuinely believe that when fit he’s as good a genuine all-rounder as any in county cricket.
Batting wise we may have the strongest lineup in the country, the hardest task for Ryan Campbell will be putting together the best combination and then keeping happy the lads he can’t find a place for. We’re likely to see the order in the first month or so of the season with something like: Lees, McKinney, Gay, Bedingham (although not at Trent Bridge), Rhodes, Ackermann, Robinson.
Bedingham might want to go 5, Rhodes and Robinson have both batted higher than I have them, the latter especially could be interesting, he was magnificent at 5/6 in our Division Two title winning season, but struggled a bit at times last year, perhaps filling the more traditional keeper/batsman 7 slot will suit his game much more, along the Adam Gilchrist lines.
Much has already been written of McKinney’s promise, I think it’s a big year for him, my main concern is that he’ll fall into the Zak Crawley trap of looking a million dollars for the first few overs but suddenly finding a way to throw it away. The key for him will be finding the right gear and giving himself a chance.
On top of all that, we boast four bowlers (I think it’s four) who have FC hundreds to their name. Raine, Carse, Potts & Coughlin, so if the top order don’t get the job done, the lads down at the bottom might just keep us competitive.
I’m excited for the season as always, but I think this year may see us in something of a holding pattern, we’re heading in the right direction and for those of us who enjoyed the three title wins only to have to endure the possibility that we’d cease to exist - I’m hungry for more success, but patient enough that I’m simply enjoying the ride for the time being. I feel like this squad and the coaching staff have the ability to win it, but that they’re not quite there just yet. Would love to be proved wrong come September.
Hope you’ve enjoyed it if you’ve got this far. Apologies if it’s given you a headache.
Ha’way Durham!
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Third_Man
First Class Debutant
One for the Lancashire fans (and maybe Bazball enthuiasts) - Is Tom Hartley's fall from grace complete or an oversight? (He wasn't in the Team Photo from this week's Media Day https://x.com/BBCLancsCricket/status/1906984737362563438) text below unedited from the LCCC website
Squad to face Middlesex:
Keaton Jennings (c), Tom Aspinwall, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, Charlie Barnard, George Bell, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Marcus Harris, Matty Hurst, Michael Jones, Ollie Sutton, Luke Wells, Will Williams
Rothesay County Championship - player availability update:
Saqib Mahmood is available for the Rothesay County Championship, and has options included in his new contract for red ball cricket with Lancashire. He is currently building up his workloads ahead of a return to four-day action.
Due to white ball commitments, including the upcoming Pakistan Super League, Luke Wood is highly unlikely to be available for selection in this season’s Rothesay County Championship. Wood will be available for Lancashire Lightning for the full duration of the Vitality Blast.
England centrally contracted players Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone and Phil Salt are unlikely to feature for Lancashire in the Rothesay County Championship this season, due to a combination of the Indian Premier League and England white-ball commitments throughout the summer.
All other contracted squad members remain available for selection for Lancashire in the Rothesay County Championship.
Squad to face Middlesex:
Keaton Jennings (c), Tom Aspinwall, Tom Bailey, George Balderson, Charlie Barnard, George Bell, Jack Blatherwick, Josh Bohannon, Marcus Harris, Matty Hurst, Michael Jones, Ollie Sutton, Luke Wells, Will Williams
Rothesay County Championship - player availability update:
Saqib Mahmood is available for the Rothesay County Championship, and has options included in his new contract for red ball cricket with Lancashire. He is currently building up his workloads ahead of a return to four-day action.
Due to white ball commitments, including the upcoming Pakistan Super League, Luke Wood is highly unlikely to be available for selection in this season’s Rothesay County Championship. Wood will be available for Lancashire Lightning for the full duration of the Vitality Blast.
England centrally contracted players Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone and Phil Salt are unlikely to feature for Lancashire in the Rothesay County Championship this season, due to a combination of the Indian Premier League and England white-ball commitments throughout the summer.
All other contracted squad members remain available for selection for Lancashire in the Rothesay County Championship.
FBU
International Debutant
1 Jennings
2 Harris
3 Bohannon
4 Jones
5 Wells
6 Hurst
7 Balderson
8 Bailey
9 Sutton
10 Williams
12 Barnard
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I think Essex might struggle this year. Looks like they’re leaning heavily on internal player development and whilst there seem some exciting prospects in there, I feel first team opportunities are going to come too soon. The depth in the event of an injury or two will be severely tested.
Durham Fan
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Anyone going to watch some cricket this weekend? I’m off to Trent Bridge on Saturday.
andruid
Cricketer Of The Year
We know Root has questions to answer, but why Brooks?
FBU
International Debutant
@willis_macp
Another blow to England’s fast bowling stocks: Olly Stone “ruled out for 14 weeks” - ie the Test summer - following knee surgery. Poor fella can’t catch a break
I would expect that captains winning the toss will bowl first...
Jennings is bowling first.
Crawley carrying on his SA20 form, out for 1.
Another blow to England’s fast bowling stocks: Olly Stone “ruled out for 14 weeks” - ie the Test summer - following knee surgery. Poor fella can’t catch a break
I would expect that captains winning the toss will bowl first...
Jennings is bowling first.
Crawley carrying on his SA20 form, out for 1.
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Livingstone & Salt being unavailable for the Championship is a plus for Lancs I think.
chris.hinton
International Captain
All the County Championship matches and the Lineups have been announced. You can see them here
Essex vs Surrey
Surrey (Playing XI): Rory Burns(c), Dominic Sibley, Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith, Ryan Patel, Daniel Lawrence, Ben Foakes(w), Jordan Clark, Matthew Fisher, James Taylor, Kemar Roach
Essex (Playing XI): Paul Walter, Charlie Allison, Tom Westley(c), Jordan Cox, Matthew Critchley, Michael-Kyle Pepper(w), Noah Thain, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Samuel James Cook, Jamie Porter
Somerset vs Worcestershire
Somerset (Playing XI): Archie Vaughan, Sean Dickson, Tom Lammonby, Tom Abell, Tom Banton, James Rew(w), Lewis Gregory(c), Kasey Aldridge, Craig Overton, Josh Davey, Jack Leach
Worcestershire (Playing XI): Jake Libby, Gareth Roderick(w), Kashif Ali, Ethan Brookes, Adam Hose, Brett DOliveira(c), Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor, Ben Allison, Tom Hinley, Adam Finch
Nottinghamshire vs Durham
Nottinghamshire (Playing XI): Haseeb Hameed(c), Ben Slater, Freddie McCann, Joe Clarke(w), Jack Haynes, Matthew Montgomery, Lyndon James, Fergus O Neill, Farhan Ahmed, Josh Tongue, Dillon Pennington
Durham (Playing XI): Alex Lees(c), Ben McKinney, Emilio Gay, Colin Ackermann, Oliver Robinson(w), Will Rhodes, Graham Clark, George Drissell, Ben Raine, Paul Coughlin, Matthew Potts
Hampshire vs Yorkshire
Hampshire (Playing XI): Mark Stoneman, Fletcha Middleton, Nick Gubbins, Tom Prest, Toby Albert, Liam Dawson, Ben Brown(w/c), Brett Hampton, Kyle Abbott, Brad Wheal, Sonny Baker
Yorkshire (Playing XI): Adam Lyth, Finlay Bean, James Wharton, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow(w/c), George Hill, William Luxton, Dominic Bess, Benjamin Cliff, Jack White, Ben Coad
Warwickshire vs Sussex
Warwickshire (Playing XI): Alex Davies(c), Robert Yates, Hamza Shaikh, Sam Hain, Dan Mousley, Ed Barnard, Kai Smith(w), Ethan Bamber, Michael Booth, Vishwa Fernando, Tazeem Chaudry Ali
Sussex (Playing XI): Daniel Hughes, Tom Haines, Tom Clark, Tom Alsop, James Coles, John Simpson(w/c), Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Danny Lamb, Jack Carson, Ollie Robinson, Jayden Seales
Division Two
Northamptonshire vs Kent
Northamptonshire (Playing XI): Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter(w), George Bartlett, James Sales, Saif Zaib, Rob Keogh, Lewis McManus(c), Justin Broad, Dominic Leech, Raphael Weatherall, Liam Guthrie
Kent (Playing XI): Ben Compton, Zak Crawley, Daniel Bell-Drummond(c), Tawanda Muyeye, Jack Leaning, Joey Evison, Harry Finch(w), Grant Stewart, Keith Dudgeon, Nathan Gilchrist, Jaskaran Singh
Derbyshire vs Gloucestershire
Derbyshire (Playing XI): David Lloyd, Caleb Jewell, Harry Came, Wayne Madsen(c), Brooke Guest(w), Luis Reece, Anuj Dal, Martin Andersson, Zak Chappell, Jack Morley, Patrick Brown
Gloucestershire (Playing XI): Chris Dent, Ben Charlesworth, Oliver Price, Miles Hammond, James Bracey(w/c), Graeme van Buuren, Tom Price, Zaman Akhter, Matt Taylor, Ajeet Dale, Marchant de Lange
Middlesex vs Lancashire
Middlesex (Playing XI): Sam Robson, Nathan Fernandes, Max Holden, Leus du Plooy, Ryan Higgins, Ben Geddes, Jack Davies(w), Zafar Gohar, Toby Roland-Jones(c), Blake Carlton Cullen, Henry Brookes
Lancashire (Playing XI): Keaton Jennings(c), Michael Jones, Josh Bohannon, Marcus Harris, Matthew Hurst(w), Luke Wells, George Balderson, Tom Bailey, Thomas Aspinwall, Will Williams, Oliver William Sutton
Glamorgan vs Leicestershire
Glamorgan (Playing XI): Zain-ul-Hassan, Edward Byrom, Sam Northeast(c), Kiran Carlson, Colin Ingram, Ben Kellaway, Chris Cooke(w), Andy Gorvin, Timm van der Gugten, Shoaib Bashir, Asitha Fernando
Leicestershire (Playing XI): Rishi Patel, Soloman Budinger, Ian Holland, Lewis Hill, Peter Handscomb(c), Rehan Ahmed, Ben Cox(w), Ben Green, Ben Mike, Tom Scriven, Chris Wright
Essex vs Surrey
Surrey (Playing XI): Rory Burns(c), Dominic Sibley, Ollie Pope, Jamie Smith, Ryan Patel, Daniel Lawrence, Ben Foakes(w), Jordan Clark, Matthew Fisher, James Taylor, Kemar Roach
Essex (Playing XI): Paul Walter, Charlie Allison, Tom Westley(c), Jordan Cox, Matthew Critchley, Michael-Kyle Pepper(w), Noah Thain, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Samuel James Cook, Jamie Porter
Somerset vs Worcestershire
Somerset (Playing XI): Archie Vaughan, Sean Dickson, Tom Lammonby, Tom Abell, Tom Banton, James Rew(w), Lewis Gregory(c), Kasey Aldridge, Craig Overton, Josh Davey, Jack Leach
Worcestershire (Playing XI): Jake Libby, Gareth Roderick(w), Kashif Ali, Ethan Brookes, Adam Hose, Brett DOliveira(c), Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor, Ben Allison, Tom Hinley, Adam Finch
Nottinghamshire vs Durham
Nottinghamshire (Playing XI): Haseeb Hameed(c), Ben Slater, Freddie McCann, Joe Clarke(w), Jack Haynes, Matthew Montgomery, Lyndon James, Fergus O Neill, Farhan Ahmed, Josh Tongue, Dillon Pennington
Durham (Playing XI): Alex Lees(c), Ben McKinney, Emilio Gay, Colin Ackermann, Oliver Robinson(w), Will Rhodes, Graham Clark, George Drissell, Ben Raine, Paul Coughlin, Matthew Potts
Hampshire vs Yorkshire
Hampshire (Playing XI): Mark Stoneman, Fletcha Middleton, Nick Gubbins, Tom Prest, Toby Albert, Liam Dawson, Ben Brown(w/c), Brett Hampton, Kyle Abbott, Brad Wheal, Sonny Baker
Yorkshire (Playing XI): Adam Lyth, Finlay Bean, James Wharton, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow(w/c), George Hill, William Luxton, Dominic Bess, Benjamin Cliff, Jack White, Ben Coad
Warwickshire vs Sussex
Warwickshire (Playing XI): Alex Davies(c), Robert Yates, Hamza Shaikh, Sam Hain, Dan Mousley, Ed Barnard, Kai Smith(w), Ethan Bamber, Michael Booth, Vishwa Fernando, Tazeem Chaudry Ali
Sussex (Playing XI): Daniel Hughes, Tom Haines, Tom Clark, Tom Alsop, James Coles, John Simpson(w/c), Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Danny Lamb, Jack Carson, Ollie Robinson, Jayden Seales
Division Two
Northamptonshire vs Kent
Northamptonshire (Playing XI): Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter(w), George Bartlett, James Sales, Saif Zaib, Rob Keogh, Lewis McManus(c), Justin Broad, Dominic Leech, Raphael Weatherall, Liam Guthrie
Kent (Playing XI): Ben Compton, Zak Crawley, Daniel Bell-Drummond(c), Tawanda Muyeye, Jack Leaning, Joey Evison, Harry Finch(w), Grant Stewart, Keith Dudgeon, Nathan Gilchrist, Jaskaran Singh
Derbyshire vs Gloucestershire
Derbyshire (Playing XI): David Lloyd, Caleb Jewell, Harry Came, Wayne Madsen(c), Brooke Guest(w), Luis Reece, Anuj Dal, Martin Andersson, Zak Chappell, Jack Morley, Patrick Brown
Gloucestershire (Playing XI): Chris Dent, Ben Charlesworth, Oliver Price, Miles Hammond, James Bracey(w/c), Graeme van Buuren, Tom Price, Zaman Akhter, Matt Taylor, Ajeet Dale, Marchant de Lange
Middlesex vs Lancashire
Middlesex (Playing XI): Sam Robson, Nathan Fernandes, Max Holden, Leus du Plooy, Ryan Higgins, Ben Geddes, Jack Davies(w), Zafar Gohar, Toby Roland-Jones(c), Blake Carlton Cullen, Henry Brookes
Lancashire (Playing XI): Keaton Jennings(c), Michael Jones, Josh Bohannon, Marcus Harris, Matthew Hurst(w), Luke Wells, George Balderson, Tom Bailey, Thomas Aspinwall, Will Williams, Oliver William Sutton
Glamorgan vs Leicestershire
Glamorgan (Playing XI): Zain-ul-Hassan, Edward Byrom, Sam Northeast(c), Kiran Carlson, Colin Ingram, Ben Kellaway, Chris Cooke(w), Andy Gorvin, Timm van der Gugten, Shoaib Bashir, Asitha Fernando
Leicestershire (Playing XI): Rishi Patel, Soloman Budinger, Ian Holland, Lewis Hill, Peter Handscomb(c), Rehan Ahmed, Ben Cox(w), Ben Green, Ben Mike, Tom Scriven, Chris Wright
Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
Zak Crawley castled by Liam Guthrie for 1. TBF it was a corker of a delivery.