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Ollie Price has been rewarded with a two-year deal at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club following a promising first season at senior level. Price made his first-class debut in a 164-run win over Middlesex in the County Championship; impressing with the bat scoring 31 in the first innings and 33 in the second. Born in Oxford, […]
Two ex-Gloucestershire players were in action as Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by 187 runs in first test Sri Lanka came away with a 1-0 lead in Galle, having taken all 20 West Indian wickets across the two innings to leave Kraigg Brathwaite’s side 187 runs short of the required total. An impressive 147 […]
England’s intra-squad warm up match against England Lions has been abandoned overnight due to a heavy rainfall, with no play possible on the third and final day of the match in Brisbane With only 29 overs played in the first morning of the three-day match: England were unbeaten with the openers adding 98 without the […]
The past fortnight has been shameful for English cricket and its fans, with Azeem Rafiq exposing Yorkshire CCC as “institutionally racist”. Yesterday saw the former cricketer sit in front of a parliamentary committee to recount the “inhuman treatment” that he received at the hands of the county whom he once captained. Rafiq revealed that he […]
Jack Brooks is being investigated by Somerset for two separate tweets involving racist language that were sent in 2012. The club released a statement late on Wednesday saying “Late on Sunday evening, Somerset County Cricket Club was made aware of allegations regarding one of our players, Jack Brooks. An investigation was immediately launched and is […]
Gloomy weather, floodlights overhead and a woolly hat in the slips. The showpiece of traditional county cricket is here and as some of Gloucestershire’s footballers end the season as League Two champions, their green rivals look to make a forgettable season a memorable one. That’s all going to be in the past soon though, the […]
Australian players, coaches and commentators have left the Indian Premier League and flown to the Maldives after the Twenty20 tournament was suspended. Australia has closed its borders to travellers from India until 15 May after a surge in Covid-19 cases. The group will stay in the Maldives until the travel ban is finished. Chennai Super […]
Live coverage as Gloucestershire face Middlesex at Lords in the County Championship. Gloucestershire are coming into the game top of Group Two.
Sri Lankan batsman Danushka Gunathilaka was controversially given out for obstruction on the field in their recent ODI against the West Indies. The incident occurred in the 22nd over of Sri Lanka’s innings, when Gunathilaka, who was not out on 55, played the ball down into the pitch and ran a few steps out of […]
England will be looking to put their test series loss behind them as they start their five match T20 series vs India today. The series promises to bring a lot of action with both teams ranked as the top two sides in the ICC T20 rankings. Here’s five players to watch out for: Rishabh Pant […]