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England’s luckless start to the Ashes continued, as clear skies, no balls and missed opportunities saw the Australian batting order charge into to a commanding 196 run lead. Following Marcus Harris’ early dismissal, a 156-run partnership from David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne saw the Aussies go ahead of the 147 total the English amassed in […]
21-year-old Tom Price has signed a contract extension that will keep him with Gloucestershire Cricket until the end of 2023 season. After completing his second year of Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Durham University, Price became a regular for Gloucestershire in the County Championship, playing the final six matches of the campaign. His most notable […]
James Anderson is hopeful of victory in England’s Ashes tour of Australia.
India finished day one of the first test match against New Zealand 258/4, thanks to an impressive unbeaten partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer in Kanpur. The Kanpur pitch was challenging to bat on with India’s run rate limited to 3.07, but opener Shubman Gill impressed to reach 52 from 93 balls before being […]
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 […]