English Domestic Season 2025

[chris.hinton]

T20 Blast (Starts on Thursday)

Matches

Lancashire vs Worcestershire
Middlesex vs Sussex

 

[Third_Man]

T20 Blast (Starts on Thursday)

Matches

Lancashire vs Worcestershire
Middlesex vs Sussex

Lancashire from:

Jennings ©, Anderson, Aspinwall, Bailey, Balderson, Barnard, Bell, Blatherwick, Bohannon, Boyden, Green, Hurst, Jones, Phillip, Singh, Stanley, Sutton, Turner, Wells, Williams.

Weak? Need Ashton Turner and Chris Green to turn up.
Most likely XI: Jennings, Wells, Jones, Hurst, Turner, ?, Green, Aspinwall, ?, ?, Anderson

 

[kevinw]

County Championship (Halfway stage)

Division 1

Nottinghamshire 115
Surrey 105
Sussex 95
Warwickshire 93
Somerset 92
Durham 84
Hampshire 82
Essex 75
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Yorkshire 59
Worcestershire 54

Division 2

Leicestershire 139
Derbyshire 108
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Glamorgan 97
Gloucestershire 88
Northamptonshire 72
Middlesex 70
Lancashire 66
Kent 65

Kent won their first two matches. That defeat to Middlesex, when they chased 360, has killed them.

 

[chris.hinton]

Anthony McGrath: Yorkshire coach hopes T20 Blast can boost fortunes

Anthony McGrath says switching from the County Championship to the T20 Blast can kick-start Yorkshire's season.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[chris.hinton]

Mickey Arthur: Derbyshire head of cricket 'hellbent' on success

Head of cricket Mickey Arthur says he is "hellbent" on delivering success at Derbyshire.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[chris.hinton]

Jake Lintott has signed a new contract with Warwickshire until the end of 2026 season

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Kent won their first two matches. That defeat to Middlesex, when they chased 360, has killed them.

No Dudgeon no party

 

[Third_Man]

The coach has clearly lost the plot. Everyone else is to blame.

https://x.com/BBCLancsCricket/status/1926695966339477813

.....

1864 to 2024 never last, never held the championship wooden spoon. History is being made.

After that interview the inevitable has just arrived. Mutual Consent - just in time for the AGM tomorrow.

 

[chris.hinton]

Lancashire: Head coach Dale Benkenstein leaves by mutual consent

Lancashire announce that head coach Dale Benkenstein is to leave the club with immediate effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

No surprise really - Lancashire have been poor for a few years

 

[Third_Man]

Lancashire: Head coach Dale Benkenstein leaves by mutual consent

Lancashire announce that head coach Dale Benkenstein is to leave the club with immediate effect.

www.bbc.co.uk

No surprise really - Lancashire have been poor for a few years

Post covid: 2nd, 2nd, 5th, 9th (relegated) to 17th and counting.

 

[chris.hinton]

He was poor at Gloucester beforehand so its a mystery how he got the Lancashire job.

 

[Hungry Llama]

Leicestershire with 5 wins from 7 are a revelation compared to recent seasons, with virtually the same squad?
And derbys who are usually crap, also remaining unbeaten so far.

 

[Chubb]

He was poor at Gloucester beforehand so its a mystery how he got the Lancashire job.

"He was a great county player so he must be a great county coach!"

 

[chris.hinton]

T20 Blast will start today

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Leicestershire with 5 wins from 7 are a revelation compared to recent seasons, with virtually the same squad?
And derbys who are usually crap, also remaining unbeaten so far.

Will they maintain their place in the table when Rehan Ahmed is playing for England in place of Crawley?

 

[chris.hinton]

Will they maintain their place in the table when Rehan Ahmed is playing for England in place of Crawley?

I don't think this will happen anytime soon (Well not this summer)

 

[chris.hinton]

Peter Moores: Nottinghamshire head coach on the mindset that has turned club around

Head coach Peter Moores says it has taken some "blind faith" to get Nottinghamshire to the top of the County Championship.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[chris.hinton]

Marcus Harris: Lancashire batter signs new deal

Lancashire batter Marcus Harris signs a new deal to remain with the club until the end of the 2027 season.

www.bbc.co.uk

Adam Sylvester: Warwickshire sign former Derbyshire fast bowler

Warwickshire sign fast bowler Adam Sylvester on a deal until the end of the season following a trial spell at Edgbaston.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Middlesex haven’t quite got going in chase of 203, a distant squeak of a chance of getting home and securing bragging rights in the Steve Finn derby

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Grandstand finish at Old Trafford?