English Domestic Season 2026

[Third_Man]

Lancashire lose Mitch Perry

Mitch Perry ruled out of Lancashire stint due to injury

cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk

Does that iupset pre-season predictions?

Lancashire's response (Mark Chilton quoted in the Mail):
"Director of cricket Mark Chilton has spent the past 48 hours trying to source a quality replacement for Perry, but a call to New Zealand coach Rob Walter proved fruitless due to the Black Caps’ upcoming limited-overs series against Bangladesh, while Cricket Australia’s restrictions on bowlers has severely impacted the availability of a relatively small pool."

Did they not look at the international fixture list before making that phone call?

The article continues:
‘We're not just going to get someone to fill a spot,' says Anderson. 'It's got to be someone who we think could add value to the team - and we've got an incredibly strong squad.'
Such a statement is at odds with the evidence of a 2025 season in which Lancashire failed to win any of their first eight Division Two matches, ...."

 

[chris.hinton]

Worcestershire: Jake Libby, Dan Lategan, Kashif Ali, Adam Hose, Brett D'Oliveira (c), Gareth Roderick (wk), Ethan Brookes, Matthew Waite, Tom Taylor, Adam Finch, Olly Hannon-Dalby

Derbyshire: Caleb Jewell, Harry Came (c),Matt Montgomery, Brooke Guest (wk), Martin Andersson, Luis Reece Anuj Dal, Zak Chappell, Ben Aitchison, Muhammad Abbas, Shoaib Bashir

 

[chris.hinton]

No wickets yet

 

[Kippax]

Agree with all of that, completely. Still leaves Stanley of Lions fame and Aspinwall (Eng U19s) as back up plus Ollie Sutton. But given that both the IPL & the PSL are underway and with New Zealand playing ODIs in Bangladesh surely anyone who is worth it is already signed up by someone else.

Zak Foulkes is the one to sign up. Anderson and Foulkes sharing the new ball could've been a winner. Foulkes a real weapon against Test top-order left-handers.

He could probably offer a 30+ ave with the bat in Div 2 county, as the real cherry on top. A good sensible (slightly too front-foot dominant) bat.

 

[chris.hinton]

Warwickshire: Alex Davies, Robert Yates, Dan Mousley, Sam Hain, Ed Barnard(c), Kai Smith(w), Beau Webster, Chris Woakes, Jordan Thompson, Ethan Bamber, Nathan Gilchrist

Surrey: Rory Burns(c), Dominic Sibley, Jamie Smith, Ollie Pope, Dan Lawrence, Ben Foakes(w), Ralphie Albert, Sean Abbott, Tom Lawes, Matthew Fisher, James Philip Arthur Taylor


Sussex: Tom Haines, Daniel Hughes, Tom Clark, James Coles, Jack Leaning, John Simpson(w), Tom Price, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Jack Carson, Ollie Robinson(c), Henry Crocombe

Leicestershire: Rishi Patel, Jake Weatherald, Ian Holland(c), Rehan Ahmed, Lewis Hill, Stephen Eskinazi, Ben Cox(w), Ben Green, Tom Scriven, Samuel Wood, Yadvinder Singh


Nottinghamshire: Haseeb Hameed(c), Ben Slater, Freddie McCann, Joe Clarke, Jack Haynes, Kyle Verreynne(w), Lyndon James, Liam Patterson-White, Robert Lord, Olly Stone, Dillon Pennington

Somerset: Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Joshua Thomas, Tom Lammonby, James Rew(w), Tom Abell, Lewis Goldsworthy, Craig Overton(c), Jack Leach, Migael Pretorius, Alfie Ogborne, Jake Ball

 

[chris.hinton]

1st wicket and its a run out and its Rory Burns

 

[wpdavid]

1st wicket and its a run out and its Rory Burns

Yeah, something of a ****-up by Burns for that one.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Surrey's selection is 18 year old Ralphie Albert who, in case any here is unaware, is the grandson of snooker ledgend Jimmy White.

Meanwhile, Jamie Smith has carried on where he left off in the winter. A couple of pretty fours and out.

 

[mackembhoy]

Yeah, something of a ****-up by Burns for that one.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Surrey's selection is 18 year old Ralphie Albert who, in case any here is unaware, is the grandson of snooker ledgend Jimmy White.

Meanwhile, Jamie Smith has carried on where he left off in the winter. A couple of pretty fours and out.

Very loose it seems

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[wpdavid]

Very loose it seems

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Yeah, he didn't need to play the shot at all. Playing a defensive push at such a wide delivery was pointless, and sure enough he nicked it. Burns and Smith both gifting their wickets so far.

Interesting to see Smith batting at 3 actually. I admire the intent, but I don't know that his technique is good enough to be batting there.

 

[chris.hinton]

Surrey are struggling

 

[wpdavid]

Surrey are struggling

Woakes bowling beautifully in helpful conditions. I can't imagine he'll be wicketless for long.

 

[mackembhoy]

Every county stream on one screen. Pretty cool.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2040005155999957212

 

[ImpatientLime]

I don't particularly rate Jamie Smith but sending him in at three is setting him up to fail. Doesn't have anywhere near a tight enough technique or soft enough hands to deal with the early moving ball.

 

[mackembhoy]

I don't particularly rate Jamie Smith but sending him in at three is setting him up to fail. Doesn't have anywhere near a tight enough technique or soft enough hands to deal with the early moving ball.

He normally has batted at 4 for Surrey while Foakes takes the globes so it's surely not that different.

Just think England have given him to free of a reign and it's knackered his technique.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Gay closing in on a century doing his test chances no harm. Crawley playing in the same game.

 

[mackembhoy]

Gay closing in on a century doing his test chances no harm. Crawley playing in the same game.

He was the most boom or bust player last season. 5 tons and 7 ducks across CC and One Day formats and only the one half century.

A very good knock today. Few teams have fallen for bowling first at CLS in recent years not the same bowl first ground it once was.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

He is at the IPL no?

I edited that post, about 4 players I forgot about being at the IPL lol

 

[Hungry Llama]

That Surrey top 5 looked so strong on paper. Hope Warks have Woakes fit for most of the CC. Gay gets the first 100 of the CC but theres no room for him in the england setup as Bethel has the gig at no3.

 

[mackembhoy]

First injury sub under the new rules

https://twitter.com/EssexCricket/status/2040066655888240753?s=20

 

[tony p]

First injury sub under the new rules

https://twitter.com/EssexCricket/status/2040066655888240753?s=20

And that means, even if it ends up being minor, he won't be allowed to play Essex's next match with injured players out for 8 days with the new rules.