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Bob Taylor

'I didn't ever break a finger, but now they're a bit crooked'

Feb 26, 2014: Bob Taylor, who spent many years as an understudy to Alan Knott, talks about finally getting his chance, stumping Miandad, and keeping at Lord's aged 45

County cricket's commercial crusade for the 21st century

Apr 16, 2013: Every club is trying its best to stay afloat, selling real estate, hosting concerts, borrowing heavily, but is the model sustainable?

County previews

Warwickshire still ahead of the pack

Apr 9, 2013: ESPNcricinfo's senior correspondent George Dobell runs the rule over the Division One clubs

County preview

A county game to savour

Apr 9, 2013: Critics of county cricket ignore its importance to the England team and its relevance throughout the country - there is much to celebrate and admire

County previews

Young Derbyshire up for challenge

Mar 27, 2013: Derbyshire will aim to pick up where they left off in 2012 but Division One of the Championship will test their skills, spirit and unity

Salute the messenger

Dec 25, 2012: In a year of great performances, let's not forget the brave efforts of Tony Palladino in outing fixing in county cricket

County cricket

Homegrown champs and Middlesex's foreign influence

Nov 6, 2012: The second of our four-part series of statistical analysis on the 2012 County Championship

'County cricket has become much tougher'

Sep 20, 2012: Darren Gough reflects on the 2012 County Championship season

Rain, Bears and tears

Sep 20, 2012: There was joy and silverware for Warwickshire, Hampshire and Derbyshire at the end of a watery season that was also tinged with sadness. George Dobell hands out his awards

County Cricket 2012

Derbyshire revival set to bear fruit

Sep 2, 2012: After a decade in the doldrums, Derbyshire's transformation could finally come to fruition this week

Derbyshire's great Dane

Jun 7, 2012: In the 1980s, a young fast bowler from Denmark set out to play cricket for an English county. He was fierce, disciplined, popular, and lived to regret bouncing Sylvester Clarke

County cricket 2012

Reality check for Yorkshire

Apr 4, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the 2012 season for teams in Division Two of the County Championship

County cricket

A bad decision for English cricket

Jan 11, 2012: David Morgan will certainly leave his mark on the domestic game in England and Wales

1962

The low-key birth of one-day cricket

Apr 9, 2011: At a time when English domestic cricket is under constant review, we look back to when a county secretary had an idea that revolutionised the game

Two ways to rebuild a county

Jul 1, 2010: A perfect mid-summer day at Chesterfield belies the problems that face Derbyshire and Surrey. Yet, could there be hope for two teams with vastly different resources

1991

Barnett's bowl-out blues

Oct 10, 2009: When Derbyshire's bowlers found it all but impossible to hit a set of unguarded stumps

English season review

Time to hang up the bats and boots

Sep 29, 2008: During the season a number of players announced their retirements, including some major forces on the county scene. Cricinfo recaps those who have decided their playing days are over

The Kolpak issue

The rape of South Africa's resources

May 30, 2008: Cricket South Africa and all concerned with the future of the game in the Republic now need to really have their wits about them as the trickle has become a full-scale flood, with close to 50 players having gone down the Kolpak route

Rikki Clarke

Moving and maturing

Apr 17, 2008: Still only 26, Clarke has left Surrey, taken up Derbyshire's captaincy, and wants to earn another chance with England

The Wisden Cricketer

Australian Kolpaks get closer

Nov 5, 2007: Lawrence Booth on the probable expansion of Kolpak