Gloucestershire / Features

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

Lancs and Hants look strong

Apr 9, 2013: ESPNcricinfo's senior correspondent George Dobell looks at the prospects for clubs in Division Two

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

Gloucestershire turn to Klinger

Mar 29, 2013:

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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

'What's a Test career compared to the suffering of millions?'

May 3, 2012: Mike Procter played just seven Tests for South Africa, but thinks that was a small price to pay to help change an unjust system

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Reality check for Yorkshire

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

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A bad decision for English cricket

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

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Five county clashes worth watching

Nov 29, 2011: The English domestic fixtures were announced early on Tuesday and ESPNcricinfo picks out five mouthwatering matches. Let us know which games have caught your eye

Arthur Milton: Last of the Double Internationals

The last of his kind

Aug 21, 2011: The warm and engaging life story of a man who accomplished the rare feat of playing cricket and football for England

Loss of identity, but it's the new way

Aug 9, 2011: County cricket doesn't have a transfer system but it may not be far away as more players are being enticed to new clubs

David Shepherd

The epitome of the English sportsman

Oct 28, 2009: Shep was a cricketer before he was an umpire, and in both roles he loved the game immensely

1894

The crowd without the silver lining

Jun 27, 2009: It had rained, the conditions were not suitable, but these spectators wanted their monies' worth and just wouldn't go home

Mike Procter

'I never took defeat very well'

Mar 11, 2009: He featured in the only two series where South Africa beat Australia at home. One of the world's great allrounders reflects on his life and times

County awards - July

Malan and Middlesex strike gold

Aug 3, 2008: The first trophy of the county season was decided in July, while the Championship continued to take shape. Cricinfo looks back at the last month of action.

Mike Procter

The inimitable

Jul 16, 2008: If you were a schoolboy in Gloucestershire in the 1970s, there was no question who you wanted to be

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

The Wisden Cricketer

Australian Kolpaks get closer

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

England domestic season 2007 review

Thrilling in the rain

Sep 25, 2007: Andrew McGlashan reviews England's 2007 domestic season

The Wisden Cricketer - October 2007

The Championship - what's the score?

Sep 20, 2007: Paul Weaver goes in search of the truth about the County Championship