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Junior cricket versus the elements

Junior cricket versus the elements

If you are playing - or coaching - junior cricket in the north-west of England, you can't afford to let the weather dampen your enthusiasm

13-Jul-2016•Chris Smith

Done in by darkness

Done in by darkness

New Zealand search for light but all they get is rain

20-Nov-2013•Andrew Hughes

Birmingham in the mizzle

Birmingham in the mizzle

It's pretty rancid, if you'd go by what a former England captain thinks

14-Sep-2013•Andrew Hughes

Why are cricket spectators always short-changed?

Why are cricket spectators always short-changed?

We are art lovers, not watchers of some back-alley freak show

07-Sep-2013•Andrew Hughes

A Siberian day of no play

A Siberian day of no play

Paul Weaver in the Guardian muses over the biting-cold start to the English county season in Hove.

06-Apr-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dealing with a precipitation cessation

Dealing with a precipitation cessation

Whether putting your feet up for a welcome rest, trying to unpick the Duckworth-Lewis method, or battling boredom and dressing-room banter, rain breaks are an unavoidable fact of a cricketer's life

08-Mar-2013•Jack Shantry

The joys of monsoon cricket

The joys of monsoon cricket

Why stop playing when the heavens open up?

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

A rulebook beyond reason

A rulebook beyond reason

This is the story of a game that was being touted as an exciting encounter, between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

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