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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

Chapple still key for Lancs revival

Apr 1, 2013: Lancashire will expect to bounce straight back to Division One of the Championship but their bowling attack looks heavily reliant on veteran Glen Chapple

Freddie fights the dying of the limelight

Dec 1, 2012: Andrew Flintoff won his debut boxing bout and left the ring with body, mind and dignity intact. He doesn't need to do it again

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

The party is over for Lancashire

Sep 8, 2012: After Lancashire won the 2011 County Championship, a member of the Old Trafford staff bought a copy of every national daily newspaper. Relegation means there will be no repeat this year

'Doubting yourself is one of the worst things you can do'

Aug 28, 2012: Dropped by Lancashire, and playing out the rest of the season for Somerset, Sajid Mahmood tries to stay positive and believes he still has plenty to offer

Farokh Engineer

'I was born to be a one-day player'

Jul 26, 2012: Dashing strokemaker Farokh Engineer was a T20 cricketer years before his time. He looks back at life with India and Lancashire

Ajmal Shahzad

'When I was younger I used to bowl like Shoaib'

Jun 4, 2012: Grilled-chicken fiend Ajmal Shahzad is quite the mimic when it comes to other bowlers

What makes Moores tick

May 9, 2012: The Championship-winning Lancashire coach is always upbeat, full of ideas, forever analysing, in love with the nitty gritty of his job

'We can be one of the greatest England teams ever'

Apr 24, 2012: James Anderson talks about playing for the world's No. 1 side, and looks back at how he made his way in the game

County cricket 2012

Can Lancashire do it again?

Apr 4, 2012: We preview the 2012 season for teams in Division One of the County Championship

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If it ain't fixed...

Feb 18, 2012: As Mervyn Westfield heads to prison, we look back at when the first claims of match-fixing in English domestic cricket emerged

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

Lyon, Lancs, and why less isn't always more

Dec 28, 2011: Part one of ESPNcricinfo's editors' picks of the best and worst in cricket in 2011

Champions... About Bloomin' Time

The 77-year itch

Dec 18, 2011: Lancashire ended their long wait for the County Championship in September. Two journalists who watched every ball tell how it was done

Roy of the Roses

Dec 15, 2011: Roy Tattersall, the former Lancashire and England bowler who died last week, was one of the finest spinners to grace the county game

County cricket

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

The winner is...

Sep 23, 2011: Another English domestic season has drawn to a close with silverware for Lancashire, Leicestershire, Surrey and Middlesex. George Dobell hands out his awards for 2011