Northamptonshire / 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

When a nation loved a 'bank clerk'

Dec 15, 2012: In 1975, surprise England pick David Steele defied the visiting Australians, captured the public imagination, and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year

England in India 2012-13

From Wantage to Wankhede

Nov 28, 2012: Panesar and Swann's success in Mumbai revived memories of their first outing together, for Northamptonshire a decade ago

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 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

Peter Willey

Saved for the best

Oct 15, 2011: Few have been bred tougher than Peter Willey, who specialised in fronting up to West Indies head-on

County cricket

Shankargate: how did it happen?

Jun 2, 2011: A look into Adrian Shankar's past, and at Northamptonshire's success

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

Elton Chigumbura

'I'd like to become one of the world's best allrounders'

Jun 26, 2010: Zimbabwe's new captain, talks about the progress his team is making, his experiences as captain, and the possibility of a return to Test cricket

What next for Monty?

Oct 9, 2009: One of the quickest spinners to 100 wickets, Panesar has been left facing a harsher winter after his omission from England's tour party to South Africa

Bishan Bedi

'I was obsessed with bowling'

Aug 10, 2009: The Rolls-Royce of left-arm spin talks left-arm spin, controversies and friendships

Riding the Twenty20 wave

Jun 5, 2009: They have never won a County Championship, but the shortest form of the game is proving Northamptonshire's ticket out of anonymity

English season review

And the award goes to...

Sep 29, 2008: Cricinfo looks back at the 2008 English season and hands out a batch of awards

1939

Ending the six-year drought

Sep 20, 2008: As Surrey sink into Division Two without a win to their name, we look back to when Northamptonshire ended a four-year run without a victory

County view

Glamorgan's Kolpak-free future?

Jun 11, 2008: Ivo Tennant looks at the Kolpak question, one that Glamorgan in particular is seeking to answer

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

Spongers or smart operators?

May 21, 2008: Leicestershire's avowed strategy is to build a core group of senior overseas pros as mentors for young English talent