Nottinghamshire / 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

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 cricket

Shahzad aims to put regrets behind him

Jan 26, 2013: Ajmal Shahzad, looking to reawaken his career with Notts, admits he was "stubborn" in the stand-off that saw him leave Yorkshire, but he is burning to show them what they are missing

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

'I learned pretty quickly to mix it up'

Aug 15, 2012: Ahead of Stuart Broad's 50th Test appearance, and 100th first-class game, he reflects on his career to date

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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A bad decision for English cricket

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

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

Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, Rose Bowl, 4th day

A travesty of a pitch inspection

Jul 24, 2011: The guiding principle of Law 7 with regard to pitch preparation is simple: conditions should be as similar as possible for both sides throughout the match - and there can be no argument that this has not been achieved

Are you sitting uncomfortably?

May 4, 2011: A curious signing by Nottinghamshire and an impending court case for Giles Clarke have left some tricky questions needing answers

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

'We could have won the World Cup'

Mar 6, 2011: England's Mr Dependable, Mike Hendrick, on the 1979 World Cup final and other career highlights

The good, the bad, the ugly

Sep 19, 2010: In his final column of the 2010 season, George Dobell looks back over six months of action and hands out his awards

The clown who came back

Oct 27, 2009: Spinner, jester, all-round "Marmite personality", Graeme Swann talks about how his wings were unclipped and he returned from the county wilderness

What's so great about two divisions anyway?

Sep 11, 2009: The current structure may have been put in place to encourage more results, but it hasn't quite worked out that way

Hot like Notts

Jun 19, 2009: One side has made the transition from whipping boys to top dogs seamlessly

Pavilion to Crease… and Back

Non-U but first-class

Jun 6, 2009: A season's diary that will challenge anyone who thought county cricket was a stroll in the park

Wet end not mandatory

Sep 10, 2008: The rain has ravaged the season, but there are still chances of a good finish to the County Championship

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.