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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Ashley Giles, who started the year as England's limited-overs coach, could end it in charge of the bottom team in county cricket https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/182500/182599.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/786701.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/786701.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-786701 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Leicestershire, reeling from an awful season, have reorganised their coaching set-up in a bid to find improvement https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/140100/140137.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/679779.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/679779.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-679779 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Smith, the former Worcestershire and Leicestershire batsman, has returned to where his career began after taking the role of batting coach at Grace Road 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06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the first day of the latest County Championship matches as Andrew Flintoff makes his Lancashire comeback and Andre Nel takes six wickets for Surrey https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104700/104709.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408502.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/408502.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408502 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from a gripping final day of Pro40 action as Sussex claim the title thanks to a breathtaking innings from Murray Goodwin https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/369786.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/369786.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-369786 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the latest Championship matches as Kent take control against Lancashire and Essex suffer an injury blow to Danish Kaneria https://p.imgci.com 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https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/361549.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/361549.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-361549 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT A round-up of the second day in the latest County Championship matches as the competition swings back into action https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/358773.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/358773.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-358773 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT A round-up from the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/353098.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/content/story/353098.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-353098 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:18 GMT John Ward reports on the final day's play in the Championship match between Worcestershire and Yorkshire at Kidderminster https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307289.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/307289.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-307289 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:03 GMT Gloucestershire booked themselves a place at next month's Twenty20 Cup finals day with a comfortable seven-wicket win over Worcestershire at Bristol https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/302395.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/302395.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-302395 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the matches in the latest Friends Provident Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/295061.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/295061.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-295061 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The round-up from the third day of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293241.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293241.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293241 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey's spinners kept their team in the chase for an automatic promotion place as Worcestershire threw away a winning position and with it left their own promotion hopes up in the air https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/259762.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/259762.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-259762 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/254204.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/254204.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-254204 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/254122.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/254122.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-254122 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The latest round-up of County Championship matches, as Notts see off Glamorgan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/217945.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/217945.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-217945 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the County Championship which saw leaders Sussex reach a promising position against Warwickshire https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/217419.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/217419.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-217419 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the County Championship as Gloucestershire fight to extend their lead https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/216472.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/216472.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-216472 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the County Championship as Mark Ramprakash clocked up 1000 runs for the season https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/216313.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/216313.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-216313 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire, Warwickshire and Somerset qualified for the quarter finals of the Twenty20 Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20/content/story/212821.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/twenty20/content/story/212821.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-212821 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Smith has agreed a two-year extension to his existing contract https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/211737.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/211737.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-211737 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the final day of the latest Division Two matches in the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/210508.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/210508.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-210508 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the third day of the latest Division Two matches in the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/210467.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/210467.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-210467 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of all the action from the final day of the latest Division Two County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com 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https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/135155.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/135155.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-135155 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The bad weather continued to blight New Zealand's preparations for the first Test at Worcestershire today, where only 27 overs were possible due to rain https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/140778.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/140778.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-140778 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Only 50.2 overs were possible in the New Zealander's match against Worcestershire at New Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/140757.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/140757.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-140757 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Surrey 693 v Nottinghamshire 224 for 8 at Whitgift School Scorecard Surrey rampaged their way to a dominating and unbeatable position against a shell-shocked Nottinghamshire side, who are struggling to avoid the follow-on and to maintain any https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/124934.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/124934.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-124934 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Glamorgan missed their chance to overhaul Gloucester and Surrey at the top of Division One, after losing out to Worcestershire in a thrilling finish at New Road https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/129205.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/129205.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-129205 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Essex 271 for 6 v Leicestershire 600 for 7 dec at Southend Scorecard Only 16 overs at Southend, but it was enough for Leicestershire to tighten their grip on the game https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/129074.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/129074.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-129074 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Smith has been appointed the County's new captain and is relishing the opportunity to lead the side to the pinnacle of the English game https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/121125.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/121125.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-121125 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Smith's maiden CricInfo Championship century of the summer helped put Leicestershire in command on the opening day of their clash with Kent in Canterbury https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/103440.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/103440.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-103440 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Leicestershire county professional Ben Smith will be Central Districts' overseas player this summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/92898.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/92898.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92898 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Smith was today named as the Bland Bankart plc Leicestershire 'Cricketer of the Month' for July https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/85326.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/85326.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-85326 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT