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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Australia-born allrounder became cult hero over the course of a 13-year association with Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/280200/280289.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1159695.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1159695.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1159695 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Warwickshire and Northamptonshire were both eyeing up a precious Specsavers County Championship victory after swapping blows for two gripping days at Edgbaston https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/275300/275340.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146245.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146245.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1146245 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When the visitors, having chosen to bat, plummeted to 102 for 7, it appeared that Division Two leaders Warwickshire were heading for total command https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/276100/276148.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146199.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1146199.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1146199 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire tailender Chad Barrett completed a maiden century to mark his Specsavers County Championship debut on a record-breaking day against Worcestershire at New Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/243800/243853.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1049763.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1049763.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1049763 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rob Keogh's first century of the season in the Specsavers County Championship, backed up in a partnership of 159 with Steven Crook, put Northamptonshire in control on the first day against Worcestershire at New Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/167800/167827.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1049457.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1049457.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1049457 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rob Newton and Steven Crook hit centuries to bat Northamptonshire to a draw on the final day of the County Championship match with Gloucestershire at Bristol https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/243800/243853.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1019473.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/1019473.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1019473 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With another English season approaching, George Dobell sat down with five stalwarts of the professional scene to chat about the latest changes in the county game https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/222800/222807.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/982645.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2016/content/story/982645.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-982645 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Wayne White responded to the challenge presented by an injury-hit Leicestershire attack by taking five wickets on his debut to give bottom-of-the-table Foxes poised for victory if the rain holds off at Wantage Road https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/216100/216195.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/912939.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/912939.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-912939 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steven Crook followed his exploits against the Australian tourists with four wickets against Gloucestershire to keep alive Northants' hopes of reaching the Royal London quarter-finals https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220200/220235.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/910399.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/910399.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-910399 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former South Australia U-19 Steven Crook made an unbeaten 142 against his countrymen as Northamptonshire racked up 396 after put in to bat https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/220100/220163.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2015/content/story/910039.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2015/content/story/910039.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-910039 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Olly Stone and Steven Crook led a superb Northamptonshire bowling display as they got off the mark at the third attempt in the Royal London Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/216400/216467.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/904369.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/904369.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-904369 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire wrested control of their Championship Division Two clash with Lancashire after an entertaining third day at Old Trafford which saw 15 wickets fall https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/156400/156419.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/893105.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/893105.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-893105 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Strong winds at Wantage Road may prove to be the abiding memory as Northamptonshire's Championship match with Lancashire drifted into stalemate https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/188600/188661.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/871573.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/871573.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-871573 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo previews Northamptonshire's prospects for 2015 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/185500/185585.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/858427.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/858427.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-858427 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For those spectators that were feeling somewhat short-changed from a match that lasted just ten sessions, they ought to have stuck around for the afternoon session - after all, the games of Kwik-Cricket were more of a contest https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/188600/188659.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/758393.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/758393.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-758393 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Middlesex could not quell memories of declarations that went wrong as they set bottom-of-the-table Northants a target designed to ensure a dreary draw https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/188300/188327.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/757223.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/757223.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-757223 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steven Crook thumped his way to a maiden first-class hundred as Northamptonshire avoided the follow on and gave themselves a chance of saving the game https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/188300/188307.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/756991.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/756991.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-756991 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT This year's IPL auction takes on increased significance for county cricket and Northamptonshire are the latest club to confirm they will have a vested interest on February 12 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/165200/165209.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/712583.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/story/712583.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-712583 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up of the Dhaka Premier Division matches played on November 22, 2013 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/691509.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/691509.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-691509 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northants will have had better days than this. They were not at their best with the ball. The fact that they are still in a strong position speaks volumes of their season to date https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/156400/156419.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/666441.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/666441.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-666441 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire moved top of the group in the Friends Life t20 after clinching a narrow 10-run victory over Somerset at Wantage Road. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/158600/158606.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/652533.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/652533.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-652533 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steven Crook took three wickets in 11 balls as Northamptonshire improved their chances of progressing in the Yorkshire Bank 40 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/159800/159813.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/642717.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/642717.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-642717 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia international Trent Copeland tore through Worcestershire's batting to put Northamptonshire on the brink of victory after two days https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/157600/157657.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/639379.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/639379.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-639379 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steven Crook starred with bat and ball as Northamptonshire claimed their first home win in one-day cricket for two years with victory over the Warwickshire in the Yorkshire Bank 40. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/158600/158606.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/638117.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/638117.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-638117 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A rapid half-century by Steven Crook gave Northamptonshire the platform to open their Yorkshire Bank 40 account for the season with a 42-run win https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/637952.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/637952.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-637952 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A century from Northamptonshire's captain Stephen Peters helped them to a slim advantage at the halfway point of a keenly contested match against Kent https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/156400/156425.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/633761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-633761 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The exasperation induced by the wagging tail is something Northamptonshire's opponents might become familiar with this season https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/156400/156408.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/630844.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/630844.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-630844 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire weren't touted as promotion contenders but few counties have started 2013 better. Rain denied them victory at Glamorgan last week and here the vaunted Essex batting line-up were dismissed for 183. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/156400/156419.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/630670.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2013/content/story/630670.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-630670 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Allrounder Steven Crook has rejoined Northamptonshire after Middlesex reluctantly released him midway through his two-year deal https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/137100/137123.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/585705.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/585705.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-585705 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Leicestershire ended day two of their County Championship Division Two clash against Middlesex facing the prospect of an innings defeat https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/530618.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/530618.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-530618 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Steven Crook returned only the second five-wicket haul of his first-class career against Northamptonshire but could not prevent them taking control against second-placed Middlesex at Lord's https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/527371.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/527371.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-527371 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jonny Bairstow scored his maiden one-day century in his first innings at Lord's as bottom-of-the-table Yorkshire beat Middlesex by 22 runs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/526937.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/story/526937.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-526937 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former Lancashire and Northamptonshire all-rounder Steven Crook has signed a one-year deal with Middlesex https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/500384.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/500384.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-500384 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the third day in the third round County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103300/103322.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/403594.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/content/story/403594.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-403594 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:19 GMT The round-up from the second day of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293208.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293208.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293208 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The round-up from the opening day of the latest County Championship matches https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293059.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/content/story/293059.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-293059 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Northamptonshire's title hunt was kept alive and Sussex's dented after the home side eased to a 33-run victory in a rain-affected pro40 match at Northampton https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/258159.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/content/story/258159.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-258159 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A round-up from the County Championship https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/219971.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/219971.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-219971 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) announced today a preliminary squad of 25 ahead of the 2002 ICC Under-19 World Cup to be played in New Zealand from 14 January - 10 February 2002. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/108020.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/108020.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-108020 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) has announced a 26-man preliminary training squad for the 2002 ICC Under-19 World Cup to be played in New Zealand during February. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/101637.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/101637.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-101637 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT