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'Standing up to quick seamers can be daunting'

May 24, 2014: Steven Davies on the pain of keeping to Stuart Meaker, rainy days in the Surrey dressing room, and who'd play him in a movie

1908

When cricket hit the West End

Jan 18, 2014: The game has been played in few stranger places than in the London Coliseum Theatre of Varieties in St Martin's Lane

Martin Bicknell

'Cricketers who say they don't suffer from nerves are lying'

Nov 16, 2013: Ten years between Tests? Martin Bicknell knows the feeling

County cricket awards 2013

The roller's return and other disappointments

Oct 3, 2013: In part two of ESPNcricinfo's awards for the 2013 county season, George Dobell looks at some alternative categories

Making the sums add up

Oct 3, 2013: In part two of our feature on the counties' financial health, we look at their year-round business plans and the ECB's efforts to ensure that 'the 18' survive in a challenging financial landscape

Friends Life t20

Flt20 Finals Day: The Contenders

Aug 16, 2013: ESPNcricinfo profiles the four teams at Friends Life t20 Finals Day

Surrey v Somerset, FLt20 Quarter-final, The Oval

Ageless Mahmood still going strong

Aug 6, 2013: Azhar Mahmood is in the twlight of his career but still plays with the zest of youth as he travels the world for Twenty20

The last time I saw Ricky bat

Jul 27, 2013: Trying to catch one of his final innings in the game became a matter of urgency, of getting to say a proper goodbye

"I was ready to give up... I hated the game"

Apr 23, 2013: The death of a friend and team-mate made Surrey keeper Steven Davies wonder if he wanted to continue playing

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 news

Smith targets stability and success

Apr 12, 2013: Surrey's new captain preached a message of pride and responsibility as he arrived to begin the task of rebuilding the county in his image

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

Way back when

In Surrey's service

Dec 12, 2012: He may have played just four Tests but Robin Jackman was an ever-present stalwart for his county through the 1970s

Will cricket live in Brixton?

Oct 18, 2012: The heartland of London's Jamaican community isn't as big on the game as it once used to be

The burden of being Ramps

Jul 11, 2012: In all the talk about Mark Ramprakash's unfulfilled talent, there is little acknowledgement of the unique pressures he faced

Alan Butcher

Facing Roberts, smashing china

Jul 9, 2012: Alan Butcher on wafting to his first hundred, a planned tantrum, and playing with his son

England's flawed technician

Jul 5, 2012: However much his domestic record may glitter, in the end we have to ask why a player with so much going for him produced so little where it matters most of all - on the Test match stage

The legacies of Maynard and Kaneria

Jun 27, 2012: It's been a depressing time for cricket, but as a sport it has one important advantage over the likes of football and rugby

Tom Maynard 1989-2012

A special talent starting to blossom

Jun 18, 2012: The start to his career had not always been easy, but Tom Maynard's development hinted at a future at the top level