David Hopps

Somerset's old seafarers scupper Middlesex

Marcus Trescothick moved within one hundred of Harold Gimblett and as Peter Trego added his own century, Somerset made Middlesex fight all the way at Taunton

12-Jul-2016•David Hopps at Taunton

Allenby's best day still not good enough for Somerset

Good days have been few and far in the last season and a half, but against Middlesex Jim Allenby had something to savour - at least until James Harris and James Fuller intervened

11-Jul-2016•David Hopps at Taunton

Rashid to the fore as Yorkshire cling on

Yorkshire's NatWest Blast hopes still hang by a thread - and the margins are getting tighter -victory by one run in a match that was Derbyshire's for the taking

10-Jul-2016•David Hopps at Derby

Ballance injury scare ahead of first Test

Gary Ballance's Test recall is in doubt because of a groin injury which caused him to miss Yorkshire's NatWest T20 Blast tie in Derby on Sunday

10-Jul-2016•David Hopps at Derby

'Seen enough': the verdict on a season that demands a large G&T

Gary Ballance took his century to 132 on a largely uneventful day at Scarborough

04-Jul-2016•David Hopps

Ballance feels Scarborough's restorative powers with timely hundred

Scarborough's restorative properties have long been proclaimed by many who love nothing better than to holiday in this grand old seaside town

03-Jul-2016•David Hopps at North Marine Road

Yorkshire squeeze Roses win as Carver clings on

Another wonderful Twenty20 encounter between the old rivals fell to Yorkshire by five runs with two balls

01-Jul-2016•David Hopps at Headingley

'I've had a lot more good days with bat recently than ball'

Scott Borthwick's main chance appears to be of making the Test squad as a top-order batsman, but his value as a spinner is still high

30-Jun-2016•David Hopps

Madsen and Thakor repeat their Kent plunder

There was little evidence at Canterbury to support the notion that Kent are vigorous promotion candidates despite their lofty position in the table

28-Jun-2016•David Hopps at Canterbury

Coles' behaviour investigated by Kent

Matt Coles, Kent's roistering allrounder, has taken another downturn as the county considers how best to deal with his conduct during a Championship match in Cardiff last week

27-Jun-2016•David Hopps

Hameed and Petersen show diversity in adversity as Lord's absorbs the Brexit vote

County cricket at Lord's offered a chance to retreat for a while into something quintessentially English. Even if nobody can say for certain these days what quintessential Englishness actually is

26-Jun-2016•David Hopps at Lord's

Yorkshire take charge as Borthwick fluffs audition

Scott Borthwick again fell cheaply after half-centuries from Gary Ballance and Tim Bresnan helped Yorkshire into a sizeable lead at Chester-le-Street

21-Jun-2016•David Hopps at Chester-le-Street

Patterson hits top gear after Borthwick prang

The attention was on Durham's Scott Borthwick but he ran himself out for 2 and Steven Patterson then drove home Yorkshire's advantage with 6 for 56

20-Jun-2016•David Hopps at Chester-le-Street

Dre Russ more hit hop than hip hop as Worcestershire flounder

The back of Andre Russell's Nottinghamshire shirt announced him as Dre Rus, the Jamaican rapper, but it was in his cricketing not his musical, guise that he made an impact that could transform Nottinghamshire's season

18-Jun-2016•David Hopps

England take series 2-0 after rain wrecks finale

Kaushal Silva was the only Sri Lanka wicket to fall as a mere 12.2 overs were possible on a rain-wrecked final day at Lord's

13-Jun-2016•The Report by David Hopps

Hundred eludes Hales, wickets elude England

Alex Hales is getting closer to a treasured maiden Test hundred, but he will have to wait a while yet. He was on 94, only six runs short, when he fell only 10 minutes before tea at Lord's

12-Jun-2016•The Report by David Hopps

England in front as bowlers hold sway

Nearly 10 years have slipped by while Alastair Cook has been a permanent fixture at the top of England's order in home Tests. In his temporary absence at Lord's because of a bruised knee, England had an unnerving vision of the future

11-Jun-2016•The Report by David Hopps

Silva leads Sri Lanka's response on Bairstow's mixed day

For Jonny Bairstow, even on the grandest days the debate about whether England should utilise him as a wicketkeeper or specialist batsmen seems destined to ring loudly

10-Jun-2016•The Report by David Hopps

Could social media save the English domestic game?

The likes of Twitter are spreading the word about the country's professional circuit more enthusiastically than newspapers ever did

09-Jun-2016•David Hopps

Prolific Bairstow rescues England again

Jonny Bairstow, looking more battle-hardened by the month, completed his third Test hundred in eight innings to rouse England from a problematic opening day in the Lord's Test

09-Jun-2016•The Report by David Hopps

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