Jon Culley

Hannon-Dalby's best cheers a miserable Brummie night

Oliver Hannon-Dalby's best T20 bowling figures cheered a miserable Brummie night as Birmingham endured poor weather to move joint top with Durham in North Group

12-Jun-2015•Jon Culley

Lyth steers Yorkshire to third win in tricky chase

Middlesex arrived here as leaders and at times were in the ascendancy but on a pitch that made for a good contest it was arguably merely the number of match-winners in their ranks that ultimately took Yorkshire to a third win from six

09-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Bairstow a 'victim of circumstance' - Gillespie

Yorkshire coach Jason Gillespie insisted that Jonny Bairstow is a victim of circumstance and after dropping him in the wake of the Ashes whitewash England need to recognise his ability

08-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Revived Brooks shows benefit of a break

Yorkshire bowled superbly, with control and discipline, as the Division One leaders, Middlesex, were restricted to only one batting point

07-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Gurney's five hurtles Nottinghamshire to first win

Five wickets for Harry Gurney - a career-best 5 for 43 in fact - ensured that the magnificent contribution of the two rookie pace bowlers, Luke Wood and Jake Ball, was made to count as Sussex were finished off in 32 overs

03-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Homegrown talent gives Notts chance of first victory

Two days still remain in this match, the weather is at last warming up and batting conditions will become easier, yet you suspect that Nottinghamshire's lead will be enough to break their duck for the season

02-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Wood makes remarkable century to turn Notts day

By his own admission, Luke Wood has no pedigree as a batsman. When he made his debut at the end of last season his thoughts were that if he might achieve anything in cricket it would be through his ability with the ball. He might now have to revise that

01-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Rashid falls short but Yorks secure draw

Yorkshire's unbeaten start to the defence of their 2014 Championship title was under threat against Somserset and it took a solid day-long rearguard action to keep it intact

27-May-2015•Jon Culley in Taunton

Overton sibling rivalry puts pressure on Yorkshire

As you might expect, the Overton twins have a good deal in common, in physical terms of course and in their talent at sports

26-May-2015•Jon Culley in Taunton

Gillespie backs Bayliss for England job

Jason Gillespie said that if it had been up to him to choose from the candidates on England cricket director Andrew Strauss's shortlist then he would also have picked Trevor Bayliss

25-May-2015•Jon Culley

Yorks win but prepare to lose Gillespie

Yorkshire ignored off-field distractions to register only their second win in nine Twenty20 matches against Nottinghamshire

22-May-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Collingwood not thinking about England job

Paul Collingwood, the veteran former England allrounder who has already declared his ambition to coach at the highest level when he retires from playing, says that only "a ridiculous offer" would interest in him the current England vacancy

12-May-2015•Jon Culley

Wood, Hutton shine as Notts take charge

Nottinghamshire were dismissed for 178 in their second innings but in conditions still offering substantial help to the bowlers a target of 261 to win may be enough to give Chris Read's side a first win of the season

11-May-2015•Jon Culley at Chester-le-Street

Cox century defies Worcestershire tag

The assumption that Worcestershire will be the whipping boys of 2015 might have to be revised. After two days of impressive cricket from the yo-yo side of the County Championship, it is Somerset who face the prospect of a third consecutive defeat.

04-May-2015•Jon Culley at New Road

Chopra plays long game as Bears opt for safety first

Warwickshire ultimately decided that much as they might have liked to leave Headingley with a win it was the long game that they were really interested in. Thus not losing became the priority that dictated their tactics on the final day

29-Apr-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Combative Gale treads the tightrope

Andrew Gale battled in combative style to repel Warwickshire at Headingley but as Yorkshire's captain narrowly missed out on a century there was a reminder of the disciplinary tightrope he must tread

28-Apr-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Bresnan five-for reward for changed action

Tim Bresnan took a five-wicket haul but Ian Westwood's 196 helped Warwickshire to a strong position against the champions

27-Apr-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Westwood digs in but Yorkshire don't wilt

Ian Westwood's willingness to graft for runs made this just about Warwickshire's day, although there were satisfied expressions on the faces of the Yorkshire bowlers after restricting their opponents to 270 runs from 97 overs

26-Apr-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Wasim Khan 'not daunted' by Leics challenge

Wasim Khan said he was under no illusions about the scale of the task facing him after he was confirmed as Leicestershire's new chief executive

27-Oct-2014•Jon Culley

Taylor's best earns Nottinghamshire semi-final

James Taylor would be quite justified in asking what more he must do to be given the chance to relaunch his England career

26-Aug-2014•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

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