Jon Culley

Yorkshire blessed by England homecoming

Yorkshire, raised by England for much of the season, have been blessed by the homecoming of Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance and Adam Lyth as they close in on the Championship

02-Sep-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Brooks revels in Headingley hero status

Given that he was not a professional cricketer before he turned 25, Jack Brooks has already achieved more in his career than he probably ever imagined

01-Sep-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Patel continues Notts advance

Nottinghamshire's resurgence continued as a fourth win in five lifted them to third in the Division One table, climbing above Durham and Warwickshire and with ambitions still fixed on overtaking Middlesex to finish the season as runners-up

24-Aug-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Nottinghamshire transformation has homegrown appeal

Nottinghamshire's season has been transformed since Peter Moores joined the coaching staff and trust in homegrown pace bowlers has played a large part in that

23-Aug-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Hales craves Test chance after rampant ton

Alex Hales plundered 189 on the opening against Warwickshire as an incumbent England opener continued to struggle

21-Aug-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

T20 platform allows Willey to dream

Northamptonshire's combative allrounder may have to move clubs to achieve his ambition of Test cricket but is targeting success in the format where he made his breakthrough

11-Aug-2015•Jon Culley

Clarke, Woakes give Warwickshire big chance

With conditions in their favour, Warwickshire valiantly fought their way back into the match at Chester-le-Street. On a gradually improving day they had the full evening session to begin their pursuit of 265 to beat Durham and reached 125 for 3

14-Jul-2015•Jon Culley

Hain fights but Rushworth has Durham on top

An innings by Warwickshire's Sam Hain which cannot have failed to impress watching selector James Whitaker was ended before the close on a rain-shortened day but Hain top-scored with 57 as the visitors replied to Durham's 314 with 167 for 7

13-Jul-2015•Jon Culley

Robson rediscovers touch as tepid draw sets in

Sam Robson put aside a poor run of form to notch a much-needed century in tame draw

08-Jul-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

'I would like to see England attack a bit more'

Mike Brearley looks ahead to the Ashes: Cook's captaincy, dealing with difficult players, and more

07-Jul-2015•Jon Culley

Franklin gives note to not write off Middlesex

The odds against Yorkshire retaining the title may be shortening every day but Middlesex ought not to be discounted as contenders just yet, even though Andrew Gale's team clearly have some momentum.

06-Jul-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Malan, Harris give Moores plenty to ponder

Dawid Malan and James Harris put on an unbroken 147-run stand for the eighth wicket to lift Middlesex from trouble to a position of strength

05-Jul-2015•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

Record Evans-Ambrose stand confirms deathly draw

Laurie Evans made a double-hundred as more batting records were broken and a tame draw ensued between Warwickshire and Sussex

01-Jul-2015•Jon Culley at Edgbaston

Evans tucks in as run feast continues

Warwickshire still need 85 runs to deny Sussex the opportunity to invite them to follow on but Laurie Evans' unbeaten hundred boosted their chances of gaining a draw

30-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Edgbaston

Sussex banish relegation talk

Sussex, increasingly seen as relegation candidates after a surfeit of bowling injuries, responded by piling up four hundreds and making 600-lus against title fancies Warwickshire

29-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Edgbaston

Nash ton lifts injury-hit Sussex on pitch expected to spin

Sussex finished third last season and began this year as title contenders in the judgment of some, yet now find in the group of four likely to yield the two sides who will ultimately be relegated

28-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Edgbaston

Yorkshire bully woeful Notts into bottom spot

Yorkshire's innings victory was as satisfying a result for them as it was a source of dismay for Nottinghamshire, who began the season with expectations of challenging Yorkshire's grip on the title but instead are bottom of the table

24-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at Headingley

Gale pulverises Nottinghamshire once more

Unbeaten centuries by Andrew Gale and Jack Leaning gave Yorkshire a dominant position at Headingley after Stuart Breoad had dismissed his England team-mate Adam Lyth for a duck

23-Jun-2015•Jon Culley

Moeen short of work after Worcestershire collapse

James Whitaker will have gleaned little that he did not already know from his visit to New Road. Ian Bell made a century, the 50th of his career in first-class cricket, and Worcestershire collapsed miserably to an innings defeat, which is sadly not a rar

15-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at New Road

Barker reduces Worcestershire but Leach hits back

Worcestershire have given themselves an opportunity to halt their poor run against Warwickshire after an opening day of entertaining cricket in which 14 wickets fell and 344 runs were scored,

14-Jun-2015•Jon Culley at New Road

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