Paul Edwards

Lancashire signal it's over for Flintoff

Ashley Giles's disclosure at a Lancashire members forum that Andrew Flintoff is unlikely to play any cricket for Lancashire this season should surprise no one

28-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards

Jarvis provides the hope of an answer

The matter that will have troubled Lancastrians above all, perhaps, is who would take the wickets or bowl the spells that have been Glen Chapple's responsibility for nigh on two decades

27-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Prince hundred shows value of his u-turn

Lancashire will be grateful Ashwell Prince decided to extend his career as his hundred guided them against Kent while others gave their wickets away

26-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Read and Patel repel Yorkshire's push

A match that had been made particularly memorable by a trio of contrasting centurions on its first three days was saved by a collective display of grit from Nottinghamshire's middle order on the final afternoon

22-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at Trent Bridge

Leaning edges advantage Yorkshire's way

A maiden century of high class by Jack Leaning had helped Yorkshire carve out a first-innings lead before three late wickets left Nottinghamshire in a tricky position

21-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at Trent Bridge

Disappointed Lees sets high bar

Alex Lees scored a century to get Yorkshire's reply off to a solid start but his dismissal late in the day led to some self-recrimination

20-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at Trent Bridge

Hales channels frustrations into double hundred

On the day when cricket writers hightailed it to Cardiff, Nottinghamshire's Alex Hales made a persuasive case that those scribes would have been better advised motoring up the M1

19-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at Trent Bridge

Brooks and Patterson set up three-day win

Having conceded a first-innings lead of four runs and handicapped by the absence of Ryan Sidebottom with a calf injury, Yorkshire's seamers performed as well as ever they did in their title-winning summer

14-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at New Road

Lees leads fight for weakened Yorkshire

Yorkshire's batsmen, led by skipper Alex Lees and Tim Bresnan, battled hard and successfully to all but match Worcestershire's very decent first-innings 311

13-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at New Road

Bird chides England over non-playing Yorkshire contingent

As England's batsmen struggled in the West Indies, Dickie Bird has railed strongly against the policy of selecting players for an England tour, only to leave them wearing bibs and ferrying drinks while their county plays important Championship matches

13-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at New Road

Fell hundred keeps champions at bay

Yorkshire began their defence of the title at Worcester and were repelled by a composed hundred by Tom Fell

12-Apr-2015•Paul Edwards at New Road

Ashley Giles takes it slow at Lancashire

The side's new coach is taking his time with the major decisions - captaincy, overseas signings, Glen Chapple's role - as he seeks to bring the team back to winning ways

08-Jan-2015•Paul Edwards

Middlesex dig deep to save status

At the end of a day marked not by a frenetic run-chase but by the sort of determined batting specifically designed to prevent such dramas, the players shook hands on the draw at 4.21pm at Old Trafford

26-Sep-2014•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Chapple's heroic blow keeps Lancashire hopes alive

With one heroic blow, Lancashire's captain Glen Chapple took their relegation fight against Middlesex into a final day

25-Sep-2014•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Lancashire cling on in edge-of-the-seat battle

Like mariners clinging to wreckage in the hope of eventual rescue, Lancashire's cricketers hoped to confound the logic of experience on the second day of this game

24-Sep-2014•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

Worcestershire promoted amid extraordinary drama

Whether from tension, disbelief or joy, some Worcestershire members gathered under the Graeme Hick pavilion on Friday afternoon had tears on their cheeks

12-Sep-2014•Paul Edwards at New Road

The joy of 'Shantry's Match'

They will call it "Shantry's Match" and men reading about it will think themselves accursed they were not there

11-Sep-2014•Paul Edwards at New Road

Shantry counters Roy hundred

This is both a cricket match and a poignant reunion. Four Surrey players once sported the pears sable on their shirts

10-Sep-2014•Paul Edwards at New Road

Worcestershire's promotion getting nervy

This is the season of bounteous abundance yet Worcestershire's players may feel they have been altogether too generous of late

09-Sep-2014•Paul Edwards at New Road

Rashid, Brooks put Yorkshire on brink of title

Yorkshire now have a 26-point lead at the top of Division One after an innings win against Lancashire and can seal the Championship next week at Trent Bridge

03-Sep-2014•Paul Edwards at Old Trafford

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