Tim Wigmore

Freelance writer

Gayle's magical debut delivers last-ball Somerset win

Chris Gayle only met his Somerset team-mates hours before the match but three years after they first tried to sign him he delivered in style with a domineering innings to set up a last-ball victory

29-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at Chelmsford

Stirling, Franklin distract Lord's drinkers in style

For most counties Friday is T20 night but Middlesex have always preferred Thursdays. The stroll from St John's Wood to Lord's, brimming with City types anticipating their first T20 game of the season, showed why.

28-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

Devon, Cornwall excited by Championship debate

If the County Championship is extended to 21 teams and a Minor County needs to be elevated, a combined Devon and Cornwall team could be the answer

28-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

Roy mixes substance and style to secure victory

With a nonchalant flick to midwicket that could not help but evoke the Pietersen flamingo, Jason Roy secured Surrey a three-wicket win

27-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at Beckenham

Ansari turns match as reputation grows

Even in Division Two, the County Championship demands tenacity and bloody-minded resolve - especially for Surrey of late

26-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at Beckenham

Ireland, Scotland would snap up County Championship spots

Ireland and Scotland have said they would welcome the chance to field teams in the County Championship

26-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

Overseas influx for the biggest Blast yet

Never has the Twenty20 Blast attracted such a wide array of overseas talent. From Brendon McCullum to Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, the Blast's imports are the envy of T20 leagues the world over, the IPL apart

14-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

'Let down' Pietersen heads for IPL

The 29 runs that Kevin Pietersen added to his overnight score against Leicestershire, to end on a magisterial and undefeated 355, could be the last he ever scores in first-class cricket

12-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at the Kia Oval

'I deserve England place' - Pietersen

"I want my England place and I think I deserve my England place." Kevin Pietersen wasted no time in stating his case after a spectacular, unbeaten triple-centur

11-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at The Oval

Pietersen meets England after triple ton

Kevin Pietersen scored an unbeaten 326 at The Oval ahead of a meeting with the ECB's new director of cricket, Andrew Strauss

11-May-2015•Tim Wigmore at The Oval

England's swinger becomes a swimmer

Matthew Hoggard, who is taking to the water for charity, talks about the 2005 Ashes, current fast-bowling stocks and whether an old rival should take charge of England

06-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

Essex subside again into batting bedlam

Perhaps Essex have spent too much time watching England recently. Serenely placed on 61 for 0, Chelmsford offered no hint of the bedlam that once again was about to engulf Essex's batting

03-May-2015•Tim Wigmore

Ireland target New Zealand model

John Bracewell says there are 'clear parallels' with New Zealand as he joins Ireland in their attempt to become a Test-playing nation

29-Apr-2015•Tim Wigmore

Lawrence becomes third-youngest century maker

Few sights in sport are more intoxicating than an irresistible talent emerging. Those at the Oval were privileged that, at 17, Daniel Lawrence looked just that as he became the third youngest century-maker in Championship history

28-Apr-2015•Tim Wigmore

Browne shows up Surrey shortcomings

The England captain has not scored a Test century for 23 months. So perhaps it is reassuring to know that the production of Essex opening batsmen remains in fine working order

27-Apr-2015•Tim Wigmore at The Oval

Surrey's top order graft healthy position

Chilly and unrelentingly gloomy, this was the sort of day Kevin Pietersen thought he'd left behind when his international career began a decade ago

26-Apr-2015•Tim Wigmore

Comeback kid Shahzad blows away Worcs

Ajmal Shahzad claimed his best first-class figures and what was, remarkably, only the fourth five-for of his career as Sussex rounded up Worcestershire on the final day

22-Apr-2015•Tim Wigmore at Hove

Machan sheds the shackles with bristling ton

If supporters huddled at Hove in the expectation was of a genteel day of cricket, Matt Machan provided Hove with something rather more scintillating - a 70-ball hundred

19-Apr-2015•Tim Wigmore at Hove

Why this year's Associate crop is the best ever

The ICC deserves credit for helping weaker teams prepare better for this World Cup - though the Big Three are threatening to undo all the good work that has been put in

16-Mar-2015•Tim Wigmore

Cremer return can give Zimbabwe lift

Zimbabwe have received some uplifting news after a disappointing World Cup campaign with the decision of their former legspinner Graeme Cremer to return to international cricket

15-Mar-2015•Tim Wigmore

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