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Ollie Rayner confirms retirement after Middlesex release

Offspinner took 51 wickets in title-winning 2016 season but fell down Middlesex pecking order

26-Mar-2020•ESPNcricinfo staff

Middlesex spoil Collingwood's emotional farewell

Paul Collingwood's final bow did not end in the victory Durham looked capable of producing, but his effect on the county will not be easily forgotten

26-Sep-2018•ECB Reporters Network

Rayner's search for form gives Hampshire hope

Ollie Rayner was loaned out by Middlesex after a poor season, but two wickets suggested he might yet lighten Hampshire's spin crisis

22-Jun-2018•ECB Reporters Network

Rayner answers Hampshire's spin crisis

Ollie Rayner has a chance to discover some form after losing his Middlesex place to Ravi Patel

19-Jun-2018•George Dobell

Murtagh puts seal on crushing Middlesex win

On the day of the summer solstice, the reigning county champions have their first victory of summer. Yorkshire were not defeated so much as eviscerated

21-Jun-2017•Tim Wigmore at Lord's

Bad light denies dominant Middlesex victory

Middlesex were frustrated by a combination of bad light and lower-order resistance as Essex clung on for a draw in the Specsavers County Championship at Lord's

24-Apr-2017•ECB Reporters Network

Lions face final-day battle for survival after Rayner's marathon

England Lions face a long battle for survival on the final day in Dambulla as Sri Lanka A seek a victory that would tie the series, but all Ollie Rayner wanted was a long night's sleep

26-Feb-2017•ECB Reporters Network

Middx seize initiative after Westwood run-out

Ian Westwood's controversial run-out changed the course of the day, perhaps the match and may yet be seen as a critical moment in the destiny of this season's Championship

01-Sep-2016•Jon Culley at Edgbaston

Rayner the toast of overdue Lord's win

When Graham Onions chipped Ollie Rayner to midwicket, Middlesex were able to toast their first Championship victory at Lord's this season

15-Aug-2016•Tim Wigmore at Lord's

Rayner and Franklin take command for Middlesex

James Franklin and Ollie Rayner made for an unlikely pair of destroyers. But together they turned the game, as Durham's 74 for 0 became 74 for 4 in 17 crushing deliveries

13-Aug-2016•Tim Wigmore at Lord's

Gubbins and Rayner shine in all-round success

Middlesex produced an excellent all-round performance to beat Kent by 87 runs at Radlett and pick up their first victory in this year's Royal London Cup

31-Jul-2015•ECB/PA

No mystery but Hants still stumped by Rayner

Ollie Rayner picked up three wickets to go with a half-century as Middlesex closed in on victory at Lord's

30-Jun-2015•Tim Wigmore

Rayner called up to Lions squad

Ollie Rayner, the Middlesex spinner, has been officially added to the England Lions touring party, with Simon Kerrigan unable to travel to Sri Lanka due to a back injury

21-Jan-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kerrigan in doubt for Lions tour

Middlesex's offspinning allrounder Ollie Rayner has been put on standby for the England Lions tour of Sri Lanka after concerns emerged about Simon Kerrigan's fitness

15-Jan-2014•George Dobell

Pitch perfect Rayner destroys Surrey

05-Sep-2013•George Dobell at The Oval

Rayner's feasts on feeble Surrey

It may have come too late to revive Middlesex's title prospects, but Ollie Rayner's career-best haul could well have hammered a nail in the coffin of Surrey's Division One survival hopes.

04-Sep-2013•George Dobell at The Oval

Rayner's five keeps Middlesex clinging on

After bloodying the noses of Sussex two weeks ago, Derbyshire have the chance to ruin the hopes of another Championship challenger as they enter the final day of their clash with Middlesex needing eight wickets

22-Aug-2013•Vithushan Ehantharajah in Derby

Rayner finally comes to the fore

After a difficult time at Sussex, Ollie Rayner claimed a maiden five-wicket haul for his new county, Middlesex, to put them on course for victory at Lord's

07-Jun-2013•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's

Prior controversy overshadows Middlesex's day

Sussex's unbeaten start to the County Championship looks to be coming to an end in rather bitter fashion

06-Jun-2013•Vithushan Ehantharajah at Lord's

Rayner gives Middlesex hope

Ollie Rayner's debut as a first-class cricketer brought with it membership of a fairly exclusive club when he made a century against the touring Sri Lankans at Hove in May 2006. Now he can proudly wear the metaphorical tie of another after completing his

11-May-2012•Jon Culley at Trent Bridge

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