Club/league cricket

Club/league cricket

The art of fixing a Sunday game

The art of fixing a Sunday game

Do you know how hard it is to bowl badly and avoid taking wickets?

20-Jul-2016•Nicholas Hogg

Players and umpires need to get along better

Players and umpires need to get along better

If the two parties can each have more trust and empathy for the other, it would reduce the number of incidents of bad behaviour in club cricket

09-May-2016•Scott Oliver

The ball you're always trying to bowl

The ball you're always trying to bowl

When your shoulder is sore, your shin protests, you feel like death, and you play cricket - hoping to produce the devastating dipper you long for

01-May-2016•Jonathan Wilson

Hawk-Eye app to end club disputes?

Hawk-Eye app to end club disputes?

Paul Hawkins hopes to end arguments about walking in the amateur game with his latest invention

28-Apr-2016•ESPNcricinfo staff

What is nets?

What is nets?

Practice can mean a whole lot of things

27-Apr-2016•Liam Cromar

Does sledging drive people away from the recreational game?

Does sledging drive people away from the recreational game?

It would be illogical to say it is the sole reason, but it definitely contributes - and that's a pity

21-Mar-2016•Liam Cromar

My Ottis files

My Ottis files

When Ottis Gibson arrived in Staffordshire for a club stint in the late '90s, he won hearts with his down-to-earth nature and kudos for his cricketing nous

27-Feb-2016•Scott Oliver

We won at the P Sara

We won at the P Sara

The Authors notch up their second victory away from home, with a little help (sort of) from your correspondent

29-Jan-2016•Jonathan Wilson

What do you call an allrounder in club cricket?

What do you call an allrounder in club cricket?

Nomenclature is tricky business, particularly when you aren't in the upper echelons of the game

23-Jan-2016•Liam Cromar

Sri Lanka, here we come

Sri Lanka, here we come

The Authors Club is heading back there, and this time they're armed with a pacey tyro and a freshly minted legspinner

07-Jan-2016•Nicholas Hogg

Friendly rivalry: what's that all about?

Friendly rivalry: what's that all about?

Playing against a mate - whether he's on the same team or in the opposition - brings its own challenges and joys

07-Dec-2015•Nicholas Hogg

My TE and my Venkat long ago

My TE and my Venkat long ago

Life is endlessly touched by the game when you're the child of a cricket-crazy parent

22-Nov-2015•Niharika Mallimadugula

Got a good arm?

Got a good arm?

Enjoy it while it lasts. Once you're past 40, you'll be down to all kinds of subterfuge to make up for its loss of prowess

17-Nov-2015•Nicholas Hogg

The slow withering of English club cricket

The slow withering of English club cricket

The ECB's drive to improve recreational cricket may have imposed unrealistic expectations on many clubs

09-Nov-2015•Scott Oliver

Sorry, I slipped

Sorry, I slipped

In village cricket, if you're not very good at playing, be imaginative with your excuses

28-Oct-2015•Nicholas Hogg

My first five-for

My first five-for

It's rare when you're at a certain stage of life to do something for the first time, but it can happen

06-Oct-2015•Jonathan Wilson

The travails of a middle-aged cricketer

The travails of a middle-aged cricketer

When the bad days outnumber the good, and the aches and pains hasten your decline, you wonder if each game might be your last

30-Aug-2015•Jonathan Wilson

Herath's cold summer at Staffs

Herath's cold summer at Staffs

An unremarkable English league stint in 2009 was hardly an indication of his impending rebirth as an international bowler

27-Aug-2015•Scott Oliver

No, you did trouble the scorer

No, you did trouble the scorer

Think a batsman making a duck means the scorer only has to put a zero down on their sheet? Not quite

15-Aug-2015•Liam Cromar

Do professionals raise the standard of club cricket?

Do professionals raise the standard of club cricket?

Or does the practice of employing them encourage clubs to take shortcuts?

29-Jul-2015•Scott Oliver

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