The Cricket Paper

The official account of The Cricket Paper 📰 The weekly UK newspaper on sale every Sunday during the domestic cricket season and available to read online 📱💻

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🗞️ 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐄 🗞️

🙏 Special tribute issue to Sir Garry Sobers
🙌 Mark Butcher: Sobers was unbeatable
🤔 Lauren Winfield-Hill: We’re in a captain conundrum

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🐻🔙 @WarwickshireCCC have strengthened their bid for a first @CountyChamp title since 2021 by re-signing overseas duo Will Young and Manav Suthar for the closing stages of the season.

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#CountyChampionship

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🫰 🏏 Saltburn are treating allegations of cheating very seriously and have suspended the player at the centre of the controversy for the “foreseeable future”.

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🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 New Zealander Stephen Fleming has been confirmed as @englandcricket’s new Test head coach and Joe Root will take over again as red-ball captain.

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#EnglandCricket

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✈️🏏 “But the fact that we are going to Mongolia and playing a national team is already something that, two or three years ago, none of us would have imagined.”

✍️ Evan Gallagher speaks to players from Old Imperials CC ahead of an exciting venture East.

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🗣️ “But the bottom line is that it’s disappointing that we aren’t exposing a lot of English players to these leadership positions.”

✍️ Lauren Winfield-Hill on the start of the Hundred campaign and playing under rookie captain Dani Gibson.

#TheHundred

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🗣️ “It was a timely reminder for lovers of 50-over cricket on out-grounds that extinction is not inevitable if you have a long-term strategy and, most importantly, people care.”

✍️ @MrRichardClarke on the charm of the One-Day Cup amid healthy support.

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🙏 🙌 The Cricket Paper paid tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers this week, the West Indies legend whose brilliance with bat, ball and in the field made him a once-in-a-generation sporting icon.

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🏆🏏The @onedaycup is in full swing around the country!

✍️ Dom Harris takes a look at some of the players who have caught the eye in the opening stages of the competition.

#OneDayCup

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🗣️“You had to have seen him in the flesh to get the measure of him as a cricketer.”

✍️ Patrick Murphy remembers a player who made fans swoon.

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🗣️ “He was a very, very popular member of the team and the town.”

✍️ Tanya Aldred goes back to the Lancashire club graced by Sir Garfield Sobers, where he dazzled crowds, forged lifelong friendships and left a legacy that still endures today.

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🗣️ “We believe that we’re up there in terms of our skills.”

🏆 🛡️ Saif Zaib on why @NorthantsCCC no longer view themselves as underdogs after their disciplined approach, team spirit and belief helped them secure @VitalityBlast glory.

https://t.co/yBvsfbpVk4

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🗣️ “He was the loosest and coolest of all the batting gunslingers and, of course, he has extraordinary numbers.”

✍️ @markbutcher72 pays tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers’ unmatched brilliance.

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🗣️ “He would make over 700 runs, take 20 wickets, pocket 10 catches and captain the team with such élan that England went through three captains in five Tests.”

🙌 ☀️ A look back on the summer Sir Garfield Sobers truly became a cricketing icon.

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🗣️“He was the most complete cricketer I’ve ever played with or against.”

🙏🏏 Cricket legends pay tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers as The Cricket Paper looks back at the moments that defined the career of the West Indies great.

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🗞️ 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐄 🗞️

🙏 Special tribute issue to Sir Garry Sobers
👑 Richard Clarke: 50-over spectacle is king
🤔 Lauren Winfield-Hill: We’re in a captain conundrum

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✈️ 🏏 @OldImperialsCC (OICC), a thriving alumni club formed by recent Imperial College London graduates, is embarking on a ten-day tour to Mongolia this September.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏏 Joe Root emerged as the frontrunner to be reinstalled as England Test captain this week for the three-match series against Pakistan, which starts in August.

#EnglandCricket

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🗞️ 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐄 🗞️

🙏 Special tribute issue to Sir Garry Sobers
🙌 Mark Butcher: Sobers was unbeatable
🗣️ Richard Clarke: 50-over spectacle is king

The Cricket Paper is on sale NOW! Grab a copy or subscribe online HERE: https://t.co/mZExORCZYk

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🗣️ “We pride ourselves on not thinking we’re a small county.”

🏆 🛡️ Saif Zaib says @NorthantsCCC no longer view themselves as underdogs after their disciplined approach, team spirit and belief helped them secure T20 Blast glory.

#VitalityBlast

https://t.co/Ffejyy6VR2

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🗣️ “He was larger than life, probably the most charismatic cricketer we’ve ever seen.”

✍️ @markbutcher72 pays tribute to Sir Garfield Sobers’ unmatched brilliance.

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