COUNTIES CRICKET free to see Championship fixtures

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Created on Monday, 10 July 2023 00:48

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Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent

Durant Cricket National Counties Championship  

Tuesday July 11 (1100) * weather-permitting 

Eastern Division One 

Tring: Buckinghamshire v Norfolk Bury St Edmunds: Suffolk v Staffordshire 

Western Division One 

Falkland CC: Berkshire v Devon Eastnor: Herefordshire v Oxfordshire. 

Eastern Division Two 

Furness: Cumbria v Bedfordshire

Western Division Two 

Truro: Cornwall v Dorset Brymbo: Wales NC v Shropshire 

COUNTIES CRICKET Hill impresses on Devon debut

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Created on Sunday, 09 July 2023 20:10

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Somerset Academy batter Fin Hill impressed on his debut for Devon by making 90 in their Western Division One match against Berkshire who made a stuttering start to their title defence at the Falkland club in Newbury. 

With Ben Beaumont (42) and Jack Moore (45) also contributing useful middle-order runs, Devon recovered from 68 for four to 272 all out and then reduced Berkshire to 47 for five.  

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COUNTIES CRICKET Today's championship team news

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Created on Sunday, 09 July 2023 06:53

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Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent

Defending champions Berkshire today begin their quest to win the Championship for the sixth time in seven seasons against promoted Devon at the Falkland club in Newbury in Western Division One. 

Imran Malik, a Championship regular last season, makes his first appearance of the season for Berkshire and Billy Mead his three-day debut having impressed in the Trophy quarter-final victory over Dorset last weekend. 

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COUNTIES CRICKET Paul Bolton's championship preview

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Created on Saturday, 08 July 2023 12:28

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Written by PAUL BOLTON National Counties Cricket correspondent

Berkshire are taking nothing for granted as they prepare to attempt to win the Durant Cricket National Counties Championship for the sixth time in seven seasons. 

Although Oxfordshire denied them a fifth successive title in 2021 Berkshire regained the title last September when their first innings lead in a rain-ruined final against Lincolnshire at West Bromwich Dartmouth proved decisive. 

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TENNIS Wimbledon test for Barnett and Nicholls

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Created on Friday, 07 July 2023 06:42

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Bath Tennis ace Alicia Barnett and Norfolk's Olivia Nicholls have been drawn against Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in their opening women’s doubles match at Wimbledon today (Friday).

It is a challenging draw for the Brits against the number nine seeds for the tournament, with Kudermetova having reached the final with Elena Vesnina on her last appearance at the All England Club in 2021.

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