COUNTIES CRICKET Kent's Blake enjoyed Cornwall spell

Alex Blake will be back on the other side of the fence today having enjoyed a short but successful first taste of National Counties cricket with Cornwall. 

The Kent left-handed batter made a rapid century against Dorset in the opening Durant Cricket National Counties Championship at Truro two weeks ago and followed up with a valuable 73 in the first innings of the victory over Shropshire at Bridgnorth on Monday. 

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CRICKET Young hoping home advantage assists Wilts

Wiltshire will have revenge in mind when they face Berkshire in today’s National Counties Trophy semi-final at the South Wilts club in Salisbury (1100). 

The last time Wiltshire reached the last four of the 50-overs competition was in 2019 when they were beaten by four wickets by Berkshire at Finchampstead. 

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CLUB CRICKET Penzance home in national quarter finals

Defending Cornwall League champions Penzance won through to the ECB National Club Championship quarter-finals in the most dramatic of fashions at Potterne, near Devizes.

The ‘compact’ ground at the Grove saw no fewer than a remarkable 33 sixes hit on the day.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Paul Bolton's championship preview

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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COUNTIES CRICKET Wiltshire home in semi-final

Sudbury and the South Wilts club in Salisbury have been chosen as the venues for the National Counties Trophy semi-finals on Sunday July 16 (1100). 

Suffolk will make a quick return to Sudbury for their home tie against Cumbria having beaten Northumberland by 87 runs at Friars Street in Sunday’s quarter-finals. 

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COUNTIES CRICKET MATTERS Cornwall fate in own hands

Cornwall's National Counties Trophy ambitions remain in their own hands despite Sunday’s game against Berkshire at Slough being declared a ‘no result’.

A heavy thunderstorm just before four o’clock resulted in the match being abandoned with both sides having to sette for a point.

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