COUNTIES CRICKET Trophy team news April 2025

Harrison Ward will take charge of Oxfordshire for the first time as they enter the post-Jonny Cater era in Sunday’s National Counties Trophy Group Three match against Cornwall at St Just.

Ward, who is on a white ball contract with Sussex, has been appointed Oxfordshire’s captain in those formats as successor to Cater who has retired after a 14 year career, 10 of them as captain.

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COUNTIES CRICKET XI begin European defence

National Counties XI begin the defence of the Dream 11 European T10 Championship against hosts Spain at the Cartama Oval near Malaga today.

National Counties XI, who are again representing England in the Euros of cricket, won the competition for the second time in three seasons last October and as defending champions they were given a bye to the Championship Week, the final week of the competition which began on September 23.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Final round preview/team news

The divisional phase of the Durant Cricket National Counties Championship is set for an exciting finale with all eight of this weekend’s matches having a bearing on at least one of the five issues still to be decided across the four divisions.

Only Western Division One – won by Berkshire last weekend – has been decided with the Eastern Division One title, two relegation places and the two Division Two titles all up for grabs in the final round of three-day matches which start tomorrow.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Western Division preview August 11

Durant cricket championshipBerkshire head into their final Durant Cricket National Counties Championship match against Oxfordshire needing only a draw to secure the Western Division One title and a place in next month’s national final.

Berkshire currently head the table by 39 points having won all three of their divisional matches so far but that record may count for nothing if they slip up against Oxfordshire.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Western Division preview July 28-30

Durant cricket championshipCheshire will face the first of back-to-back matches against Berkshire when the sides meet in a Durant Cricket National Counties Championship Western Division One match at Nantwich today.

The sides will face each other again at Alderley Edge in the semi-finals of the National Counties Trophy seven days later but Cheshire’s immediate concern is how to transfer their 50 overs form into three-day cricket.

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COUNTIES CRICKET Championship round two preview

Durant cricket championshipFormer Leicestershire batter Harry Dearden will make his first Durant Cricket National Counties Championship appearance for Cheshire in eight years in today’s Western Division One match against Oxfordshire at Thame.

Dearden’s previous two appearances in the competition came in the 2016 season, two years before he joined Leicestershire’s staff and went on to enjoy a six-season career at Grace Road.

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