With four rounds of fixtures to go, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Yorkshire appear to be battling it out between themselves to become Cricket’s County Champions in 2010. In Division Two, Sussex’s dominance should see them promoted as Champions with either Glamorgan (possibly), Gloucestershire (probably) or Worcestershire joining them in Division One for 2011. The gap between [...]
On this day in 1896, London County Cricketing ‘Great’ KS Ranjitsinhji achieved the unique feat of scoring two first-class hundreds on the same day, for Sussex against Yorkshire at Hove. His county partnerships for Sussex, with another London County ‘Great’, CB Fry, were legendary. A month earlier, the Indian-born Ranji had made an unbeaten 154 [...]
What a difference a day makes! As Alastair Cook walks through The Hobbs Gates at The Brit Oval this morning, he will have a spring in his step, and a degree self-assurance unimaginable twenty-four hours ago. Confidence in one’s ability can only be maintained over time, when top performance supports the belief. His fighting century yesterday may [...]
