University of Gloucestershire graduate James Tomson has finished his impressive first season as data analyst at Chattogram Challengers in the Bangladesh Premier League. Surrey batsman Will Jacks starred for the Challengers, topping the run scoring charts. Tomson spoke exclusively to ParkLife Sport during the tournament, revealing Jacks’ unique qualities which make him valuable in franchise […]
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OPINION: In sacking Chris Silverwood the ECB have given themselves an unwanted reliance on the Hundred’s finances, at what long term cost?
You wouldn’t have to sit in a laboratory wearing a long white coat, goggles, illegible scribbles on a flipped whiteboard and have a masterfully scientific mind to deduce that English cricket is a mess. You could point to the recent white ball success and say only half of English cricket is in inexcusable disarray. That […]
Paul Collingwood announced as new England interim coach
Paul Collingwood will be England’s head coach for their Test series against West Indies next month after being appointed as a stand-in by Andrew Strauss, the ECB’s interim managing director of men’s cricket. The man who led England to the Twenty20 World Cup in 2010 has been asked to take charge on an interim basis […]
Game by Game. How Australia won the T20 World Cup
It’s not been the longest tournament, but we’ve been blessed with a lot of high quality cricket in the past month. Australia won their first ever T20 World Cup by beating New Zealand in the final yesterday, but their road to the final was a tricky path. Here’s a look at their performances game by […]
Australia: Brilliant or overachievers?
This has been a tournament of tricky, two-paced pitches, and, as a consequence, it has recorded the lowest scoring rate of any T20 World Cup. The final, however, came as close to pure T20 as anything we have seen over these past few weeks in the UAE. The Australian T20 team is a bit of an […]
The five best players of the T20 World Cup
The premier competition of the game’s shortest format does not come around very often. The seventh edition of the ICC T20 World Cup started in the UAE on 17th October 2021. Initially, the ICC planned Australia as the tournament’s venue, but they changed it to UAE and Oman for COVID-related reasons. The exciting tournament had enormous […]
Gloucestershire and Worcestershire Cricket Academy’s Players score big for Dumbleton CC
Gloucestershire’s Tom Borrman and Worcestershire’s Dan Holland are in the academies at their counties and have been doing well for Dumbleton CC the past few weeks. Both cricketers play for Dumbleton CC, located in the outskirts of Cheltenham, who started their 2021 league campaign this weekend, Holland has already scored a century and two other […]
Indian Premier League suspended as COVID-19 cases in India pass 20 million
The 2021 Indian Premier League has been suspended as COVID-19 cases in the country continue to sky rocket. The total number of coronavirus infections exceeded 20 million on Tuesday with 354,229 new cases within a 24 hour period continuing to stress the country’s health system. The announcement comes a day after the IPL fixture between […]
Covid-19: The impact on The Hundred
Last summer we saw the ECB postponed the launch of The Hundred to the summer of 2021 due to Covid-19. The new 100-ball competition will start this July and run through August with the hopes of having sell-out stadiums with new fans and old followers of the sport. The tournament will have eight men’s and […]
Gloucestershire register first victory against Somerset at Taunton in 28 years
Gloucestershire comfortably beat local rivals Somerset by eight wickets in the County Championship to claim their first win at Taunton since 1993. The final day would usually have hundreds of people in attendance, but that wasn’t the case in a match that was played behind closed doors due to the current coronavirus restrictions. The visitors […]