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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Eoin Morgan’s England look to bounce back from T20 disappointment in ODI series: India vs England preview
After the conclusion of an enthralling T20I series in Ahmedabad, England return to action on Tuesday, March 23 as they begin an ODI series against India in Pune. Eoin Morgan’s men will be looking to bounce back after successive T20 and Test match series defeats in India. The three-match series will take place in a […]
Up and coming cricketer Danielle Gibson looks ahead to the 2021 cricket season
The 19-year-old right armer as been playing cricket for as long as she can remember, like most, she took it up as it runs in the family. She said “My dad plays semi-professionally, and also my brothers play so I just used to play in the garden with them a lot then when I got […]
ENGLAND VS INDIA 4TH T20I: INDIA SET ENGLAND 186 TO WIN AS JOFRA ARCHER TAKES 4-33
England have been set a target of 186 in the fourth T20I to win the match and take the series in Ahmedabad. Archer was the pick of the England bowlers as he took 4-33 with the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer his notable dismissals. Embed from Getty Images England got the […]
105 ICC Members: Should Wales have a national cricket team?
Wales is undoubtedly a sporting nation. With a population of only three million people, the reputation of both the football and rugby teams have reached substantial heights in recent years. However, there is one sport in particular that the nation is yet to conquer; cricket. The England, Scotland and Ireland cricket teams have all, at […]
Eyes firmly set on the future for Gloucestershire County Cricket’s James Bracey
Ahead of Sri Lanka and England’s ongoing test series Gloucestershire County Cricket batsman James Bracey is ready to learn all he can from the senior players around him. England completed an emphatic victory on day four of the second Test against Sri Lanka to take the series 2-0. Both Sri Lanka and England camps are […]
England’s ODI series in South Africa cancelled after positive covid-19 tests
England’s white ball tour of South Africa has been cancelled after two unnamed members of the touring party returned positive coronavirus tests. Two members of the England camp tested positive for covid-19 on Saturday which led to the cancellation of the second ODI of the series in Paarl. On Friday, the first game of the […]