David Lawrence reviews the action from the second weekend of the 2026 BDPCL.
04.05.26News
Ben Kosky of the ECB Reporters' Network summarises the action from the third and final day's play at Wantage Road.
Tom Taylor (2-60) and Oliver Hannon-Dalby threatened all day for the Pears, finding late swing with the second new ball, while Beyers Swanepoel also took two wickets.
02.05.26News
"Roderick maintained his composure as wickets fell around him, stroking the ball fluently all around the ground."
01.05.26News
"We have got a really nice base but we know we are going to keep getting challenged and it's all about how we keep reacting to that."
30.04.26News
"I’m stepping up the bowling workloads and on Monday will play for the 2nds against a Birmingham League XI and will bowl six overs at full tilt, so I am looking forward to that."
29.04.26Opinion
"We have played some really good cricket in the last two games. Now let’s try to take this form into the game at Northants this week.”
27.04.26News
David Lawrence reviews all of the action from the opening weekend of the 2026 BDPCL.
Brett D’Oliveira’s side followed up an impressive win over Middlesex at Lord’s with another strong performance to see off a Kent side which was second-best in all departments and remains without a win after three games.
26.04.26News
At 104 for three, the door was ajar for Kent, but Hose and D’Oliveira emphatically closed it with a partnership of 141 in 33 overs.
25.04.26News
"Olly Hannon-Dalby, his loan from Warwickshire extended for another four games, bowled superbly for 18-6-27-3, building pressure which debutant Beyers Swanepoel exploited to take three for 51."
24.04.26News
Paul Edwards looks back on Glenn Turner's majestic 311* against Warwickshire in 1982 with the help of Simon Sutcliffe, one of the Bears bowlers who faced off against him on that historic day at New Road.
23.04.26Features
“It was nothing more than a strip of dried mud to start with and by the time Kent had played an innings on it, it had broken up into a bed of sand and gravel. Neither bowlers nor batsmen could hazard a guess as to what would happen when a ball was bowled."
22.04.26Features
"The boys were back at New Road yesterday and we’ve all been looking forward to that so much. We’ve been away for so long. It will be in all its glory for the Kent game this weekend and we are so grateful to groundsman Stephen Manfield and his team. They do an incredible job."
21.04.26News
Paul Smith reviews all of the action from the early exchanges of the 2026 Graham Williamson T20 Challenge Cup.
“We have played two good sides who are really strong at the start of the year, and have played on two very different wickets so it’s been really pleasing to come out with a win and a draw."
16.04.26News
“You see the sunshine streaming across New Road and there is such an air or relaxation. There is something therapeutic about it. Safe and comfortable. A very special place with a very special history.”
16.04.26Features
Runs for Lategan, Wickets for Hannon-Dalby and slow over rates - What have we learnt from the first two games?
15.04.26Opinion
To bowl them out for even a small first innings lead was great in terms of momentum and then Dan Lategan and Jake Libby’s batting was very impressive. In their different ways, they put on a century stand in a low-scoring match - that says it all. That partnership on a tricky pitch was massive in the game and really put us in the driving seat.
14.04.26Opinion
Jon Batham of the ECB Reporters' Network reports from a phenomenal third day for the Pears at Lord's.
12.04.26News
Jon Batham of the ECB Reporters' Network looks back on a bowler-dominated day of County Championship action at Lord's.
10.04.26News
Aaron Viles speaks to enterprising Worcestershire wicketkeeper-batter Liv Gough about her earliest cricketing memories, her proudest moment in a Rapids shirt to date as well as her aspirations for the upcoming 2026 season.
09.04.26Features
"From the position we were in, to come away with a draw was a very positive result after the guys dug in brilliantly in our second innings."
07.04.26Opinion
“We’ve got a great team here. They are very warm but also very resilient and work incredibly hard and I think Stine and I would say we’ve been happier in the last couple of years than we have been for a long time. "
07.04.26Features
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