There's some rain around, but five matches are getting under way in the Vitality County Championship!

Plenty of things to look out for including Ollie Robinson opening the bowling

Keep across the action with the live streams

Notts are 0/1 at Taunton.

Think the Dukes might do a bit more than the Kooks.

Whilst counties debate Kookaburra v Dukes, we're after some recommendations for affordable match balls for midweek T20s and Sunday friendlies. Can you help with options you've tried and tested please #CricketTwitter . Under £15 each. 📸 credit 3D Sports Online Cricket Shop

What these guys are doing in the lead up to each round of the Vitality County Championship is SO useful to help ensure that your The Cricket Draft team is up to date.

Thank you Idiots! 💪

This Sunday's game versus Yorkshire Disability XI has been moved to Ripley CC north of Harrogate. Unfortunately the ground wouldn't have been playable at Higham. Ripley have very kindly allowed us to play at their ground and it's drying nicely. Fleckney Village CC 🟡🟢 game still on as planned.

The very amusing Mark Puttick (sadly no longer of this parish) has pointed out that today is the birthday of former Leicestershire and England cricketer DICK POUGHER

This feels like a birthday that daniel norcross really needs to mention on the Surrey livestream today 😂

Round 3 of the Vitality County Championship is upon us and the Dukes ball returns!

It will be really interesting to see if seamers have a bit more luck and whether we see a more modest run totals this week.

I hope everyone that’s going along to watch this weekend has some decent weather!

Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Lindum CC in Lincolnshire

Here we are (again sorry that it’s slightly later) but week 3 of the county squads being released! I am still working on the website side of our little channel and hope to have those linked there soon! Again these are a prediction! The Cricket Draft

Are you ready for the latest episode of The Premier League Cricket Show?

Dropped this morning our preview of the LCB Premier League with fixture secretary & leading umpire Mark Evans followed by Sawston & Babraham Cricket Club skipper Dan Heath previewing the Thurlow Nunn East Anglian Premier League season.

Both leagues lucky

An amazing experience for our Street cricketers in Warwickshire Cricket Foundation to be part of England and Wales Cricket Board’s tape ball event today 💥

We have long championed this format of the game, read more about our Street cricket clubs ⬇️

chancetoshine.org/chance-to-shin…

BREAKING NEWS

Tier 1 men’s counties for the start of the 2025 season have been announced by the ECB. They are as follows:

Surrey

Everyone else is posting photos of theirs, so…

I completely understand why YCCC feel disappointed about not getting a Tier 1 women’s team.

But, to put their plight into perspective, I suspect clubs who have ended up with neither a Tier 1 women’s team nor a Hundred team feel rather worse.

My friend (and fellow member of The Metronomes CC) Jonathan Campion is a clever clogs who has written a lovely and very interesting book about cricket in Ukraine.

It’s out NEXT WEEK and is now available for pre-order via the link below. Please take a look

pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting-o…

Can we recommend this book to all cricket lovers. Just being released in time for that warm weather coming and sitting in the sun during a lunch break waiting for the next session. ❤️🏏🌈

Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Mildenhall CC in Suffolk

The next County Cricket Matters is up and ready to enjoy. Lots of discussion points please do listen in and join
Sam Dalling & Dan Whiting

countycricketmatters.com/natters-podcast