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In the last five years, only three head coaches have been headhunted out of county cricket and into 'bigger' jobs. Richard Dawson has been two of them.
A piece on an exceptional coach and the challenge facing Glamorgan: replacing him.
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"I am incredibly proud. I hope that he gets to a point in his life where he thinks, 'You know what, I did pretty bloody well there.'"
A selfless workaholic with everyone's admiration | @NickFriend1
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Middlesex: winners, in spite of everything around them.
A piece about a players' triumph. I have a great deal of admiration for them. There is no tougher county to play for.
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There isn't a more complicated county to play for than Middlesex, with its unique intricacies and penchant for chaos; but a courageous squad and its quiet, steely head coach have worked through the noise to achieve something special | @NickFriend1
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In Leah Poulton, England have got exactly what they wanted from Clare Connor's replacement. Will be interesting to see how she fares:
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Interview with Kam Dhariwal, who hit the joint-fastest Blast fifty earlier in the month.
He is in the unusual position of juggling professional cricket with a degree in medicine.
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Chris Benjamin's heroics made him a huge part of early Hundred.
Five years on, he's not played in it since 2023 and is gearing up for the One Day Cup.
But just two players have more Division Two runs this summer, and his career is settling down nicely:
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Tammy Beaumont is retiring from international cricket. Fantastic player, one of just five with hundreds across all formats.
An immense career, having debuted five years before central contracts and become an indispensable, all-format gun.
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Huge occasion, enormous opportunity. England have been so good through this tournament, better than at any point in recent years. They've not beaten Australia in a knockout game since 2009...
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In awe of Heather Knight and Nat Sciver-Brunt, exemplary role models and brilliant cricketers. Chuffed for the pair of them that last night happened.
For their own, different reasons, what they pulled off was remarkable.
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Good to sit down with Dawid Malan, ahead of his debut for Gloucestershire in the T20 Blast.
On his international career, the franchise circuit, his thoughts on the Blast and how he can tell a player based on the sound off the bat.
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A Jewish schoolboy who says his classmates hissed at him to replicate the sound of a gas chamber, as well as threatened to vandalise his house with swastikas, has fought to introduce a new class on 'contemporary antisemitism' in his school to challenge these views.
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Great to sit down with Issy Wong.
An interview about her second-coming as an England player, the road back from rock-bottom - a disastrous T20I at Chelmsford - and how getting to this point again taught her to appreciate it more.
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🗣️ @melindafarrell and @NickFriend1 discuss pre-season disruptions caused by the Middle East crisis, the lottery around the pursuit of overseas players and Sussex's winter turmoil.
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This is good:
Being released from the county game is tough. The months afterwards - working out who you are and what comes next, losing your identity, accepting your fate - are often tougher.
A piece following some of the players currently navigating those challenges:
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I went to Brighton a few weeks ago to see James Coles.
An extremely talented 21-year-old with a refreshingly varied set of interests.
Not sure there's a better uncapped player in the country, and not sure that'll remain the case for much longer.
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This is a devastating and important read. The abuse that has been directed @Dannythefink is beyond horrific.
Yet he follows his survivor parents’ philosophy: life is worth living 💪
Daniel Finkelstein: how the world’s antisemites turned on me
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Ministers left in tears as Holocaust survivor makes speech at Number 10.
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Split into two parts, the second of which is here:
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