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Cricket Badger Radio Show podcast – Lauren Winfield

James Buttler hosts the Cricket Badger Radio Show on Radio Yorkshire every Tuesday evening. This week he was joined by Lauren Winfield, England and Yorkshire women’s cricketer.

Lack of free-to-air TV could be to blame for England’s ‘low eb’

Can the root cause of England’s current crisis - for that is surely what it amounts to after losing six out of seven Test matches - be traced back to a day in December 2004 when the decision was taken by the ECB to sell all live TV broadcast rights to Sky?

LVCC PREVIEW: Maxwell To Start For Hampshire Against Worcestershire

There are some tasty matches in the tenth round of the LV= County Championship which kicks off tomorrow. Yorkshire host Nottinghamshire as they look to overhaul Middlesex at the top of Division One, while Division Two leaders Hampshire and Worcestershire face off at New Road. We preview all the fixtures.

Pietersen Fails On Cricketing Return

The South group of the NatWest T20 Blast witnessed plenty of runs and wins for Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Essex and Kent despite the best efforts of Dan Christian at Canterbury.

Drama At Old Trafford As Lancashire Penalised

There was high drama in the Roses Derby at Old Trafford as Yorkshire were awarded six penalty runs and won with three balls to spare after Lancashire were deemed too slow in bowling their overs. Kabir Ali would have had 15 to defend off the final over, but it became just nine and Jonny Bairstow […]

INTRODUCING: Around The World In 80 Seconds

World Cricket Badger is pleased to announce a new feature to the site: A daily podcast called ‘Around The World In 80 Seconds’ will give you the latest cricketing news from beyond the international game

LVCC REVIEW: It’s Yorkshire and Hampshire who set early pace

With the first batch of LV= County Championship matches now complete, it is Yorkshire and Hampshire who lead the way in the respective divisions as attention now turns to the opening NatWest T20 Blast matches.

LVCC REVIEW: Chris Rogers double ton leads Middlesex ‘almost perfect’ chase

History was made at Lord’s in the fourth round of the LV= County Championship Division One as Middlesex chased down their highest ever fourth innings run chase to beat Yorkshire. Their successful pursuit of 472 was also the third highest in the history of the competition.