Boundary Magazine

Jos Buttler is hoping to get a go against West Indies this Sunday after another strong performance for Somerset in yesterday’s Friends Life t20 victory over Northamptonshire. Buttler starred with the bat as his unbeaten 58 guided the runners-up of the last three years to a thrilling five-wicket win over the Steelbacks with just one … Continue reading →

Chris Wright expressed his relief at playing Division One cricket as he admitted he didn’t expect to be here after his release from Essex last August. Wright has made a sublime start to his first full-season with the Bears claiming 15 wickets at an average just over 20 in their opening four Championship games. But … Continue reading →

Keith Barker is upbeat about Warwickshire’s chances of clinching the County Championship title for the first time since 2004 after their strong start to the season. The 25-year-old has played a key role in the side’s early success, lodging his first championship five-wicket haul against Lancashire in their five-wicket victory at Liverpool. The left-armer believes … Continue reading →

Ashley Giles has praised the Warwickshire bowling attack after the Bears defeated Durham within three days in the LV= County Championship at Edgbaston. Giles and the coaching staff would have been worried before the start of this season’s campaign after the injuries to bowling duo Chris Woakes and Boyd Rankin, but the Warwickshire attack has … Continue reading →

Andre (not Andrew as my spell checker prefers to call him) Ryan Adams. Now aged 36, and three quarters, joined the Outlaw’s in 2007 – you would imagine after a highly successful international career with New Zealand. Since joining he has been the main-stay of their attack. 25 wickets in three-and-a-bit games this season, 67 … Continue reading →

Following Paul Collingwood’s retirement, England took the brave decision to replace him with Eoin Morgan, a proven One-Day and Twenty20 player, but a player with what can only be explained as an average first-class record. Occasionally selectors manage to pull-one out of the bag, selecting someone with a modest record, who then proves himself better at playing … Continue reading →

Warwickshire dominated day one of their 2012 LV= County Championship opener against Somerset after the visitors were bowled out for 147 at Edgbaston. Many Bear’s fans would have been worried after the news of lengthy injuries to bowling duo Chris Woakes and Boyd Rankin, but fears quickly vanished as the Warwickshire attack tore through the … Continue reading →

Former professional footballer Keith Barker has always had dreams of playing for England – but he probably imagined it being at Wembley, rather than Lords. The 25-year-old all-rounder burst onto the County scene with Warwickshire in 2009 and has claimed 28 wickets and scored 558 runs in only 17 First-class matches. Now he is hoping … Continue reading →

As featured on AllOutCricket.com Chris Airey chats to big Boyd Rankin: a titan for Ireland and possible  England giant.   Irish cricket has come a long way over the last 10 years,  developing quality young players including Eoin Morgan, and competing well in  World Cups, including that shock win over neighbours England in 2011. But  while … Continue reading →

He scored over 900 first-class runs for the County in 2011, and now promising all-rounder Liam Dawson has been duly rewarded with a new contract extension until the end of 2013. At only 21, he, alongside a large bulk of the Royals’ squad are set to be at the newly named Ageas Bowl for the … Continue reading →

After six long weeks away on tour with the England Lions, James Vince has returned to the Rose Bowl with a new confidence and now hopes this experience will help get Hampshire back into County Cricket’s top flight. Vince’s winter trip began in Bangladesh at the beginning of January and ended in Abu Dhabi playing … Continue reading →

Ahead of Ireland’s upcoming tour of Kenya, South Africa and the UAE, Bears paceman Boyd Rankin caught up with Boundary about his time with the England Performance Programme in Loughborough and South Africa as well as the England Lions tour of Bangladesh. Early in the New Year, Boyd also represented the first ICC Affiliate/Associate Nations team … Continue reading →

While still on his Christmas break back home in Zimbabwe, Hampshire player Sean Ervine got a late present courtesy of the newly formed Bangladesh Premier League auction. He was snapped up by Duronto Rajshantifor $25,000 – a stint that will act as ideal preparation for the all-rounder before he returns back to the county in … Continue reading →

Hampshire’s Chris Wood spoke to Boundary Magazine about his amazing start to his professional career, and now the 21-year-old hopes to emulate teammate and close friend James Vince by braking into the England set-up. In 2011, you ended the CB40 campaign as the leading wicket-taker – how was last year for you? It was a nice achievement, … Continue reading →

Worcestershire fast bowler Richard Jones talks about the club’s County Championship survival last season and looks forward to the 2012 campaign, with Australian opener Phillip Hughes added to the Royals’ ranks. You avoided relegation from Division One of the County Championship last season against all the odds. Did that represent a good campaign? If you … Continue reading →

Worcestershire’s Richard Jones believes new overseas signing Phillip Hughes will get the opportunity to prove some people wrong next season at New Road. Australia’s opening batsman has struggled in their recent home series against New Zealand scoring only 41 runs in four innings as the Black Caps won their first Test against their neighbours in … Continue reading →

England bowling coach David Saker believes it is ‘crazy’ that Edgbaston will not a host a Test match in 2013 or 2014, despite a new £30million redevelopment of the South and West Stand. The ground boasts a new state of the art Indoor Cricket Centre, some of the best changing rooms in world cricket and … Continue reading →

Warwickshire’s opening batsman William Porterfield is confident that his side can go one step further this season as the club aims to win its first County Championship title in eight years. The experienced left-hander scored 583 runs in his first Championship campaign with the Birmingham club who fell agonisingly 11-points short of title-winners Lancashire in … Continue reading →

England selector Ashley Giles insists that Test cricket is currently in a good shape despite low attendances at the recent series in South Africa, India and now Australia. Giles is preparing for his fifth season as Warwickshire’s director of cricket but as a national selector, he has never strayed away from the international game. The … Continue reading →

Former professional footballer Keith Barker has always had dreams of playing for England – but he probably imagined it being at Wembley, rather than Lords. The 25-year-old all-rounder burst onto the County scene with Warwickshire in 2009 and has claimed 28 wickets and scored 558 runs in his first 17 First-class matches. Now he is hoping to … Continue reading →

After a watershed season, in which he scored his maiden first-class ton against Northants before notching another against Kent, Derbyshire’s Ross Whiteley is hoping to catch the attention  of the England selectors. The talented left-hander set tongues wagging with an impressive return of 644 Championship runs at 40.25, as well as some hard-hitting Twenty20 cameos, and is currently … Continue reading →

England’s fast bowling coach David Saker has only been in the job for 18 months but in that time he has played a key role in the astronomical rise that has seen Andrew Strauss’ side break their Ashes hoodoo Down Under before sending India packing in comprehensive fashion to claim the title of the world’s … Continue reading →

Wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien believes the Steelbacks can return to where they belong and gain promotion to the LV = County Championship Division One in 2012. The Irish International recently competed in the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament where he was able to display his explosive one-day hitting. Now back in the UK, O’Brien has a packed … Continue reading →

“I guess it has proved some people wrong and showed that I can do it.” – Wes Durston Derbyshire’s Player of the Year Wes Durston enjoyed the best season of his career in 2011. The right-handed batsman played all 42 matches scoring a combined tally of 1,911 runs and claiming 25 wickets. He scooped three … Continue reading →

Andrew Hall believes the bowlers will be key next summer when South Africa travel to England for a three Test series. The tourist, who are currently ranked second in the ICC Test Rankings, last visited this shores back in 2008 as favourites – but now the tables have turned after England were recently crowned as … Continue reading →

Warne, McGrath, Hayden, Waugh, Healy – the list of Australians who so easily dispatched England’s hopes of Ashes victories throughout the ’90s and early ’00s could go on and on . . . But with the Aussies down in fourth in the ICC Test World Rankings and England comprehensively winning the Ashes ‘down under’, the tables … Continue reading →

“It may take two years, maybe four or five – but I believe I can get there.” – Dan Redfern. Has there ever been a better time to be an English Cricket fan? The Test side are number one in the world, the ODI team recently white washed World Champions India and the Country are producing … Continue reading →