Tag: Cricket
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Cricket U17s National Cup Final 2025
By Adhrit Pande Hampton School’s U17 side were crowned National Champions after a hard-fought and thrilling victory over Rugby School in the 2025 U17 Cricket Paper National Cup Final. The final, although played in the Summer holidays, was the culmination of a campaign that had begun in the previous academic year, where Hampton progressed through…
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What’s gone wrong for Bazball?
By Aneesh Agrawal After England’s drubbing in the land down under, let’s take a look at what went wrong in this Ashes series and what has consistently been going wrong during McCullum’s tenure. His men came to Australia with hope and confidence that they would finally win the Ashes there for the first time in 15 years. But they couldn’t have been more wrong, losing 4-1 in a series they tried to make competitive. Recently,…
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2026 – The Review
By Aneesh Agrawal With the 2026 T20 World Cup (held in India and Sri Lanka) having come to a close this March, Aneesh Agrawal reflects on its key events, standout players and most exciting teams. I don’t know why, but it seems there was less spotlight on this World Cup until the Super 8s and the later matches of the group stage. I…
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Roy, Burns and more speak out: how have franchises affected cricket today?
By Aneesh Agrawal In recent years, cricket has drastically changed and evolved. With the season starting in a couple of months, it remains a question to me as to how we play cricket, and how the T20 and franchise circuit has affected how we all play cricket today and how teams have been affected. Cricket is a global sport, one of…
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This Week’s Big Debate: Is Cricket a Mental or Physical Game?
By Jack Bason Cricket has been an established team sport for hundreds of years and can be called one of the most well-known sports in the world. It originated in 1611 in England and is now one of the most popular sports both there and in many other countries such as Pakistan, India, Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka. …
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Sport after Hampton: Zafar Ansari
By Mahir Olcer Zafar Ansari joined Hampton School in 2005. He loved playing cricket and, an all-rounder, played for Hampton’s 1st XV for an amazing five years. Zafar Ansari was also a talented pianist, and enjoyed politics, philosophy, sociology, and history. With all these talents he was chosen as one of the school captains of…
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Cricket Champions: U13s Win National Cup
by Ridhaan Gala It was early in the morning, during the summer break, when the Hampton team gathered, knowing that in just a few hours they would be playing the biggest game of their lives. After preparing everything, they made their way to Hampton, ready for the two-hour coach journey to Oakham School, where the…
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Timed Out: The Future of Test Cricket
By Theo Payne I have not always been a fan of test cricket. My first immediate impression was of a totally unengaging game played by boring people in white clothes. Not glamorous, right? Well, that’s how some players, or even whole nations feel about this most opposite format. There is much more to test cricket…
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Naavya Sharma: a cricketing prodigy
By Harry McLusky Hampton plays host to countless young talents, across a wide range of sports: from tennis to cycling, from cross-country to cricket. Lower Sixth former, Naavya Sharma, is no exception to this trend, with his cricketing ability accelerating him into the school’s first XI, as well as various achievements outside of school with…
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Blake Cullen: Life in the Fast Lane
By Sam Colvine From the storied cricket pitches of Hanworth Road to the only slightly more prestigious wickets at Lords, Blake Cullen OH (2020), in his short albeiteventful cricketing career thus far, has already accumulated a wealth of experience, plying his trade in both red and white ball disciplinesfor Middlesex County Cricket Club, whilst even…
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Cricket 2022 Season Preview
By Anuj Srivastav With the 2022 Cricket Season fast approaching, the Hampton School First XI are looking to improve on their performances during the previous year. They played a total of 17 games in the 2021 season, winning 13 games, losing 3 (with one match cancelled), and crucially reaching the quarter-finals of the National T20…
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Mr Harrison: Cultivating Cricketing Success
By Avi Bhatt Mr Chris Harrison is one of Hampton School’s longest-serving cricket coaches and has been coaching and playing the game for many years. During this time he has played cricket amongst some of the greats, and has overseen the cricketing journey of hundreds of young players. He works as a coach for several…