Durham Preview: Stokes v Crawley and multiple subplots
14.05.26, 15:44 Updated 14.05.26, 15:50
Fred Atkins
Anyone thinking of attending day one of the Beckenham Festival is advised to get there early on Friday, if only to avoid the sheer weight of London-based journalists flocking to see the England captain bowling at the opener his bosses have just dropped.
We’re told Ben Stokes will be playing for Division Two leaders Durham tomorrow, while Zak Crawley has been named in a 14-man Kent squad, so a rubberneckers’ paradise is very much on.
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Fred Atkins Fred Atkins is a former Kent Messenger sports editor and has written several books, including The Spitfire Diaries, an account of Kent's 2021 season and Monty Panesar's "The Full Monty". He has followed KCCC since 1993 and has covered them for the ECB and Wisden since 2021.