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Joe Cracknell's Middlesex career on the up
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Cracknell's role seems cast in stone - at last

Joe Cracknell looked like a County Championship long shot - but the brief Dane Vilas era at Middlesex has transformed his prospects as a red-ball player.

20.02.26, 21:08 Updated 27.02.26, 09:29 3 Minute Read

Ben Kosky

Ben Kosky

With the halfway point of last season approaching, it was hard to visualise any route into Middlesex’s red-ball side for Joe Cracknell.

Regularly employed as a powerplay hitter in limited-overs formats, Cracknell had featured only three times in County Championship cricket since his debut in 2021.

Those all came towards the end of the Seaxes’ most recent stint in Division One and were borne from necessity, with the departure of overseas batter Pieter Malan leaving a dearth of top three options.

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