Tag: Graham Gooch

Northeast hits the heights

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards “I guess there were times earlier in my career when I threw my wicket away and didn’t […]

Of county and country

14 April 2024 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler For many Essex fans, Stuart Turner remains something of a folk hero. Yes, Graham Gooch […]

Gooch backs young Lions to roar again this summer

27 June 2021 0 comments

GRAHAM Gooch is backing England’s youngsters to bounce back from their recent struggles against India and New Zealand – and […]

Five cricketers who have had hair transplants

18 November 2019 0 comments

Hair transplant procedures have become very popular at a global level. In the past those who had experienced massive hair […]

The Magician took spin bowling to whole new level

8 September 2019 0 comments

ABDUL Qadir, who has died aged 63 in Lahore, brought showmanship to wrist-spin long before Shane Warne announced himself with […]

The greatest innings of all time – is it Kusal Perera’s 153?

27 February 2019 0 comments

Derek Pringle divulges a talking point which has arisen from Kusal Perera’s spectacular feat in Durban

Join Graham Gooch and Allan Lamb for England’s tour of Sri Lanka!

15 May 2018 0 comments

Take in the sights of Sri Lanka with two England legends!

Can Alastair Cook enjoy a late flowering like his mentor Graham Gooch?

1 May 2018 0 comments

With a weakness against left-arm seamers to address, Derek Pringle looks at whether Graham Gooch can find the answers for Cook

Johnson column: Sandpapergate was so hysterical it’s a wonder the EU hasn’t expelled Australian diplomats

3 April 2018 0 comments

Martin Johnson recalls a couple of instances of ball-tampering on English soil

Johnson column: Marshall and co dished out a 5-1 thumping….and that was just the number of skippers

22 March 2018 0 comments

By Martin Johnson It’s not unknown for a team to change captains in the course of a five-Test series, but […]

West Indies showed youthful defiance at England’s most trying ground – Headingley

6 September 2017 0 comments

Temperamental conditions of Headingley didn’t faze West Indies new-found stars contrary to pre-match expectations

Root’s Manoeuvre – Time for Joe to stand tall in aspects other than his batting

5 July 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) Derek Pringle looks ahead to Joe Root’s debut as England captain and points to a number of […]

Action Replay – The summer when four captains could not stop another rout by West Indies

19 April 2017 0 comments

Richard Edwards looks back at a humiliating summer when England were hit by controversy and the mighty tourists As England […]

Peter Hayter column – How Gooch is fighting a poison at the heart of cricket

27 March 2017 0 comments

Lord’s, Saturday July 15, 1989. Nottinghamshire require four runs from the final ball of a cracking Benson and Hedges Cup […]

County Archives – Essex 1979

28 February 2017 0 comments

Champions who smiled their way to the title Paul Edwards continues his fascinating series on the county teams by looking […]

Shades of Gooch’s genius in Roy rampage

30 August 2016 0 comments

Peter Hayter is impressed by the Surrey man’s enterprising strokeplay Those present at the Ageas Bowl the other night who […]

Peter Hayter column – Viv would have been on Cook’s side over helmets

26 April 2016 0 comments

To see or not to see, that appears to be the question Alastair Cook has been given no choice to […]

Warwickshire job no big deal Gooch tells Essex faithful

26 April 2016 0 comments

Peter Hayter finds England’s former batting coach eager to allay fears at Chelmsford over his consultancy work at Edgbaston Graham […]

Where are they now? Essex – NatWest Trophy finalists 1996

29 December 2015 1 comment

By Neil Fissler Paul Grayson admits that Essex thought that they had one hand on the NatWest trophy after restricting […]

Looking back – England v Pakistan series 1992

12 October 2015 0 comments

On paper, it’s a nothing contest: a dead rubber with England already in an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match limited-overs series… but the script of the summer is not allowing events to be played out in a placid manner.