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/ 8 years agoYes, Minister – the relationship between cricket and Westminster
(Photo: Getty Images) After a draining election, did Theresa May just need to head to Lord’s? Alison Mitchell examines the relationship between...
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Features and Columns
/ 8 years agoPlanet Cricket: Black Caps slipping up in the one-day stakes despite Williamson’s invaluable leadership
(Photo: Getty Images) By Tim Wigmore In the 2015 World Cup, New Zealand were intoxicating and unmissable. It was not merely...
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/ 8 years agoManthorp column: Proteas still can’t crack winning code
By Neil Manthrop There is a big difference between not making a decision and making a bad one, or the wrong...
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/ 8 years agoViewpoint: Derek Pringle on this England ODI team’s place in history
(Photo: Getty Images) Derek Pringle explains how Pakistan’s gameplan confounded England and how Eoin Morgan’s side should have reacted So, England messed...
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Features and Columns
/ 8 years agoMartin Johnson column – Will T20 slog fest soon be a thing of the past?
Tuning into the cricket earlier this week, I was so startled by watching some chap in a custard yellow outfit declining...
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/ 8 years agoPlanet Cricket – Rivalries need fighting spirit
Tim Wigmore says an Indian stronghold over Pakistan in limited-overs cricket makes the rivalry far less intense… When India play Pakistan,...
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/ 8 years agoDerek Pringle column – Hit-and-hope De Villiers is feeling the pressure
Every cricketer with a lengthy career will experience dips in form, but AB de Villiers appears to be battling more than...
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/ 9 years agoNeil Manthorp column – Why the Proteas are right to count on Kagiso
The big-hitters grab the headlines and attention but it’s equally a fact that the team with the highest wicket-takers – or...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Cricket’s chicanery put into context by final dive
There are one or two more important issues to prioritise, such as global warming, or whether British Airways should consider upgrading...
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/ 9 years agoPlanet Cricket – An unwanted sibling outshines World Cup
Tim Wigmore says Champions Trophy’s slick format puts the bloated World Cup to shame The scene was a farce. It was...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – When DRS becomes another tactic, not a failsafe
South Africa, chasing 331 to win the second Royal London ODI against England at the Ageas Bowl and square the series...
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/ 9 years agoNeil Manthorp column – Players must embrace what is a special tour
South Africa’s first post-isolation tour of England remains, 23 years later, a career if not lifetime highlight of every player who...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Pace… it’s what we all want to see in the game
As I looked up to see one of the world’s deadliest fast bowlers about to enter his delivery stride, I remembered...
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/ 9 years agoPlanet Cricket – Milne ruffling new feathers!
Tim Wigmore looks at the stuttering career of speedster Adam Milne as the paceman embarks on another career chapter Who’s the...
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/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Why IPL may soon become England’s problem
One board believes that its fortunes in white-ball cricket lie with embedding players in the Indian Premier league, the other that...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – A claim of top Billings is often perilous
When Sam Billings told them and us last week that the rest of the world of cricket is “petrified” of England’s...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – It’s time to spare us all that post-game baloney
Listening to the various spoutings of the politicians in the run up to the General Election, do you ever get the...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPlanet Cricket – Doping could be next scandal
Tim Wigmore says that Twenty20’s rise has made cricket much more likely to be damaged by the use of steroids and...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Bounce… It puts skids on the best…
There wasn’t much to be gleaned from England’s two 50-over matches against Ireland, which Eoin Morgan’s team won at a canter....
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – New Road embodies the true values of cricket
You had to have been there. While the biggest names in world white-ball cricket were slogging themselves bandy in the Indian...
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/ 9 years agoPaul Nixon column – Playing at home is great, but keep focused
As the Champions Trophy draws ever nearer, it makes me remember the only international tournament that I was ever involved in...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – It’s a T20 borefest but it could save Test cricket!
One or two younger TV viewers may have had a bit of a shock when Sky put a Test match and...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Proteas always bring a certain menace
For many, the Ashes series this winter is the one for England to win, following their drubbing in Australia last time....
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/ 9 years agoAlison Mitchell column – Sledging ain’t all that heavy, he’s my brother
It is much less common to find cricketing siblings who have played against each other, especially at international level.
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Let’s have more of this magic – and free to air, too
If Colin Graves, Tom Harrison and those at the England and Wales Cricket Board pushing for acceptance of their Twenty 20...
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County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
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Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
