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BRING ON THE BIG GUNS, ENGLAND!

26 September 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavaletteIwrote in these pages last month that Australia – both the national team and the country itself – […]

COUNTY SEASON LEFT TO SUFFER

26 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringleAs harbingers of things to come the recent move by Ross Whiteley from Worcestershire to Hampshire would not […]

KOHLI’S MEN RANK AMONG THE GREATS

19 September 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavaletteIt’s just too bad the riveting, potentially era-defining Test series between India and England ended farcically. Look beyond […]

A TEN OUT OF TEN FOR CLASS

19 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringleTO OPPONENTS, Ryan ten Doeschate has been as awkward as his name is to pronounce, with some never […]

IT’S BEEN A SUMMER WE CAN SAVOUR

19 September 2021 0 comments

PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketAn international season that ends the way this 2021 summer version has done cannot be described as vintage […]

LORD’S CAN DO MORE FOR WOMEN’S GAME

19 September 2021 0 comments

ADAM COLLINS @collinsadamBroadcaster of the Year 2020Alvanley Cricket Club’s Jimmy Ecclestone beats England star sister Sophie to Lord’s,’ declared the […]

RAMIZ NEXT ABOARD THE PAKISTAN TRAIN

12 September 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavaletteYOU can always bet on Pakistan being entertaining – on-andoff field. Ahead of a crux T20 World Cup […]

IT’S NOTHING LIKE THE CARNAGE OF KARACHI!

12 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringleDevastation: The aftermath of the riot in Karachi in 1969 which forced the abandonment of the Test between […]

AN ACTION TO MAKE PURISTS SCREAM

12 September 2021 0 comments

PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketIn the aftermath of defeat by India in the fourth Test at The Oval, England captain Joe Root […]

TAVS SHOW TRUE SPIRIT OF CRICKET

12 September 2021 0 comments

ADAM COLLINSBroadcaster of the Year 2020 @collinsadamRaise a glass: Matthias Winter front in sunglasses, with his Railway Taverners sideAfter what […]

Dale Steyn had traits of a true legend | Derek Pringle

5 September 2021 0 comments

Given better luck with injuries Dale Steyn could have been a rival for James Anderson for most wickets by a […]

ICC must step in to support Afghanistan | Tristan Lavalette

5 September 2021 0 comments

I’ve been fortunate to spend some time around the Afghanistan cricket team over the years. The first time was in […]

RISHABH’S FORM IS SIMPLY PANT-S!

5 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Rishabh Pant is one of the most exciting batting talents in Indian cricket and was instrumental in his […]

THE MILKY BAR KID HAD ME FOOLED!

5 September 2021 0 comments

PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketAn apology: along with no other newspapers or media outlets this column recently suggested that England had little […]

Suzie Bates

New Zealand star Suzie Bates is on the comeback trail | Adam Collins

29 August 2021 0 comments

On the face of it, Suzie Bates collecting 70 runs from 110 balls against a relatively inexperienced England ‘A’ team […]

Joe Root has all the attributes of a great | Derek Pringle

29 August 2021 0 comments

Joe Root had more support from England’s top-order batsmen against India at Headingley, but he continues to play the game […]

BEEFY WILL DEMAND RESULTS

29 August 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Icon: Sir Ian Botham almost single-handedly won the 1981 Ashes – when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was just […]

PONGOING IS JUST NOT TEST CRICKET

29 August 2021 0 comments

PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketThe debt England cricket owes to Sir Andrew Strauss is huge. As a Test batsman the Middlesex man […]

‘LUCKY COUNTRY’ IN A RIGHT OLD MESS!

29 August 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE Battling on: Australia’s David Warner bats at the Sydney Cricket Ground but such a sight is under threat […]

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is a friend for life | Peter Hayter

22 August 2021 0 comments

Donald Trump is not renowned for his love of cricket, but the great manipulator has always known how to play […]

Jimmy Anderson should have know it is a big boy’s game | Derek Pringle

22 August 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE I’M surprised that James Anderson, given his vast experience, doesn’t know that revenge is a dish best served […]

CRICKET BIDS FOR AN OLYMPIC BOW IN LA

22 August 2021 0 comments

TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavaletteOf course, the ICC waited until the world was in the midst of Olympic fever to launch its […]

Finding proof that it is possible to live in harmony | Adam Collins

15 August 2021 0 comments

The 2021 domestic schedule in England looked a fraught mess from the moment it was released, but it has only […]

All roads lead Down Under for Saqib Mahmood | Derek Pringle

15 August 2021 0 comments

England’s mounting injury problems almos saw Saqib Mahmood picked for the Lord’s Test against India, but James Anderson passed a […]

Ravi Bopara’s red-ball veto is a waste | The Grumbler

15 August 2021 0 comments

These days, Press releases rarely reveal actual news. Nine times out of ten, Twitter has forewarned us of anything truly […]