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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoNew world order puts the individual first
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Cricket teams that win big tournaments nearly always cite a special togetherness which contributed to their victory; something...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoButtler’s England have firepower to win again
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England have just two more T20 matches against Pakistan, following Saturday’s pipe-opener at Edgbaston, before they mount their...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoTradition runs deep amid power disparity
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Surrey’s second County Championship in as many years has meant the last seven seasons have been much like...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoTim can look back on a spell-binding career
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle All eras end eventually and so it is with the Age of Tim Murtagh at Middlesex, after the...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoAll bases covered for Indian mission
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Cricket is not just a game where 11 players pit their skills and wits against 11 others, but...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoLike dad, Josh shows value of versatility
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Just like the A-level student who has to settle for their second or third choices of university, there...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoBrook omission shows Jos is playing it
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle For a captain forever championing the aggressive option, Jos Buttler has played it pretty safe with the provisional...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoA fond farewell to the too-gentle giant
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Steven Finn never had the slick, repeatable action to be England’s Curtly Ambrose but he should have been...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoOverseas churn sees steep drop in quality
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Allan Border was an uncompromising cricketer but even he took that to extremes in 1986 at Ilford’s Valentines...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoDestination India: Can Bazball do dustbowls?
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Not content with Bazball wowing us last summer, the sceptics immediately wondered how it would go in the...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoCummins stands alone as the true titan of Summer
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If Australia had been able to catch during England’s first innings at The Oval then Pat Cummins would...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoZak channels spirit of Beefy and Gilbert
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle There have been many great Ashes innings over the decades but for sheer bravura and lack of inhibition...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoIs this better than 2005? Not just yet
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England’s current Test cricketers enjoy a round of golf (well, maybe not Jonny Bairstow), but so too do...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoNasty, Brutish, Short: Facing up to real pace
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If the boos resounding around Headingley for Pat Cummins were meant to embarrass Australia’s captain on the opening...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoAnderson’s Ashes hanging by a thread
About five years ago I was interviewed for the job of England selector and was asked by the interview panel how...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoMacho England hooked on self-destruction
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle From Playground to the Test Arena’ was a slogan, now defunct, that the ECB once used to promote...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoNo turning back
DEREK PRINGLE Ozball 1, Bazball 0. Tortoise 1, Hare 0. Traditionalists 1, Disruptors 0….. just some of the headlines aired in...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoBewildering, but brilliant Bazball
DEREK PRINGLE This Ashes is Bazball’s big trial in the court of cricketing opinion though finding hard evidence of it in...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoThe Moeen Mystery
I’m a bit confused. England’s go-to spinner Jack Leach suffers a stress fracture and pulls out of the Ashes and they...
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Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoFarewell to a true master of his craft
David Emery 1946-2023 Derek Pringle looks back at the career of The Cricket Paper supremo who sadly died last week Despite...
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Ashes
/ 2 years agoHead cleared, Travis poses a new threat
DEREK PRINGLE If imitation is the greatest form of flattery then Travis Head should have the gratitude of the country after...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 years agoBroad is kept so young by fine art
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If James Anderson is the perfectionist, Stuart Broad is the pragmatist – a bowler who finds what works...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 years agoJosh has really set Tongues wagging
DEREK PRINGLE Tall, quick and accurate, there is much to admire about Josh Tongue, the strapping Worcestershire fast bowler who made...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 years agoAshes quality is in danger due to lack of preparation
DEREK PRINGLE | @derekpringle Australians used to be the only ones who disagreed with Stuart Broad’s pronouncements on cricket. Yet, recently,...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 years agoJOFRA’S NOW GOT A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Decision time: Jofra Archer needs to juggle his list of priorities if he is to enjoy any longevity...
County Championships
County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
County Championships
Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
