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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 3 years agoAll-rounders like Liam could be so key in India
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN The period leading into a World Cup is a boon for armchair selectors...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoDurham good guys doing the business
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler There are very few things in cricket upon which almost everyone agrees. Fence-sitting is out of...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years ago2022 and all that
DARREN STEVENS It’s hard to believe it’s already that time of year again – the county one-day final. Is it really...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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Mel Farrell
/ 3 years agoSri Lanka give a glimpse of a very different future
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been a marvellous summer for women’s cricket in England, with a hugely...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoAn Olympic return is such a game-changer
Richard Clarke Every four years, without fail, I take up an interest in a new sport. Despite never being the most...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoAfter a taste of Ten10 Texan style, I’m hooked
DARREN STEVENS Exactly one week ago, I walked out to bat in the final of the US Masters T10 in Florida...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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Mel Farrell
/ 3 years agoThanks for the memories
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been quite the summer for retirements and ‘unretirements’. By far the flashiest...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoChampionship is still favourite with fans
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Miss Rogers was a nice teacher. She was my form tutor for a year and, although...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoCould there be a twist in the tale?
DARREN STEVENS After a rush of white-ball cricket over the last month, the domestic schedule now makes space for September’s intriguing...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoPulling power
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Jimi Hendrix always used a Fender Stratocaster, Bruce Springsteen is never seen on stage without his...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoJust me, my boy, and the Oval Invincibles
DARREN STEVENS A week or so ago I had the perfect view of Spencer Johnson’s 3-1 – that’s three wickets for...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoThat’s how the game should be
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler We are told the future of cricket is city franchises. Like Brigadoon, the fabled Scottish village...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoPenny for your thoughts, coach
DARREN STEVENS A few years ago, Paul Downton, Kent’s director of cricket, told me that my playing days were up and...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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Mel Farrell
/ 3 years agoDomestic bliss
Too much cricket? English cricket fans should be grateful for the range and quality of games they have access to VIEW...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoA method to Jack’s madness
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It is apt that, during a summer in which the bucket hat is once again English...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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Mel Farrell
/ 3 years agoIt was the series that just had everything!
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Is anyone else suffering from post-Ashes blues? When we were immersed in the...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoLook how much it’s changed!
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Late in the evening on September 7, 1963, a musical variety show at the Victoria Palace...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoHe was just a scrawny kid, but you knew he was something special
DARREN STEVENS It was always going to finish with Stuart Broad. Those cricketing gods… There I was thinking I’d had a...
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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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