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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoWhat is going on at Leicestershire?
DARREN STEVENS I’m a Leicester lover, it’s my home town and the place where I played for the first eight years...
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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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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoLyon’s cruel luck set to end historic streak
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Cricket can be cruel at times, with no regard for milestones, records or...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoBob helped set me free, now he’s on the Bazball trail
DARREN STEVENS My first thought when I heard that Rob Key had been appointed managing director of the England men’s cricket...
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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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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoA decade on and it’s all change
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Ten years ago I covered my first Test match as a reporter. It...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoIf the Sugababes could see us now
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Perhaps it is the pace of the game, the financial incentives or just the inevitable evolution...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoNo disrespect to Kookaburra, but I’m a dukes man!
DARREN STEVENS While our very own Dukes cricket ball takes centre stage in the Ashes over the next few weeks, English...
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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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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoThe true spirit of cricket
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN "Let me tell you about the time we tried to get Rusty out."...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoPlaying a waiting game
The girls play exclusively white-ball cricket at domestic level, but it’s great to see that the longer format will be on...
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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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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoOffering a voice to the loyal faithfuls
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Organisations want to ‘frame their argument’, ‘develop their narrative’ or ‘manage their message’. Big decisions will...
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Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoThe time has come to bring in the red ball
DARREN STEVENS For the past 18 months, I’ve had a coaching role with South East Stars, one of the eight regional...
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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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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoWTC holds great prestige but does it need a rethink?
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER - THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN I’m writing this week’s column from possibly my favourite vantage point in...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoMy all-time blast XI (Please forgive me, Azhar!)
DARREN STEVENS The Cricket Paper asked me to pick my all-time XI for English domestic cricket and it’s been a lot...
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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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Mel Farrell
/ 3 years agoFail to prepare then you prepare to fail…
View from Down Under Cricket’s international schedule is making genuine groundwork a thing of the past THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Give...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoSame old Surrey are always smiling
RICHARD CLARKE, AKA The Grumbler | The ‘Manchester City of cricket’ are a class act off the field too Last time...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 years agoHats off to my old roommate Jimmy!
DARREN STEVENS What another extraordinary achievement by Jimmy Anderson: 20 years as a fast bowler in Test cricket. Back in 2002,...
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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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Mel Farrell
/ 3 years agoForgotten and unloved – tough days for Associates
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Within hours of landing in London this week, I stood inside The Oval,...
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