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/ 5 years ago50-over games now feel flat | The Grumbler
The introduction of T20 has gone through a certain amount of revisionism in the past few months. But, trust me, I...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEngland must prepare for pitch battle | Derek Pringle
A WIN is a win is a win that is what Eoin Morgan will be telling England’s T20 team after they...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJohn Woodcock tribute: The doyen of writers with a human touch
I first met John Woodcock, the legendary cricket correspondent of The Times who died last week at the age of 94,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIs big-hitting Liam Livingstone as hot as Trott?
James Wallace looks at players who have mastered the art of hitting the maximum Players love hitting sixes and spectators delight...
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Adam Collins
/ 5 years agoCricket needs to be on the Olympics agenda | Adam Collins
As a Jamaican bobsledder once put it, I’m feeling Olympic today. As I type, the opening ceremony is on in the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFrom scrapheap to Singapore Slinger | Tristan Lavalette
Australia’s strict measures mean the country is still essentially shut from the world with its borders closed even for its citizens...
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Featured
/ 5 years agoHISTORIC 100 TIE WAS LIKE MINI T20
PETER HAYTER @phaytercricket THERE’S NO BLOCKING! IT’S BISH! BASH! BOSH!” Eyes fixed behind Michael Caine’s spare pair of specs from Alfie,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThe Hundred can catch on – as past proves | Derek Pringle
The Hundred starts next week amid scepticism as to whether it is a good thing for cricket. Naysayers reckon it is...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAbrasive Justin Langer must smooth the mood | Tristan Lavalette
There’s a popular anecdote that often gets shared around Western Australian cricket circles. In 2013 on a mid-winter’s day in Perth,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoChange in English cricket has to be structured | Richard Clarke
Few people hate The Hundred more than myself. It is an ill-considered gamble created by marketers with pounds signs for hearts...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoGoose made the whole world gander | Peter Hayter
Edgbaston, England, Pakistan and Sky TV all did Bob Willis proud this week, hosting, playing and presenting an absorbing match with...
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Adam Collins
/ 5 years agoMitch Marsh has won everyone over | Adam Collins
In this line of work, there are players who come around that you feel more emotionally invested in than others –...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoLast-gasp calls have not always been easy on England | James Wallace
James Wallace looks at some selection choices England have made over the years DRAMATIC times for the ECB this week as...
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Adam Collins
/ 5 years agoAussies chiefs are bang out of order | Adam Collins
In 1992, when Zimbabwe were admitted to Test match ranks, there was a quip from an Australian administrator that would go...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoTest cricket will begin fiery debate | Tristan Lavalette
The fun and games are about to begin when the suits and ties in cricket gather together for a slew of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoJimmy Anderson has joined an elite member’s club | Derek Pringle
Taking 1,000 first-class wickets is to join one of the most exclusive clubs in sport. Its members require great skill, longevity...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoCould Ben Stokes by the root of change? | Peter Hayter
Currently level with Michael Vaughan on 26, Joe Root may be one victory away from becoming the England captain with the...
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Derek Pringle
/ 5 years agoFallen Essex have failed to deliver | Derek Pringle
Essex’s chances of defending their County Championship title look increasingly slim as they enter this week’s final round of preliminary matches,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoKeepers are a solid bunch now | Derek Pringle
WATCHING Jonny Bairstow keep wicket for England the other day, it is striking how different his physique was to the England...
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Derek Pringle
/ 5 years agoSRI LANKA’S WOES COME FROM WITHIN
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Sri Lanka were World Cup winners 25 years ago but the current team touring England look like they’d...
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Cricket Paper
/ 5 years agoSteve Waugh piloted the Golden Era | Tristan Lavalette
SORRY loyal readers but I’m going to dredge back two decades when the hapless England cricket team was a worldwide punchline....
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Adam Collins
/ 5 years agoSophia Dunkley is the game’s next trailblazer | Adam Collins
There’s one way of detailing Sophia Dunkley’s rise to prominence that doesn’t sound all that remarkable. As a kid, moving to...
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Featured
/ 5 years agoA TRUE TALENT, BUT SO BEAUTIFULLY BONKERS
PETER HAYTER @phaytercricket For the most obvious reason the summer of 1981 will be regarded forever as one of the landmarks...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPSL stint has given Saqib Mahmood a new identity
REGARDED as one of the rising stars in English cricket, Saqib Mahmood has represented England on ten occasions and was one...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIt was all in a day’s work for Beefy | Peter Hayter
For those who lived through the extraordinary, nation-changing cricketing events of the summer of 1981 commonly known as Botham’s Ashes, the...
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