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Derek Pringle
/ 5 years agoFour bowlers can do the job for England | Derek Pringle
It is ten years since England became the No 1 Test team in world cricket, after trouncing MS Dhoni’s India four-nil....
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/ 5 years agoCRICKET BIDS FOR AN OLYMPIC BOW IN LA
TRISTAN LAVALETTE @trislavalette Of course, the ICC waited until the world was in the midst of Olympic fever to launch its...
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/ 5 years agoNo disgusted colonels this time, only sympathy | Peter Hayter
Reaction to the news that England’s Ashes tour might be under threat from players ruling themselves out of selection if their...
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Adam Collins
/ 5 years agoFinding proof that it is possible to live in harmony | Adam Collins
The 2021 domestic schedule in England looked a fraught mess from the moment it was released, but it has only been...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAll roads lead Down Under for Saqib Mahmood | Derek Pringle
England’s mounting injury problems almos saw Saqib Mahmood picked for the Lord’s Test against India, but James Anderson passed a late...
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/ 5 years agoRavi Bopara’s red-ball veto is a waste | The Grumbler
These days, Press releases rarely reveal actual news. Nine times out of ten, Twitter has forewarned us of anything truly interesting...
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/ 5 years agoDid Tigers taming actually happen? | Tristan Lavalette
IT’S NEVER a nice time to be utterly humiliated, but an embarrassed Australia at least mostly escaped the wrath of their...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHaseeb Hameed dismissal was a sign of nerves | Derek Pringle
It would have been the pounding blood in his head that disoriented Haseeb Hameed most, even more than the shock of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoThe Hundred at hit? Time will tell | Dan Whiting
FORMER Australian captain Ian Chappell sensationally dismissed The Hundred this week in a column on ESPN Cricinfo. Now a respected journalist...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoOllie Robinson is the gem who could thrive in Archer’s absence | Derek Pringle
LIKE so many redemption stories, New Zealand’s journey to becoming world Test champions was borne of calamity: the team’s dismissal for...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFilling Hohn’s shoes will be no easy task | Tristan Lavalette
In late 2016, I covered India A’s tour of Australia during cricket’s quiet off-season Down Under. But as a reporter, these...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoA diverse stance speaks volumes | The Grumbler
Earlier this week, John Digby Jones was so angry at presenter Alex Scott dropping her Gs when hosting the BBC’s Olympics...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoDemons choose random victims | Peter Hayter
HOW long after the news of Ben Stokes’ decision to take a break from cricket did it take for the name...
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/ 5 years agoAndy Lloyd remains the unluckiest of England’s 95 one-cap wonders | Derek Pringle
Joy, stigma, or both? That is one of the questions asked of six England cricketers who won just one Test cap...
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/ 5 years agoOlympics aim united hopes of ICC chiefs | Tristan Lavalette
PERHAPS it shouldn’t have been surprising knowing cricket’s decision makers seem to have a knack for lethargy, but even so the...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoAlex Hales is a symbol of wrong decisions | Peter Hayter
Judging solely by the look on Alex Hales’ face at the end of The Hundred match between Trent Rockets and Northern...
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Derek Pringle
/ 5 years agoALL OF US SHOULD BE RAISING OUR GLASSES TO ‘HENDO’
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle MIKE Hendrick had the most wonderful, rhythmic bowling action, but his hatred of conceding runs probably cost him...
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/ 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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/ 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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/ 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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