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SAM NOW LIVING UP TO LOFTY HEIGHTS

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Chetan Narula speaks to Sam Billings about his progression at the IPL and England aspirations for the summer Chetan Narula […]

Why Zafar needed to broaden his horizons

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Alison Mitchell says Zafar Ansari’s decision to quit cricket was no big surprise to his peers To those who know […]

Reece has England recall in his sights

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By Seth Williams HAMPSHIRE’S Reece Topley is chasing an England recall after putting his injury problems behind him. Hand, back […]

Wisden…it’s the book that just keeps on giving back to the game

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TCP SAYS… Alex Narey @anarey_NLP When Bloomsbury Publishing approached Lawrence Booth to be the new editor of Wisden in late […]

Mike lucky to avoid Windies

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OWING to many factors including our country’s strength and opposition’s strength, it is impossible to be dogmatic about whom England’s […]

Derek Pringle column – Force is strong as Gayle cashes in again

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Gayle was T20’s poster boy right from the start, nailing his short-form colours to the mast with his infamous, “I wouldn’t be sad” reply to the hypothetical question: what if Test cricket died?

OVERSEAS POLICY NOT FOR ME…

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THEY have started with a bang down on the south coast at Hampshire. A thrilling win against Yorkshire in the […]

FORCE IS STRONG AS GAYLE CASHES IN AGAIN

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DEREK PRINGLE By posting 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket, Chris Gayle has taken a format still lingering in novelty firmly […]

Let’s grow our home talents…

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WORCESTERSHIRE’S thrashing of Glamorgan in the County Championship last week is further proof that the need for Kolpak signings is […]

COAD’S SUCCESS CONFIRMS VALUE OF 2ndXIs

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PAUL NIXON www.paulnixoncricket.com It was another brilliant and fascinating weekend of County Championship action with Yorkshire bowler Ben Coad arguably […]

New T20? No thanks

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I’M pleased that Middlesex have come out against the proposed new T20 tournament. For the more I read about it, […]

FROM W.G. TO BEEFY, WE’RE AN AD MAN’S DREAM.

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MARTIN JOHNSON Twitchers are an excitable bunch, for whom a fleeting glimpse through the binoculars of a lesser spotted, pink […]

We were having a Blast….

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WHERE has this urge to shake up English cricket’s T20 scene come from? Over the past decade ticket sales across […]

INVISIBLE MANCAN’T RIVAL THIS BAIRSTOW MYSTERY

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PETER HAYTER Where was he? Jonny Bairstow did not feature for Yorkshire in their opening two Championship games PICTURE: Getty […]

NEW FACES LIKELY AS ENGLAND BUILD

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Chris Stocks looks at how and why the Three Lions squad could have a few different names in this prolonged […]

Women Test umpires? Why not, if they’re good enough

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Alison Mitchell reveals that female officials have taken charge of international men’s games and want to progress Alison Mitchell Rarely […]

Parnell aiming to be the height of fashion for Proteas again

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By Rod Gilmour HIS fashion blogger wife may have had something to say about the bobble hats and hoodies on […]

Aussies go with raw pace

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Talent: Claire Polosak had no cricket experience PAT Cummins is one of four pace bowlers in Australia’s 15-man squad for […]

The paradox of Brearley: How much did he owe to luck and how much to skill?

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Roderick Easdale looks behind the statistics of one of England’s greatest skippers to determine what made him a winner Roderick […]

PREPARING A CRICKET GROUND CAN NEVER BE A SCIENCE, SO CUT SCG SOME SLACK

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Derek Pringle writes of his surprise that Sydney’s iconic Test venue should be so poorly rated as a venue Derek […]

Dickie’s always put on a show for the game!

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Guy Williams speaks to the great Harold Bird about his career as the game finest umpire… Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird, 84 […]

Roy set to turn his back on IPL Lions

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JASON ROY looks set to give Surrey a boost after he revealed he is likely to opt out of returning […]

When Hick rewrote the record books at Taunton

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Richard Edwards looks back on Graeme Hick’s thumping 405 not out against a hapless Somerset attack in 1988 Richard Edwards […]

LEG-SPIN COUNTERS THE BIG HITTERS…

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Chetan Narula explores the dependance on leg-spinners in the IPL, and why they have become so valuable Chetan Narula Look […]

’Sendings off will just cause friction’

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By Richard Edwards THE introduction of sendingoffs for bad behaviour could plunge club cricket into chaos. That’s according to Simon […]