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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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Darren Stevens
/ 3 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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Associate Nations
/ 3 years agoCricketing around the World
All-rounder Jenny Thompson embarks on a global tour For years I'd dreamed of playing and writing about women's cricket around the...
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Features
/ 3 years agoThe definitive Matt Prior
The former England and Sussex wicketkeeper reflects on an outstanding career which featured three Ashes series wins, 79 Test caps and...
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Features
/ 3 years agoA Very, Very Special guest
Scott Oliver describes the impact that legendary Indian stylist VVS Laxman made when he graced the Bradford leagues When VVS Laxman...
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Ashes
/ 3 years agoAshes war of words is nothing new
Verbals are flying this summer but these two rivals have seen and heard it all before, writes James Wallace We’re only...
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Mel Farrell
/ 3 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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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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Featured
/ 3 years agoWill cricket make the Esports leap?
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler In recent years, one of the sports industry’s buzziest buzzwords has been diversification. Having built your...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 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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Mel Farrell
/ 3 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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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 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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Derek Pringle
/ 3 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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Featured
/ 3 years agoTop trio are honoured
ENGLAIND trio Lydia Greenway, Adil Rashid and Sam Curran have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Greenway, a two-time World...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 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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Features
/ 3 years ago‘I’m 82 but I still feel young’
Enid Bakewell, the trailblazing former England all-rounder, tells Jo Harman about how she had to sell potatoes to fund her career...
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Ashes
/ 3 years agoEdgbaston Ashes Classics
This week’s 2023 instalment is the 16th Ashes Test played between England and Australia in Birmingham. We pick out five memorable...
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Ashes
/ 3 years agoGower gives Bazball the thumbs up
The former England captain is backing Bazball to emulate the impact of 1981 and 2005 to lift the mood of the...
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Darren Stevens
/ 3 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
/ 3 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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Mel Farrell
/ 3 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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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 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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Ashes
/ 3 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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Darren Stevens
/ 3 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
/ 3 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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