Domestic bliss 13 August 2023 0 comments Too much cricket? English cricket fans should be grateful for the range and quality of games they have access to […]
A method to Jack’s madness 13 August 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It is apt that, during a summer in which the bucket hat is once again […]
Penny for your thoughts, coach 13 August 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS A few years ago, Paul Downton, Kent’s director of cricket, told me that my playing days were up […]
Be afraid…be very afraid! 6 August 2023 0 comments Scott Oliver recounts the time when Courtney Walsh tore it up in the Northumberland league If you were a mechanic […]
Destination India: Can Bazball do dustbowls? 6 August 2023 0 comments DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Not content with Bazball wowing us last summer, the sceptics immediately wondered how it would go in […]
It was the series that just had everything! 6 August 2023 0 comments VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Is anyone else suffering from post-Ashes blues? When we were immersed in […]
The making of a legend 6 August 2023 0 comments A trip through Stuart Broad’s 17 years at the top August 28, 2006: Only T20I v Pakistan, County Ground, Bristol […]
Look how much it’s changed! 6 August 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Late in the evening on September 7, 1963, a musical variety show at the Victoria […]
He was just a scrawny kid, but you knew he was something special 6 August 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS It was always going to finish with Stuart Broad. Those cricketing gods… There I was thinking I’d had […]
The best of the tributes to Stuart Board 6 August 2023 0 comments Test best: Broad walks off after hitting 169 against Pakistan Glenn McGrath, writing for the BBC: Australia may have always […]
Hundred High can lift us to a new level 6 August 2023 0 comments Jon Culley talks to Lucy Higham about how The Hundred has helped benefit the women’s game Women’s cricket has witnessed […]
Simply, an unforgettable Ashes series 6 August 2023 0 comments We take a look at the key moments from a summer that will live long in the memory Can they […]
Ace Wharton blossoming as ‘the new Root’ 6 August 2023 0 comments By Graham Hardcastle Janes Wharton has in the past been likened to Joe Root. The comparisons were obvious when then […]
Cummins stands alone as the true titan of Summer 30 July 2023 0 comments DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If Australia had been able to catch during England’s first innings at The Oval then Pat Cummins […]
40-OVER FORMAT IS MISSED 30 July 2023 0 comments I’VE played all sorts of forms of one-day cricket in my career: 60 overs, 50 overs, 45 overs, 40 overs. […]
Plotting a cricketing road far less travelled 30 July 2023 0 comments VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Few things excite me quite like travel. Which is pretty fortunate when […]
Overton and Henry powering Cidermen 30 July 2023 0 comments By Jeremy Blackmore Craig Overton is feeling close to his best after helping to spearhead the Somerset attack which played […]
UDAL: MY LIFE WAS TURNED INSIDE OUT 30 July 2023 0 comments Former England, Hampshire and Middlesex off-spinner Shaun Udal has bravely spoken out about living with Parkinson’s disease in his bid […]
JOE CONTRIBUTES TO OLD PALS’ ACT 30 July 2023 0 comments Joe Root’s scintillating one-handed snaffle at first slip to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne off Mark Wood was a one-off – but […]
The last days of summer 30 July 2023 0 comments OVAL OVATIONS – THE ASHES IN THE 21ST CENTURY A look back at Ashes Tests this century at The Oval […]
Is there method to bananas madness? 30 July 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The Savannah Bananas are a baseball team like no other. Owner Jesse Cole has turned […]
Where stars are born (and swansongs sung!) 30 July 2023 0 comments DARREN STEVENS The return of the One-Day Cup this week stirs some happy memories from last year. Having previously lost […]
Zak channels spirit of Beefy and Gilbert 23 July 2023 0 comments DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle There have been many great Ashes innings over the decades but for sheer bravura and lack of […]
From Fleetwood to the big time 23 July 2023 0 comments Former Australia quick Mike Whitney talks to Richard Edwards about his surreal Test debut at Old Trafford in the 1981 […]
Have England closed the gap on Australia? 23 July 2023 0 comments VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN “In terms of a gap it’s just that we’ve been really consistent.” […]