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Pick your best keeper – and that means Foakes

16 July 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS Back when I was a teenager playing for Hinckley Town CC in the early 1990s, I had an […]

Is this better than 2005? Not just yet

16 July 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England’s current Test cricketers enjoy a round of golf (well, maybe not Jonny Bairstow), but so too […]

The Definitive Devon Malcolm

16 July 2023 0 comments

The former England fast bowler looks back on his most hair-raising spells The Boycott scalp Yorkshire XI v Yorkshire Select […]

Play up, play up and play the game

9 July 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE ‘AKA The Grumbler’ About 20 years ago, I played in the Barnet Sunday League for a football team […]

For a county cricketer, nothing beats Finals Day

9 July 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS When I played for Leicestershire in the first-ever T20 Finals Day in 2003, few of us knew what […]

Nasty, Brutish, Short: Facing up to real pace

9 July 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle If the boos resounding around Headingley for Pat Cummins were meant to embarrass Australia’s captain on the […]

The Definitive Mark Ramprakash

9 July 2023 0 comments

The former England, Middlesex and Surrey batter looks back on his run-laden career The lucky break 0 Under-11 trial with […]

Would you Adam and Eve it?

9 July 2023 0 comments

Scott Oliver on a time when Aussie great Adam Gilchrist lit up the Middlesex County League When the teenage Adam […]

Steve Smith –the master craftsman

9 July 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN During the week, Cricket Australia released a video of a blindfolded Steve […]

Anderson’s Ashes hanging by a thread

2 July 2023 0 comments

About five years ago I was interviewed for the job of England selector and was asked by the interview panel […]

Will anything really change?

2 July 2023 0 comments

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler The day after the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) released its report, they […]

What is going on at Leicestershire?

2 July 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS I’m a Leicester lover, it’s my home town and the place where I played for the first eight […]

Macho England hooked on self-destruction

2 July 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle From Playground to the Test Arena’ was a slogan, now defunct, that the ECB once used to […]

The Lord’s test and elitism

2 July 2023 0 comments

By Tawhid Qureshi An Ashes Test at Lord’s is normally an occasion to relish, a fixture in the British sporting […]

When England finally broke Lord’s hoodoo

2 July 2023 0 comments

By Rich Edwards It was June 1934 when Hedley Verity spun England to an innings victory over Australia, taking 15-104 […]

Lyon’s cruel luck set to end historic streak

2 July 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Cricket can be cruel at times, with no regard for milestones, records […]

Will cricket make the Esports leap?

25 June 2023 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler In recent years, one of the sports industry’s buzziest buzzwords has been diversification. Having built […]

Bob helped set me free, now he’s on the Bazball trail

25 June 2023 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS My first thought when I heard that Rob Key had been appointed managing director of the England men’s […]

No turning back

25 June 2023 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Ozball 1, Bazball 0. Tortoise 1, Hare 0. Traditionalists 1, Disruptors 0….. just some of the headlines aired […]

Cricketing around the World

25 June 2023 0 comments

All-rounder Jenny Thompson embarks on a global tour For years I’d dreamed of playing and writing about women’s cricket around […]

The definitive Matt Prior

25 June 2023 0 comments

The former England and Sussex wicketkeeper reflects on an outstanding career which featured three Ashes series wins, 79 Test caps […]

A Very, Very Special guest

25 June 2023 0 comments

Scott Oliver describes the impact that legendary Indian stylist VVS Laxman made when he graced the Bradford leagues When VVS […]

Ashes war of words is nothing new

25 June 2023 0 comments

Verbals are flying this summer but these two rivals have seen and heard it all before, writes James Wallace We’re […]

A decade on and it’s all change

25 June 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Ten years ago I covered my first Test match as a reporter. […]

Top trio are honoured

18 June 2023 0 comments

ENGLAIND trio Lydia Greenway, Adil Rashid and Sam Curran have been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. Greenway, a two-time […]

Features

Pick your best keeper – and that means Foakes

Is this better than 2005? Not just yet

The Definitive Devon Malcolm

Play up, play up and play the game

For a county cricketer, nothing beats Finals Day

Nasty, Brutish, Short: Facing up to real pace

The Definitive Mark Ramprakash

Would you Adam and Eve it?

Steve Smith –the master craftsman

Anderson’s Ashes hanging by a thread

Will anything really change?

What is going on at Leicestershire?

Macho England hooked on self-destruction

The Lord’s test and elitism

When England finally broke Lord’s hoodoo

Lyon’s cruel luck set to end historic streak

Will cricket make the Esports leap?

Bob helped set me free, now he’s on the Bazball trail

No turning back

Cricketing around the World

The definitive Matt Prior

A Very, Very Special guest

Ashes war of words is nothing new

A decade on and it’s all change

Top trio are honoured

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