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Martin Johnson column – 1,000 runs in May? No just 1,000 Goose pimples!

4 May 2016 0 comments

…India always unbearably hot, leastways it wasn’t in January 2013, when the temperature got down to 1.9C during a one day international between India and Pakistan in New Delhi. Cold…

Derek Pringle column – Beefy and his Brexit call can change cricket

3 May 2016 0 comments

…and against opposition, from all over the world – from India, Australia, the Caribbean,” said Botham. “Countries like these are our natural friends. It is wrong that we have to…

Wisden… The game’s voice keeps ticking along

3 May 2016 0 comments

…India at home and were heading for defeat in a three-match series against New Zealand. David Gower had endured a very public sacking following the 5-0 ‘blackwash’ against the West…

Martin Johnson column – Keep your lid on and always wear the armour…

26 April 2016 0 comments

England’s travelling support may be a tad thinner than usual this winter, largely thanks to the main course – India – having a reputation as one of the more challenging…

Peter Hayter column – Viv would have been on Cook’s side over helmets

26 April 2016 0 comments

…face, as it did when Stuart Broad top-edged a ball from India’s Varun Aaron two summers ago, suffering a broken nose, panda eyes and a dent to his confidence from…

Warwickshire job no big deal Gooch tells Essex faithful

26 April 2016 0 comments

…are a handful when we bat on true surfaces, but batting on turning pitches in India this winter might be a struggle for some of them. “Apart from Cook and…

My Life in Cricket – Alan Wells

26 April 2016 0 comments

…that improved my game. Then I captained England A to India. We won every ‘Test’ even though I lost every toss. We had a young Michael Vaughan, Dominic Cork, Nick…

Finn’s return to fitness makes up for Wood’s latest setback

26 April 2016 0 comments

…Africa tour and then the World T20 in India. Yet, with those troubles seemingly behind him now, the 27-year-old fast bowler is gearing up for a summer where he looks…

Devils or angels, these men made a huge impact on world cricket

19 April 2016 0 comments

…Management Group to run it. He also brokered the U$1billion TV deal, and delivered the main sponsors. Although not the first T20 competition in India (the Indian Cricket League predated…

Peter Hayter column – Taylor’s grit will help him in these dark days

19 April 2016 0 comments

…for the summer series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, with his expertise against spin making him a near certainty for the winter action in India and Bangladesh. Graham Gooch reckoned…

Bravo Tango, you’ve earned this accolade from the MCC

19 April 2016 0 comments

…played in the Champions Trophy semi-final in India. He finished with 572 first-class wickets. Kirby’s career had been colourful and controversial. Many stories and anecdotes, some true and some apocryphal…

Trevor has released the handbrake, just like Eddie

12 April 2016 0 comments

…for England after some sublime showings in India. “The opening position, the top order, has certainly caused us a few problems,” Cook added. “We haven’t scored the runs we would’ve…

I’m to blame for everything, good or bad, insists Batty

12 April 2016 0 comments

…done with Murali Kartik (India’s slow left-arm bowler) has kicked in brilliantly.” Batty’s form last season, with 40 first- class wickets at 28, was a major reason Surrey achieved promotion…

Pace and spin can be at the heart of county game’s revival

12 April 2016 0 comments

…not using their leading spinner, Moeen Ali, at all during the World T20 final in India – presumably because his captain lacked confidence in him doing the job at such…

Peter Hayter column – The Milky Bar kid has now become the man

12 April 2016 0 comments

…he was 22 years old by then, when he looked at TV highlights of his debut performances in India and New Zealand the previous winter even he couldn’t quite believe…

Predictions for the 2016 T20 Cricket World Cup

16 March 2016 0 comments

…their money (not literally, of course) on India. It is going to be close if it comes down to this, but still, India is predicted to take home the Cup….

Cricket Fans Love More Than Just Cricket

10 March 2016 0 comments

…is most popular in India, Australia and the U.K., though there is a fan base throughout Asia as well. North and South American audiences aren’t nearly as crazy about cricket,…

We’ll miss Brendon McCullum…

1 March 2016 0 comments

…Vivian Richards was one, India’s Virender Sehwag another. Ian Botham can also be counted among their number as can Adam Gilchrist, at least until Andrew Flintoff went round the wicket…

West Indies talent is there – now reform needed to cultivate it

29 February 2016 0 comments

…Rather than funding grassroots cricket in the Caribbean, that money now goes to Australia, England and India instead. But BCCI president Shashank Manohar’s reformist zeal at the ICC could have…

Cash holds the key to staging Test world title

20 February 2016 0 comments

…discovered it is an awkward fit with our modern lives. Crowds still turn up in England and, if the right opponent is present, Australia and India, but elsewhere it is…

Don’t Bash Blast, franchise system won’t work for us

20 February 2016 0 comments

…that all England players can play in the opening game for their counties. Beginning the Blast during the IPL, with Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan in India away from their…

Cameron Bancroft signs for Gloucestershire

16 February 2016 0 comments

…defeat to India, but was the third highest scorer in last year’s Sheffield Shield with 896 runs at an average of 47, including a best score of 211. Gloucestershire head…

Pringle column: Much method to the left-arm madness

14 February 2016 0 comments

…months’s World T20 in India. In the case of Willey and Topley, they appear wise to do so. Since the rise of T20 leagues, left-arm pace bowlers have outperformed their…

Joe Root has strength fused with tranquility

13 February 2016 0 comments

…with his pads on, ready to bat properly in a net.” Once, on the England Performance Programme in India, he rigged up a challenging routine whereby he would face balls…

Hayter column: 13 words consign KP to history

13 February 2016 0 comments

…selected for the upcoming World T20 in India on the strength of his brilliant form in The Big Bash and The Ram Slam , Morgan said: “That door is completely…

Search Results for "india"

Martin Johnson column – 1,000 runs in May? No just 1,000 Goose pimples!

Derek Pringle column – Beefy and his Brexit call can change cricket

Wisden… The game’s voice keeps ticking along

Martin Johnson column – Keep your lid on and always wear the armour…

Peter Hayter column – Viv would have been on Cook’s side over helmets

Warwickshire job no big deal Gooch tells Essex faithful

My Life in Cricket – Alan Wells

Finn’s return to fitness makes up for Wood’s latest setback

Devils or angels, these men made a huge impact on world cricket

Peter Hayter column – Taylor’s grit will help him in these dark days

Bravo Tango, you’ve earned this accolade from the MCC

Trevor has released the handbrake, just like Eddie

I’m to blame for everything, good or bad, insists Batty

Pace and spin can be at the heart of county game’s revival

Peter Hayter column – The Milky Bar kid has now become the man

Predictions for the 2016 T20 Cricket World Cup

Cricket Fans Love More Than Just Cricket

We’ll miss Brendon McCullum…

West Indies talent is there – now reform needed to cultivate it

Cash holds the key to staging Test world title

Don’t Bash Blast, franchise system won’t work for us

Cameron Bancroft signs for Gloucestershire

Pringle column: Much method to the left-arm madness

Joe Root has strength fused with tranquility

Hayter column: 13 words consign KP to history

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