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/ 8 years agoTHIS T10 FORMAT CAN HELP EXPAND THE GAME
PAUL NIXON Nine of our domestic players are off to the UAE for the new innovation in cricket with the inaugural...
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/ 8 years agoWACA WONDER JACK WAS UNLIKELY HERO
Richard Edwards looks back to 1986 when Jack Richards earned his place in English cricket folklore with a heroic performance in...
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/ 8 years agoWhisper it very softly but omens are not good in Perth for England
Sam Pilger looks back to a similar Ashes scenario at the WACA in 2006 when Australia opened up an unassailable 3-0...
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/ 8 years agoBig Ben puts his hands to good use for Canterbury
ASHES IN BRIEF BEN Stokes ensured his name was back in the headlines this week – for the right reasons. The...
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/ 8 years agoNo regrets, the WACA had lost mythological status long ago
@ Once unforgiving: the cauldron that is the WACA which was exploited so well by the fearsome Dennis Lillee, right, in...
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/ 8 years agoWhen Bradman turned it round for the Aussies
SIMON SWEETMAN The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events It’s not the despair. I can take the despair. It’s the...
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/ 8 years agoWhere there’s a will, there is a way to winning at the WACA
Derek Pringle looks back at his good, bad and indifferent experiences of one of England’s least favourite venues The WACA –...
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/ 8 years agoCUT IN TESTS MAY IMPROVE THE QUALITY
Tim Wigmore analyses Test cricket’s new structure that leaves only the Ashes to be played over five matches Double ton: Younis...
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/ 8 years agoSubscriptions…
Postal subscription rates for The Cricket Paper are: £20 for ten issues, £40 for 20 issues, or £80 for 40 issues,...
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/ 8 years agoWe all need to be on best behavior
By Charlie Talbot-Smith Skipper: Yorkshire’s Harry Brook PICTURE: Getty Images ENGLAND U19 SQUAD Harry BROOK (Yorkshire, capt) Ethan BAMBER (Middlesex) Liam...
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/ 8 years agoSubscribe to the cricket paper digital edition
Keep in touch with The Cricket Paperwherever you are at home and abroad! It is now available as an online digital...
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/ 8 years agoChappell aims to fill England’s pace void
By Ross Lawson ZAK CHAPPELL was as surprised as anyone to be called up for England’s Pace Programme. But after watching...
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/ 8 years agoCREDIT BAYLISS FOR CALLING UP MALAN
MARCUS NORTH Former Aussie Test Batsman Gamble that worked: Dawid Malan walks off after his century on day one in Perth...
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/ 8 years agoSEARCH GOES ON FOR NEXT ROCKET MAN!
PLANET CRICKET At the heart of the Global Game Tim Wigmore explores the long-standing problem of finding a bowler of genuine...
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/ 8 years agoGOWER GRACE BOYCOTT GRIT
Contrast in style as England showed that they could win in Perth Paul Edwards continues his delve into the Ashes archive...
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/ 8 years agoBE GRATEFUL TO COOK FOR HIS EFFORTS
ALASTAIR Cook began his 150th Test match with tributes for that achievement and concerns about how long he can continue competing...
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/ 8 years agoBIG AL’S WIT AFTER BUMBLE’S DELIVERY
GOOD to see the legend that is Alan Mullally coming back to his quirky self after a tough period, the fishy...
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/ 8 years agoA MESSY AFFAIR BUT WE DON’T NEED ANY MORE DISSENT
MORE than enough has been said and written recently about DRS, its abuse, misuse and untrustworthiness (especially by me) but, on...
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/ 8 years agoCOME ON, ANDREW! PLAYERS HAVE IT SO GOOD
PETER HAYTER Sending the wrong message: Andrew Strauss says England players sacrifice a lot to play cricket PICTURE: Getty Images The...
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/ 8 years agoStamp out drinking like Sir Alex did at United
By Chris Stocks Outspoken: Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott ENGLANDgreat Geoffrey Boycott insists the current team’s drinking culture needs to be...
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/ 8 years agoBallance aims to showhe’s ready, willing and able
By George Jones YORKSHIRE captain Gary Ballance hopes that he can still play a role in the Ashes. Ballance, whose last...
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/ 8 years agoDevon’s above! ‘Destroyer’ is enough to set pulses racing
Destroyer: Devon Malcolm uproots Steve Waugh for a duck in Adelaide PICTURES: Getty Images Peter Hayter just about recalls the time...
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/ 8 years agoNixon’s condemnation is bad for grass roots
PAUL Nixon joins the list of ex-players and pundits who consider sledging to be acceptable and “part of the game”. He...
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/ 8 years agoSledging doesn’t fall within spirit, or law
HAVING read the trailer on last week’s TCP regards to sledging dripping down into club and junior cricket, I was disappointed...
