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Paul Nixon column – Coad’s success confirms value of Second XIs

25 April 2017 0 comments

…It’s vital at this time of the year with the One-Day Cup coming up and a number of players will head into the 2nd XI to keep their red-ball skills…

Derek Pringle column – Force is strong as Gayle cashes in again

25 April 2017 0 comments

…other as they swept aside cricket’s old world values in a whirl of fame, wealth and bling. For Gayle, T20 has probably been the pre-eminent form of cricket for a…

Pattinson, fast and furious with the Ashes on the horizon

25 April 2017 0 comments

…Mitchell Starc 36 – junior to Pattinson then, now the world’s most potent quick. Due to the stop/start nature of his journey, Pattinson is executing a careful plan to ensure…

Alison Mitchell column – Women Test umpires? Why not, if they’re good enough

25 April 2017 0 comments

…this level together. Redfern and Williams went on to stand in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament earlier this year in Sri Lanka, alongside Cross and Australian Claire Polosak,…

Dickie’s always put on a show for the game!

25 April 2017 0 comments

…66 Tests, 69 ODIs, which include three World Cup finals in 1975, 1979 and 1983 – has been revived by an outstanding exhibition of Dickie’s memorabilia on display at the…

Friendly rivalry is driving Wilson on

25 April 2017 0 comments

AN INTER-SQUAD mini-series seemed like the perfect way to get competitive juices flowing just two months out from a World Cup – but England batter Fran Wilson admits splitting the…

Peter Hayter column – Invisible man can’t rival this Bairstow mystery

25 April 2017 0 comments

…League in world cricket, it seems). But after he failed to find a buyer, Yorkshire were anticipating having him available from the start of the new season. But once again…

Even best average since Bradman was not enough to save Voges from the axe

19 April 2017 0 comments

…West Australian was riding high, sporting an average of 95.50 after 15 caps; the in-form player in the then-top ranked side in the world. Then, it was gone. “You’re playing…

Derek Pringle column – Let’s hope Leach can thrive with his new action

19 April 2017 0 comments

…world were? “English umpires, of course” he said, wondering where this 2am chat was going. Well then, had he ever been called for throwing in county cricket? “Never,” he replied….

Bunburys go global in first overseas trip

19 April 2017 0 comments

…junior World Cups, 31 festivals, U13 festivals but never a tour. “You have to find kindred spirits in life. I found Danushka at LycaFly, I call him Dan the Man,…

Taylor’s happy now to watch game he loves

19 April 2017 0 comments

…London Cup campaign. Taylor, whose List A average stands at 53.11, says: “I’m coaching with Nottinghamshire at the academy and a bit of second team stuff but this is my…

10 for IPL 10: The forgotten men of the Indian Premier League

13 April 2017 0 comments

…an established fixture that the best players will work everything else around. Over the previous nine years, we’ve seen some of the world’s greatest cricketers head to India for two…

Why Cricket Can’t Catch On In The States

12 April 2017 0 comments

…America. In fact, it’s still a fringe sport at best. This won’t bother cricket fans around the world, who have plenty to pay attention to without any kind of American…

Afghans have edge now but don’t write off Irish

11 April 2017 0 comments

Tim Wigmore focuses on the top end of the Tier Two game where two teams have dominated For eight years, dating back to Afghanistan’s shock victory in the World Cup…

Derek Pringle column – Last chance to land this unwanted prize

11 April 2017 0 comments

…the backwaters of Dhaka (this before Bangladesh’s adoption as a Test-playing country) and Nairobi, it quickly morphed into a self-serving adjunct to the main World Cup. That said, it did…

HQ powers up with renewable energy

27 March 2017 0 comments

…that Middlesex and MCC members won’t be able to notice any difference after the switch, but the Lord’s hierarchy clearly believe that it’s incumbent on perhaps the world’s most fabled…

Have we found another cricket Island Paradise?

27 March 2017 0 comments

Hong Kong and cricket? Peter Miller identifies an unlikely destination for your next holiday tour… Cricket tourism is big business. Fans follow their cricket teams all over the world. The…

Peter Hayter column – How Gooch is fighting a poison at the heart of cricket

27 March 2017 0 comments

Lord’s, Saturday July 15, 1989. Nottinghamshire require four runs from the final ball of a cracking Benson and Hedges Cup final against Essex. Wily left-arm swing bowler John Lever, calling…

England women name squad for UAE training camp

24 March 2017 0 comments

…the team’s preparations ahead of the ICC Women’s World Cup in England this summer. The matches against the Ireland XI will take place on April 24, 26 and 28 at…

Innovative partnership is changing lives at Yorkshire’s Cricket College

23 March 2017 0 comments

…developing its young players into world beaters – but they are refusing to rest on their laurels. They might be one of the most successful teams in English cricket, with…

Paul Nixon column – Few star names, but I’m backing my lads!

21 March 2017 0 comments

…are their big chance. It puts them on the world map and if they can do well on this stage, with the world-class teams, then don’t be surprised to see…

Hong Kong’s Blitz on the star-studded world of T20

21 March 2017 0 comments

…Blitz match was live-streamed with a commentary team who knew far more about the players than most commentators of Associate matches during the World Cup, and the best clips –…

Corruption in PSL has to be stamped out firmly and quickly before it’s too late

21 March 2017 0 comments

Saj Sadiq on the unsettling tales of suspensions in Pakistan and the feeling lessons remain unlearned March 5, 2017 appeared to herald a new beginning for the topsy-turvy world of…

Global frenzy as Woolmer tragedy span out of control

21 March 2017 0 comments

…unconscious in the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. I had followed the Ireland team across the Blue Mountains after their momentous World Cup victory over Pakistan and had taken my microphone…

Martin Johnson column – We’re not thickos, so please no more gimmicks!

21 March 2017 0 comments

…giving these matches more context. But neither the idea of an official World Championship – twice returned to the drawing board after first being mooted in 2009 – nor the…

Search Results for "world cup"

Paul Nixon column – Coad’s success confirms value of Second XIs

Derek Pringle column – Force is strong as Gayle cashes in again

Pattinson, fast and furious with the Ashes on the horizon

Alison Mitchell column – Women Test umpires? Why not, if they’re good enough

Dickie’s always put on a show for the game!

Friendly rivalry is driving Wilson on

Peter Hayter column – Invisible man can’t rival this Bairstow mystery

Even best average since Bradman was not enough to save Voges from the axe

Derek Pringle column – Let’s hope Leach can thrive with his new action

Bunburys go global in first overseas trip

Taylor’s happy now to watch game he loves

10 for IPL 10: The forgotten men of the Indian Premier League

Why Cricket Can’t Catch On In The States

Afghans have edge now but don’t write off Irish

Derek Pringle column – Last chance to land this unwanted prize

HQ powers up with renewable energy

Have we found another cricket Island Paradise?

Peter Hayter column – How Gooch is fighting a poison at the heart of cricket

England women name squad for UAE training camp

Innovative partnership is changing lives at Yorkshire’s Cricket College

Paul Nixon column – Few star names, but I’m backing my lads!

Hong Kong’s Blitz on the star-studded world of T20

Corruption in PSL has to be stamped out firmly and quickly before it’s too late

Global frenzy as Woolmer tragedy span out of control

Martin Johnson column – We’re not thickos, so please no more gimmicks!

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