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Martin Johnson column – No Ice Age for me, i’ll be happy to stay in Stone Age

7 March 2017 0 comments

…for the 3017 season. By this time, of course, all cricket matches will be of such short duration – the World Two2 has a certain ring to it – that…

Middlesex on verge of signing Hong Kong batsman

2 March 2017 0 comments

…maiden List A century against Netherlands recently and following it with an 88. He also registered his highest first-class score of 98 not out in the Intercontinental Cup against Netherlands….

ICA Academy launching this weekend

1 March 2017 0 comments

…Our goal is to give players exposure to clubs, minor counties, counties and T20 Leagues around the world. Some of those courses will include masterclasses from some of the greats…

Touring the world, ground by wonderful ground…

28 February 2017 0 comments

…world accompanied by text. “The idea came to me in a flash,” Frank said. Fair enough, but I also had to write the book in a flash, comparatively speaking –…

Derek Pringle column – Let’s toast forgotten men from Botham’s summer

28 February 2017 0 comments

…bowling best of 3-30 he was picked for England’s World Cup squad that same year but did not play a single game. Thereafter, he returned to county cricket for another…

Perfect Storm building for the women’s game

28 February 2017 0 comments

…the World Cup in England in June and July. Pagett agrees that the television coverage of the Super League is a sign of how far the women’s game has come….

Life-changing fortunes jiggle in for Stokes and Mills

28 February 2017 0 comments

…which he uttered in November 2015 when he was yet to be named in England’s squad for the World T20 2016 in India – the tournament which put Mills in…

Paul Nixon column – Don’t quit the game Sid, you’d make a top coach

28 February 2017 0 comments

…is a big one, whether it’s in county cricket or the World Cup final. He loves being in the battle. He’s from a sporty family with his dad Arnie having…

Why Mills’ transfer was the IPL’s most intriguing

22 February 2017 0 comments

…a phenomenal asset to any side in the specialist leagues. For the next few years, he will travel the world and play effectively as a freelance cricketer, earning vast sums…

Profile: Four key West Indies players

22 February 2017 0 comments

…Brathwaite Unrelated to fellow West Indies cricketer Carlos Brathwaite, whom England fans know only too well after he smashed two sixes off Ben Stokes to win the 2016 World T20…

County Archives – Northamptonshire 1976

22 February 2017 0 comments

…the players’ comments, nothing cautious and nothing diplomatic. Wakely hugged the cup while Cobb swigged his man-of-the-match champagne. The two cricketers joked and took selfies as they celebrated the Steelbacks’…

How Kohli & Co put blind cricket into mainstream

22 February 2017 0 comments

Alison Mitchell is bowled over by the T20 World Cup for the Blind which attracted 25,000 to the India-England match England’s Visually Impaired (VI) team arrived home from India having…

Former England bowler Sidebottom announces retirement

22 February 2017 0 comments

…cricket for Yorkshire, played in 22 Tests for his country and also helped England to win the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. “There’s a tear in my eye whenever I think…

Scots great Anderson bows out at the top

21 February 2017 0 comments

Scotland failed to make the ‘Super Six’ stage, but recorded a group stage win at the Women’s World Cup qualifiers. The Scots have come on a lot over the last…

Derek Pringle column – Not many tweaks needed to keep Tests relevant

21 February 2017 0 comments

…the day by another three hours, and committing to large amounts of time in one place is one of the modern world’s big deal-breakers. Despite that shift, all is not…

Scotland to face Sri Lanka in Kent

16 February 2017 0 comments

…the visitors, with the most recent fixture taking place at the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Sri Lanka won that match by 148 runs thanks to two brilliant centuries from Kumar…

Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

15 February 2017 0 comments

…ranking. The touring side are 5th in the World Rankings, while West Indies are 9th. England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (Middlesex, captain), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball…

Is Joe Root the right man for the job?

15 February 2017 0 comments

…indeed, no batsman in world cricket has scored more Test runs than him since his debut in 2012. He is also one of a few permanent fixtures in the XI…

County Archives – Gloucestershire 2000

14 February 2017 0 comments

…side ruled the short-form game. In 2000 they completed a clean sweep, winning the NatWest Trophy, the Benson and Hedges Cup and the Norwich Union National League. Perhaps the most…

Do bowlers get overlooked as England captain because of the old class system?

14 February 2017 0 comments

…power in which, latterly at least, the leading batsmen have been lured away to play in various T20 tournaments around the world. A factor in the bowlers’ rise as captains…

Diamond guy Grayson gets his KSL calling card

14 February 2017 0 comments

…have asked for a more exciting time to be getting involved in the women’s game. “Within five years I think women’s cricket will be massive all around the world,” added…

Derek Pringle column – Winter jobs were not always constructive

14 February 2017 0 comments

…but then expectations were not as great then even for winners of the Gillette Cup. Pilling’s team mate David Lloyd, now the doyen of Sky’s commentary team, worked for a…

Simon Sweetman column – Time to focus on our own development

14 February 2017 0 comments

…leagues than to continue to deal with the permanently fractious West Indies board. Other countries so far seem able to live in the world as it is rather than as…

Alastair Cook: fighting against the current in 2016

9 February 2017 0 comments

…may not matter to some but it’s important to point out that the South Africans were the no1 Test team in the world after winning 10 of their previous 14…

Alastair Cook: new faces at the opposite end

7 February 2017 0 comments

…Cook, who admitted ““It is a concern. I don’t think we have quite found it. When we were No 1 in the world we had a really solid, settled batting…

Search Results for "world cup"

Martin Johnson column – No Ice Age for me, i’ll be happy to stay in Stone Age

Middlesex on verge of signing Hong Kong batsman

ICA Academy launching this weekend

Touring the world, ground by wonderful ground…

Derek Pringle column – Let’s toast forgotten men from Botham’s summer

Perfect Storm building for the women’s game

Life-changing fortunes jiggle in for Stokes and Mills

Paul Nixon column – Don’t quit the game Sid, you’d make a top coach

Why Mills’ transfer was the IPL’s most intriguing

Profile: Four key West Indies players

County Archives – Northamptonshire 1976

How Kohli & Co put blind cricket into mainstream

Former England bowler Sidebottom announces retirement

Scots great Anderson bows out at the top

Derek Pringle column – Not many tweaks needed to keep Tests relevant

Scotland to face Sri Lanka in Kent

Finn replaces injured Willey for West Indies tour

Is Joe Root the right man for the job?

County Archives – Gloucestershire 2000

Do bowlers get overlooked as England captain because of the old class system?

Diamond guy Grayson gets his KSL calling card

Derek Pringle column – Winter jobs were not always constructive

Simon Sweetman column – Time to focus on our own development

Alastair Cook: fighting against the current in 2016

Alastair Cook: new faces at the opposite end

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