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Derek Pringle column: Expect cash lure to clinch it for new ECB T20 competition

25 January 2017 0 comments

…rigorous 50-over cricket while there is still a 50-over World Cup to be played, so there are staging problems for the new T20 from the off. There are also worries…

Proud ‘Englishmen’ or just cricketing mercenaries… Who gets your vote?

17 January 2017 0 comments

…his outlook. Clubbability is that most English of traits and he lacks it. But we live in fickle times and should he manage to deliver us that elusive World Cup,…

How English missionaries are honing their skills with the top Associates

17 January 2017 0 comments

…as a gateway to other jobs. Just look at Ireland’s last two coaches. Adi Birrell, who coached Ireland to their victories over Pakistan and Bangladesh in the 2007 World Cup,…

Derek Pringle column – Skippers felt the force of the chop in the 80s

17 January 2017 1 comment

…captain, just a few weeks before the 2015 World Cup, was a throwback to more ruthless times. Perhaps the indignity of that is what drives this careful approach now, Cook…

We’ve got to be more clinical, says Troughton

17 January 2017 0 comments

…and the like. It does allow me to focus fully on preparing the guys for each day’s cricket.” Despite winning the One-Day Cup last season, Dougie Brown was sacked as…

Club Spotlight – Burnley

17 January 2017 0 comments

…Worsley Cup, T20 Cup and the Ron Singleton Colne Trophy. They retained the Worsley Cup this season – their fourth successive title – while coming second in the Lancashire League…

Billings ready to go on the Bash in India

17 January 2017 0 comments

…squad, believes that the keenness of Big Bash sides to embrace English talent is a reflection of just how far Morgan’s men have come since the last World Cup. Then…

County Archives – Nottinghamshire 1981

17 January 2017 0 comments

…World Series Cricket – the South African all-rounder was determined to restore his county’s fortunes. Prevented from playing Test matches by his country’s isolation in world cricket, “a fact which…

Jones is poised to shine at sport No. 2

17 January 2017 0 comments

LUKE Sugg will captain England’s Visually Impaired side in the upcoming World Cup in India after the ECB named a 15-man squad. It will be Sugg’s second time captaining the…

Sales is my selection as the best to never earn England Test call-up

10 January 2017 0 comments

…prevented a generation of excellent cricketers from ever playing Test cricket. Clive Rice was probably the most affected. He became known as a world-class all-rounder after making his first-class debut…

County Archives – Sussex 2003

10 January 2017 0 comments

…mirror.” Hare was too hard on the county of his birth. There had been four Gillette Cup wins and a Sunday League title to put on the Hove honours board….

Derek Pringle column – One-day revival can take pressure off suits

10 January 2017 0 comments

…their last 18 one-day internationals there (50-over matches). Following their nadir in the 2015 World Cup, this team under Morgan has made significant progress yet it still lies fifth in…

Thakur’s exit could pave the way for a better game

10 January 2017 0 comments

…to the proliferation of context-free two-Test series and ubiquitous bilateral ODI series to the ludicrous contraction of the World Cup and the shameful hoarding of money and power by Australia,…

Paul Nixon column – I’m all for Kolpaks, they’re improving our game

4 January 2017 0 comments

…time. Kent wanted Viljoen but Derbyshire bettered their offer for the fast bowler. County cricket is the best domestic cricket in the world so there’s no wonder why some players…

Tim Wigmore – 2016 Associate awards

3 January 2017 0 comments

…In 2016, a sad irony became detectable: at the very moment Ireland’s cries are being heard – notwithstanding the ridiculous decision to go ahead with the 10-team World Cup in…

Broad is a true pro for Notts, says Newell

3 January 2017 0 comments

…handful of matches for Nottinghamshire because of his England commitments where he has contributed to four Ashes victories, taken two Test hat-tricks and won the World T20 with England in…

Ponting to join Australia’s coaching team

3 January 2017 0 comments

…Australia’s Twenty20 International ambitions.” Ponting scored more than 27,000 runs in his international career and was a part of three World Cup-winning squads, captaining the side to the trophy in…

Club Spotlight – Sheffield Collegiate CC

3 January 2017 0 comments

…the website of Sheffield Collegiate, it is “one of the world’s finest cricket clubs”. That’s quite a claim from the Yorkshire South Premier League team, although having produced one former…

Peter Hayter column – Cook has earned right to decide destiny

20 December 2016 0 comments

…for giving up the best and the worst job in world cricket and some are better than others, but in Cook’s case quitting with dignity and purpose could be one…

Derek Pringle column – At Last, a law to help out the poor bowler!

20 December 2016 0 comments

Among all the law changes proposed by MCC’s World Cricket Committee comes the shock that one is designed to aid bowlers. As ever, with committees, the devil is in the…

Cricket Supplies: Kookaburra 2017 range!

15 December 2016 0 comments

…have worked closely with Team Kookaburra players around the world on research and development to ensure that they continue to produce bats to the highest quality with a range of…

Big Bird was a true legend and his Barbados boys are still the best…

13 December 2016 0 comments

…was not the answer, while Greenidge and Haynes were the best and most aggressive openers in world cricket. They also had Collis King as well as the estimable Thelston Payne…

Martin Johnson column – Always trouble when the wags are in town

13 December 2016 0 comments

…a Test match at Headingley in 2004 when a message came out that his wife had gone into labour, and Kevin Pietersen left the West Indies during the 2010 World…

Tristan Lavalette column – Enough is enough. Let’s stop Shielding the blame

13 December 2016 0 comments

…under lights with the first two weeks of the Australian cricket season dominated by the Matador Cup. The Big Bash League’s (BBL) increasing popularity has consigned the 50-over tournament to…

Search Results for "world cup"

Derek Pringle column: Expect cash lure to clinch it for new ECB T20 competition

Proud ‘Englishmen’ or just cricketing mercenaries… Who gets your vote?

How English missionaries are honing their skills with the top Associates

Derek Pringle column – Skippers felt the force of the chop in the 80s

We’ve got to be more clinical, says Troughton

Club Spotlight – Burnley

Billings ready to go on the Bash in India

County Archives – Nottinghamshire 1981

Jones is poised to shine at sport No. 2

Sales is my selection as the best to never earn England Test call-up

County Archives – Sussex 2003

Derek Pringle column – One-day revival can take pressure off suits

Thakur’s exit could pave the way for a better game

Paul Nixon column – I’m all for Kolpaks, they’re improving our game

Tim Wigmore – 2016 Associate awards

Broad is a true pro for Notts, says Newell

Ponting to join Australia’s coaching team

Club Spotlight – Sheffield Collegiate CC

Peter Hayter column – Cook has earned right to decide destiny

Derek Pringle column – At Last, a law to help out the poor bowler!

Cricket Supplies: Kookaburra 2017 range!

Big Bird was a true legend and his Barbados boys are still the best…

Martin Johnson column – Always trouble when the wags are in town

Tristan Lavalette column – Enough is enough. Let’s stop Shielding the blame

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