…knew what to expect when he was bowling. But his lethal concoction conjured some of cricket’s most visceral images. He brought echoes of the West Indies in all their fast…
…to contend with the bulk and boldness of the openers run-scoring. The West Indies were fortunate to escape unscathed when Australia played two Tests there in June. And though Warner…
…Stumped. The subject soon turns to the state of West Indies cricket. They have slumped to eighth in the Test rankings, head coach Phil Simmons has only just been re-instated…
…well, whereas I was in Sydney getting runs and making sure I was ready when the time came early the next year. I played three ODIs against the West Indies…
…The west London side won the fiercely competitive Middlesex County League for an unprecedented seventh year in a row in 2011 and also claimed the national t20 title that summer….
…being swatted away with such utter disdain. Not even the greatest bowler in the world could curtail Luke Ronchi, Western Australia’s precocious wicketkeeper/ batsman, on this historic night in January…
…Colfe’s School, in Greenwich, where he is also shop manager. Bernard Julian: West Indies all-rounder has worked as a government coach in his native Trinidad & Tobago, where he coached…
…highlighted the continuing improvement in emerging nations of the Rugby World Cup. The average points gap between Tier One and Tier Two nations is comfortably the lowest of the five…
…to West Bromwich Albion FC due to the club yo-yoing between Cheshire Cricket League’s top two divisions. Last season was one of mixed emotions as the first team won their…
…they lost in both the finals of the Benson & Hedges Cup and the NatWest Trophy within eight weeks of each other. While he remembers that they were also in…
Tristan Lavalette locates a love-hate relationship as the end looms for one of cricket’s most iconic grounds… Known universally simply as the WACA, the Western Australian Cricket Association Ground has…
…of Alec, was an England amateur football international. Worked as manager of Surrey and England and was director of coaching for the MCC. Monte Lynch: Hard-hitting West Indian-born batsman ran…
…in 1987, had been marked by defeat and Mike Gatting’s altercation with Shakoor Rana. So, although England defeated the West Indies in the summer of 2000, they did not go…
…strong through the club. Although there have been a few overseas pros of note – India’s Chandu Borde, West Indian Reon King – South Northumberland have during their success looked…
…down. Eventually the match was abandoned giving both teams two points, keeping Yorkshire level with Somerset on the 46-point mark. But, despite having a worst run rate than the West…
…& Hedges Cup three times and been runners-up on another two occasions but this was their first Gillette Cup/NatWest Trophy Final. They had breezed through the opening two stages, thrashing…
…advantage to bowl first. That was a general thing in NatWest finals for a period of time. “Lara got a lot of runs that season but in the NatWest final…
…only needing to beat Worcestershire in the NatWest Trophy at Lord’s to claim the quadruple, but they were defeated by eight wickets. “I think it is a season that will…
…best one-day sides during the Seventies and Eighties but Pigott says that Sussex were not far behind. Part of the reason could be that they could only won a NatWest…
…who was away with the West Indies bowled brilliantly after they got away to a flyer. “Mark Nicholls then took a bit of a gamble and put himself in at…
…a genuine good guy. MATTHEW HAYDEN – Retired I played for a Prime Minister’s XI with him against West Indies, in which Gayle hit 140. Obviously one of the greatest…
…the West Indies as their guests in January 1973, but that was with the exception of Alan Knott, Mike Denness and Derek Underwood. “They were away with England in India…
…retiring he moved back to Grace Road in January 2012 to join the coaching staff and is a senior coach. Phil Simmons: A former West Indies all-rounder who opened the…
…tactically inferior to Clarke. However, the opener is at his best when leading from the front and he is now back in form following recent centuries against West Indies and…
…career against India and West Indies but against New Zealand, whose attack was a step up in class, he struggled. He hasn’t fared much better for Yorkshire either in recent…