Tag: bowling

Where are they now? Lincolnshire – 1974 Gillette Cup giant-killers

5 January 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Martin Maslin admits that Lincolnshire just wanted to avoid embarrassing themselves when they were drawn away to […]

Sunil Narine banned from bowling

1 December 2015 0 comments

SUNIL Narine is the latest bowler to be banned after his action was judged to be illegal. The West Indies […]

Looking back – Curtly Ambrose

1 December 2015 0 comments

Garfield Robinson looks back at the destructive career of Curtly Ambrose Wayne Lewis is currently the general secretary of the […]

County Championship coin toss scrapped

27 November 2015 0 comments

The coin toss that decides whether a team bat or fields is to be scrapped in the County Championship next […]

ECB make helmet use mandatory

27 November 2015 0 comments

The ECB have endorsed changes which mean helmet use is to be made mandatory for batsmen from next season in […]

Marcus North column

25 November 2015 0 comments

Well, how quickly things happen these days! We had been talking about the ‘possibility’ of Mitchell Johnson retiring after he had […]

Final Over – Ben Cotton

24 November 2015 0 comments

ON THE SPOT Date of Birth: 13/9/1993 Marital Status: Single Former Clubs: Porthill Park, Staffordshire THE LAST Bat you bought/used? […]

Club Spotlight – Swardeston CC

20 October 2015 0 comments

By Frank Smith SWARDESTON may have broken the East Anglian Cricket League record by winning a fourth consecutive title this […]

Kent’s Darren Stevens targets another vintage season

13 October 2015 0 comments

By Charlie Talbot-Smith Darren Stevens was compared at the PCA dinner earlier this month, to a fine red wine – […]

Conditioning for cricket – the exercises you need to know

20 July 2015 0 comments

Gone are the days when cricketers could get by on skill alone. Nowadays, top-level cricket players are just as much […]

Morrant Young Gun: Jack Murphy, Glamorgan all-rounder

7 July 2015 0 comments

Jack Murphy is still awaiting his 1st XI debut but his employers have already been on the receiving end of […]

VIDEO: “We Are England” – Alastair Cook, James Anderson & Co on what it means to play for England

6 July 2015 0 comments

Watch England stars past and present describe what it really means to play for your country

My Life in Cricket: Jon Lewis

23 June 2015 0 comments

I was a chippy character on the field and, though I took it too far sometimes, I learned to control […]

Dream Team – Graham Napier

26 May 2015 0 comments

ANDY FLOWER – Retired When he came to us from Zimbabwe he was world No.1 batsman and it was fantastic to […]

Coaches, leave those quicks alone says Harris

5 May 2015 0 comments

By Chris Bailey HE’S had a career-long battle trying to impress the ECB and spent last year re-modelling his action […]

My Life in Cricket – Ant Botha

28 April 2015 0 comments

I was bowling a bit of spin in the nets as a youngster at Natal when Graham Ford mentioned I […]

Dream Team – Adam Voges

28 April 2015 0 comments

1. JUSTIN LANGER – Retired I played a lot under JL and he’s now my current coach at Western Australia, so […]

Jamie Overton Shows His Class For North Devon

11 September 2014 0 comments

JAMIE Overton is better known for his bowling on the first-class circuit, but he showed he is no slouch with the bat –blasting 142 not out off just 55 balls in North Devon’s four-wicket win against Devon Premier League champions Sidmouth.

Ever Wanted To Play Cricket With A Pro? Now You Can!

15 August 2014 0 comments

TICKETS are now on sale for the inaugural Nordoff Robbins Cricket Day hosted by Lancashire CCC and England bowler James Anderson.

Aakash Chopra: India’s Big Two Lacking Runs – Not Form

14 August 2014 0 comments

Team selection is a window into the mind of the skipper, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team selection for the fourth Test told me that he had winning the match his priority.

Namibian Christi Viljoen Boosts Blackpool’s Title Hopes

20 May 2014 0 comments

BLACKPOOL might not be many people’s favourites to win the Northern League but in new addition and Namibian international Christi Viljoen they might just have found their trump card.