Jonny be good! 28 April 2024 0 comments BAIRSTOW BLITZ NUDGES WORLD CUP SELECTORS By Matt Thacker Jonny Bairstow hit a sensational unbeaten 108 from just 48 balls […]
A Crick et Life David Lloyd 28 April 2024 0 comments A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week Bumble looks back on a colourful […]
King Viv rules up north 24 September 2023 0 comments Scott Oliver looks back to 1987 when Sir Viv Richards, at the height of his powers, turned out for Rishton […]
Azeem Rafiq predicts ‘hundreds and thousands’ could share experiences of racism 17 November 2021 0 comments By Rory Dollard Azeem Rafiq believes “hundreds and thousands” of cricketers could follow his lead by sharing experiences of racism […]
CONWAY SHOWS A YOUTHFUL HUNGER 6 June 2021 0 comments PRINGLE’S VIEWPOINT Announcing yourself with a bang is usually the province of precocious young talents not those nearing their 30th […]
Cricket may be ‘coming home’ but we hit rock bottom last time it was here… 24 May 2019 0 comments Peter Hayter applauds the growing confidence within the England camp but also offers some cautionary memories from 20 years ago […]
Crossword 26 April 2019 0 comments ACROSS 1. Hard-hitting batsman-keeper given a 2018 India Test debut v England (4) 4. Australia vice-captain and ‘keeper – successor […]
Bumble: Jos Buttler was ‘guilty of being dozy’ 27 March 2019 0 comments Sky Sports commentator David Lloyd gives his take on the mankad dismissal of Jos Buttler by Ravi Ashwin
IT’S TIME TO ACCEPT IT: ODISHAVE LOST THEIR SIX APPEAL 8 March 2019 0 comments MARTIN JOHNSON In May 2015 a group of boffins in Canada using one of those brain measuring machines discovered that […]
Martin Johnson column: No bruising paceman will forgo their fear factor 28 February 2019 0 comments When a batsman’s bottle was broken. But bowlers can be vulnerable too to their short fuses
FINAL OVER 1 June 2018 0 comments BEN COAD Yorkshire bowler ON THE SPOT Date of birth: 10/1/94 Batting style: Right-hand bat Bowling style: Right-arm fast-medium THE […]
FINAL OVER 23 March 2018 0 comments SOPHIE ECCLESTONE Lancashire and England left-arm spinner THE LAST Bat you bought/used? I use Kookaburras as I’m sponsored by them, […]
FINAL OVER 9 March 2018 0 comments JAMES WEIGHELL Durham all-rounder The Last Bat you bought/used? Gray Nicolls Powerbow, but that was about seven years ago as […]
Final over 2 March 2018 0 comments MATT TAYLOR Gloucestershire bowler On the Spot Date of birth: 08/07/94 The Last Bat you bought/used? That would have been […]
BIG AL’S WIT AFTER BUMBLE’S DELIVERY 15 December 2017 0 comments GOOD to see the legend that is Alan Mullally coming back to his quirky self after a tough period, the […]
FINAL OVER 1 December 2017 0 comments NATHAN BUCK Northamptonshire bowler ON THE SPOT Date of Birth: 26/04/1991 Batting style: Right-hander Bowling style: Right-arm medium fast THE […]
FINAL OVER 6 October 2017 0 comments BEN DUCKETT Northamptonshire batsman ON THE SPOT Date of Birth: 17/10/1994 Marital status: Single THE LAST Bat you bought/used? I […]
Summer just won’t be the same without Henry 15 September 2017 0 comments Alison Mitchell pays tribute to commentating legend Henry Blofeld, who retired after the third Test at Lord’s My dear old […]
SKY’S THE LIMIT? OLD JIM WOULD CERTAINLY NOTAGREE 15 September 2017 0 comments MARTIN JOHNSON If, like me, you find that the only way to unwind at the end of a long hard […]
West Indies showed youthful defiance at England’s most trying ground – Headingley 6 September 2017 0 comments Temperamental conditions of Headingley didn’t faze West Indies new-found stars contrary to pre-match expectations
WINDIES’ MIRACLE MEN ARE IN GOOD COMPANY 1 September 2017 0 comments DEREK PRINGLE Butcher’s treat: Mark Butcher starred as England stunned Australia in the fourth Test at Headingley in 2001 PICTURE: […]
Peter Hayter column – When DRS becomes another tactic, not a failsafe 5 June 2017 0 comments South Africa, chasing 331 to win the second Royal London ODI against England at the Ageas Bowl and square the […]
Golf Q&A With Stokes, Buttler and Bumble 15 September 2016 0 comments England cricket heroes Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, plus David Lloyd answer American Golf‘s questions on the game. Watch to […]
Martin Johnson column – I’m missing fast show but Agnew and Lloyd won’t be… 23 August 2016 0 comments There is no finer sight in cricket than a genuinely fast bowler in full cry, mixing up the 100mph inswinging […]
Bumble: ‘Compton must up the tempo’ 13 May 2016 0 comments NICK Compton needs to go on the attack if he is to keep his place in the England side, according […]