All posts tagged "Glenn McGrath"
-
Club Cricket
/ 6 months agoKatya Witney: Women’s cricket at crossroads ahead of restructuring
September is weird. Cricket season desperately tries to extend the summer warmth, entering its sixth month as nights start to creep...
-
Latest News
/ 8 months agoThorpe in excelsis: Six of the best
113* (280 balls, 11 fours) England v Australia, Trent Bridge, Third Test, 1993 England, two matches down in the series, ring...
-
Latest News
/ 8 months agoA Cricket Life Courtney Walsh
The legendary Jamaican fast bowler on captaining the Windies, his partnership with Curtly Ambrose and making a friend for life in...
-
Derek Pringle
/ 8 months agoSlippery Atkinson barges into the future
DEREK PRINGLE It is impossible not to get carried away with Gus Atkinson’s 12-wicket haul to kick off the international red-ball...
-
ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 9 months agoTHE HISTORY BOYS
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The phrase “history is written by the winners” has been widely misattributed. Ironically, most people believe...
-
County Championships
/ 1 year agoLancashire sign Lyon for 2024 season
Lancashire have secured the services of Australia bowler Nathan Lyon for the duration of the 2024 season. Lyon will spend the...
-
ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 1 year agoStarc Truth!
By Geoff Lemon Full flight: Mitchell Starc is still among the very best in the business PICTURE: Alamy When it comes...
-
Ashes
/ 2 years agoThe best of the tributes to Stuart Board
Test best: Broad walks off after hitting 169 against Pakistan Glenn McGrath, writing for the BBC: Australia may have always cast...
-
ECB Premier Leagues
/ 2 years agoAfzaal still in the runs two decades on
By Adam Hopkins TWENTY-TWO years after facing up to the likes of Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Brett Lee in an...
-
Darren Stevens
/ 2 years agoHe was just a scrawny kid, but you knew he was something special
DARREN STEVENS It was always going to finish with Stuart Broad. Those cricketing gods… There I was thinking I’d had a...
-
Ashes
/ 2 years agoThe last days of summer
OVAL OVATIONS – THE ASHES IN THE 21ST CENTURY A look back at Ashes Tests this century at The Oval where...
-
Derek Pringle
/ 2 years agoIs this better than 2005? Not just yet
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle England’s current Test cricketers enjoy a round of golf (well, maybe not Jonny Bairstow), but so too do...
-
Ashes
/ 2 years agoManchester magic
Next stop, Manchester. Ahead of the fourth Test, we’ve had a look back at the three previous Ashes battles at Old...
-
Ashes
/ 2 years agoLyon has an impressive milestone in his sights at Lord’s
Nathan Lyon is set to play his 100th consecutive Test when Australia and England meet at Lord’s from Wednesday. The second...
-
Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoA decade on and it’s all change
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Ten years ago I covered my first Test match as a reporter. It...
-
Ashes
/ 2 years agoAshes war of words is nothing new
Verbals are flying this summer but these two rivals have seen and heard it all before, writes James Wallace We’re only...
-
Ashes
/ 2 years agoA look at three of the best Ashes series on English soil
The 2023 Ashes is the latest instalment in the memorable tussle between the old rivals and perhaps one of the most...
-
England News
/ 3 years agoOld Trafford collapse and World Cup woe – England’s lowest ODI totals
England slumped to one of their lowest one-day international totals when India bowled them out for just 110 at the Oval...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoAustralia great Shane Warne remembered at moving service in Melbourne
Shane Warne’s life and lasting legacy was remembered by family, friends, former team-mates and rivals at a moving state memorial service...
-
Latest News
/ 3 years agoFormer Australia wicketkeeper and England selector Rod Marsh dies aged 74
Former Australia wicketkeeper and England selector Rod Marsh has died at the age of 74. Marsh had been in a critical...
-
England News
/ 3 years agoJoe Root confident adversity can bring his England side closer together
Joe Root believes the combination of Ashes defeat and Covid complications could bring his England side together in adversity. Any hopes...
-
Columnists
/ 4 years agoOllie Robinson is the gem who could thrive in Archer’s absence | Derek Pringle
LIKE so many redemption stories, New Zealand’s journey to becoming world Test champions was borne of calamity: the team’s dismissal for...
-
Latest News
/ 4 years agoLength is the key, says Steyn
FORMER South Africa swing bowler Dale Steyn says the India bowlers must be “absolutely relentless on length” if they are to...
-
Columnists
/ 4 years agoJimmy Anderson has joined an elite member’s club | Derek Pringle
Taking 1,000 first-class wickets is to join one of the most exclusive clubs in sport. Its members require great skill, longevity...
-
Featured
/ 4 years agoNASSER’S MISTAKE WAS NO MYTH
PETER HAYTER @phaytercricket So now we know. Nasser Hussain was right to invite Steve Waugh’s Australians to bat first in the...