All posts tagged "History"
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International News
/ 11 years agoA Brief History of Gambling in Cricket
That some cricket fans enjoy betting on the sport should come as little surprise to anyone. After all, it’s been going...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoPaul Nixon column – Brendon’s knock so special but Viv is still king
By Paul Nixon You couldn’t have written a better script, could you? Brendon McCullum strides to the crease on the first...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Shropshire – NatWest Trophy giant killers 1984
By Neil Fissler John Foster admits that the start of summer sunshine takes him back to the day that Shropshire brought...
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/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Surrey – County Champions 2002
By Neil Fissler Ali Brown admits that the tragic death of Ben Hollioake made him more determined than ever to win...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Durham – 1992 County Championship debutants
By Neil Fissler David Graveney might have been born in Bristol and played the vast majority of his cricket in the...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Scotland – 1998 NatWest Trophy giantkillers
By Neil Fissler Craig Wright admits that helping Scotland shock Worcestershire in the NatWest Trophy not only put cricket north of...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Oxfordshire – 1989 Minor Counties champions
By Neil Fissler RUPERT EVANS says Oxfordshire have always had an unwritten rule when it came to selecting their sides –...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Zimbabwe’s 1992 World Cup win over England
By Neil Fissler Dave Houghton admits that Zimbabwe were just worried about saving themselves from embarrassment after being bowled out by...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Cumberland CCC – 1986 Minor Counties champions
By Neil Fissler Steve Sharp admits that nobody was as surprised as Cumberland themselves when they were crowned Minor Counties Champions...
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/ 11 years agoGrace Road set to be sponsored
LEICESTERSHIRE are set to have a sponsor for their Grace Road home for the first time in the ground’s 137-year history....
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Lincolnshire – 1974 Gillette Cup giant-killers
By Neil Fissler Martin Maslin admits that Lincolnshire just wanted to avoid embarrassing themselves when they were drawn away to Glamorgan...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Essex – NatWest Trophy finalists 1996
By Neil Fissler Paul Grayson admits that Essex thought that they had one hand on the NatWest trophy after restricting Lancashire...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoAlison Mitchell – A look at cricket in Rwanda
Alison Mitchell recounts the remarkable tale of Rwandan cricket Earlier this week a small yellow digger manoeuvred itself into position while...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Warwickshire – County Championship runners-up 1971
By Neil Fissler Alan Smith admits that he has got no regrets about the declaration that cost Warwickshire the chance of...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Worcestershire – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1973
By Neil Fissler Alan Ormrod admits that this young Worcestershire side had a brilliant yardstick against which to measure their performances...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Lancashire – NatWest Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup winners 1990
By Neil Fissler Mike Watkinson admits this was a Lancashire side who, once they got into the winning habit in one-day...
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Club Cricket
/ 11 years agoClub Spotlight – Accrington CC
By Paul Eddison Shane Warne’s first ball in Test cricket on English soil has gone down as the most famous in the...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980
By Neil Fissler Peter Crane believes that the seeds for Durham becoming a first-class county and joining the County Championship were...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Sussex – Gillette Cup finalists 1970
By Neil Fissler Sussex were just about to lose their crown as the most successful team in the early history of...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Kent – Joint County Championship winners 1977
By Neil Fissler The County Championship has only been shared three times since its inception in 1890. Middlesex and Yorkshire shared...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Northants – Runners-up, NatWest Trophy & B&H Cup 1987
By Neil Fissler Geoff Cook admits that he still cannot believe that Northants failed to win a trophy in 1987 despite...
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Club Cricket
/ 11 years agoClub Spotlight – Swardeston CC
By Frank Smith SWARDESTON may have broken the East Anglian Cricket League record by winning a fourth consecutive title this summer,...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Surrey – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1979
By Neil Fissler Alan Butcher admits his abiding memory of Surrey’s Benson & Hedges Cup defeat to Essex was walking when...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Nottinghamshire – 2004 Division Two champions
By Neil Fissler Darren Bicknell admits that the signings of Australians Stuart MacGill and David Hussey were just what Notts needed...
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International News
/ 11 years agoLooking back – England’s victory over Pakistan in Karachi in 2000
Tim Wigmore reveals how England upset the odds in a stirring series win away to Pakistan in 2000… As dusk engulfed...
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