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Johnson’s young gun living life to the Max

31 August 2018 0 comments

By Roderick Easdale Star man MAX HOLDEN – Middlesex: The young left-hander dug in determinedly in tricky conditions on the […]

FANCY A NATTER? COUNTY CRICKET IS FOR YOU

24 August 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON If you want an old-fashioned day out at the cricket, there are few better venues than the County […]

Pringle column: Why does trouble always seem to find our great all-rounders?

22 August 2018 0 comments

Why is it always all-rounders?

How Glenn McGrath set the benchmark for mastering Lord’s

17 August 2018 0 comments

As Mick Hunt puts his feet up after 49 years of tending the wicket at the Home of Cricket, Derek Pringle looks at how one bowler run amok

PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT

17 August 2018 0 comments

Sorry, but ecb should charge stokes Derek Pringle disagrees with those who believe Stokes should not face a second ‘trial’…but […]

WHY DOES TROUBLE ALWAYS SEEM TO STALK OUR ALL ACTION HEROES?

17 August 2018 0 comments

Pot and pedalos: Ian Botham, left, and Andrew Flintoff PICTURES: Getty Images Bristol brawl: Ben Stokes at his trial this […]

HOW METRONOMIC MCGRATH SET TEMPLATE FOR MASTE ERY AT LORD’S

10 August 2018 0 comments

Derek Pringle analyses how the Australian pace legend bowled at HQ and offers some advice to today’s stars The pitch […]

LORD’S CAN BE MAGICAL, BUT ALSO SCARY, FOR DEBUTANTS

10 August 2018 0 comments

It will be a nerve-racking business for Ollie Pope to make his Test debut at Lord’s – just like I […]

Dial 999 for drama and take a look back through England’s Test match archive

27 July 2018 0 comments

Roderick Easdale trawls through the Test match record books as England prepare for their milestone encounter with India next month […]

ARISE SIR HAWKEYE! BUT YOU’RE NO MATCH FOR DICKIE

27 July 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON When the TV cameras panned around the crowd during the third and final ODI at Headingley, they alighted […]

WILL WE EVER SEE THE LIKE OFEMBERS AND PHIL?

22 June 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON When it comes to establishing where English cricket currently stands in turning out top-quality spin bowlers, you’d have […]

Rashid leapfrogs Swann to become England’s new No.1

22 June 2018 0 comments

By Chris Stocks at Emirates Riverside Sparking a comeback? David Willey took four late wickets for England PICTURE: Getty Images […]

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF TEST CRICKET’S DEMISE…

8 June 2018 0 comments

PETER HAY TER Thanks for coming: The public were left wanting to see more of this Pakistan side PICTURE: Getty […]

Mike Brearley talks sandpapergate and England-Australia rivalry

18 April 2018 0 comments

Mike Brearley earned his reputation as one of England’s greatest captains when his brilliant handling of a downtrodden Ian Botham […]

DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER –NOSTALGIA IS IN THE PAST

13 April 2018 0 comments

Isabelle We s tbury Clash: Mike Gatting and Shakoor Rana in 1987 are proof that that hot-headedness is nothing new […]

The sex and drug-fuelled tour to New Zealand that never was…

4 April 2018 0 comments

Graeme Fowler recalls the 1983-84 tour, in which he was an innocent party, that led him to having his bag searched at Heathrow for the next ten years

Sex and drug-fuelled tour that never was…

30 March 2018 0 comments

ACTION REPLAY As England falter in New Zealand, Richard Edwards gets the lowdown on a controversial tour there 34 years […]

400-CLUB…IT’S NOT BAD FOR A WANNABE BATSMAN!

23 March 2018 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Star pupil: Stuart Broad has learned his trade to become a true great of the game PICTURE: Getty […]

GREAT STUFF KP, BUT IT COULD’VE BEEN BETTER

23 March 2018 0 comments

PETER HAYTER Dividing opinion: Kevin Pietersen was undoubtedly England’s star player, but not always their most popular PICTURE: Getty Images […]

Pringle column: Extra gear for Woakes has turned him into one of the best

7 March 2018 0 comments

Derek Pringle says batsmen are being stopped in their tracks from getting on the front foot against Woakes new-found pace

Still sss-marting at missed opportunity

2 March 2018 0 comments

THE complaint by Ian Gair (TCP, February 23) that English cricket should not allow potential Test opponents, notably Australians, to […]

LET’S GIVE WOAKES CREDIT FOR GAMBLING ON SPEED

2 March 2018 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Pace ace: Chris Woakes went for radical change rather than incremental improvements PICTURE: Getty Images If top-level coaches […]

WITH MAVERICKS, ABSENCE ONLY MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER

2 March 2018 0 comments

After Ben Stokes’ recall to the England team, Derek Pringle looks at the enforced absence of another star all-rounder some […]

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 […]

IF BIG BEN WANTS LOW KEY THEN HE’S IN THE RIGHT PLACE

2 March 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON Ben Stokes’ match-winning half century in Tauranga came (at best) a distant third behind Brexit and the cold […]

Tag: Ian Botham

Johnson’s young gun living life to the Max

FANCY A NATTER? COUNTY CRICKET IS FOR YOU

Pringle column: Why does trouble always seem to find our great all-rounders?

How Glenn McGrath set the benchmark for mastering Lord’s

PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT

WHY DOES TROUBLE ALWAYS SEEM TO STALK OUR ALL ACTION HEROES?

HOW METRONOMIC MCGRATH SET TEMPLATE FOR MASTE ERY AT LORD’S

LORD’S CAN BE MAGICAL, BUT ALSO SCARY, FOR DEBUTANTS

Dial 999 for drama and take a look back through England’s Test match archive

ARISE SIR HAWKEYE! BUT YOU’RE NO MATCH FOR DICKIE

WILL WE EVER SEE THE LIKE OFEMBERS AND PHIL?

Rashid leapfrogs Swann to become England’s new No.1

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF TEST CRICKET’S DEMISE…

Mike Brearley talks sandpapergate and England-Australia rivalry

DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER –NOSTALGIA IS IN THE PAST

The sex and drug-fuelled tour to New Zealand that never was…

Sex and drug-fuelled tour that never was…

400-CLUB…IT’S NOT BAD FOR A WANNABE BATSMAN!

GREAT STUFF KP, BUT IT COULD’VE BEEN BETTER

Pringle column: Extra gear for Woakes has turned him into one of the best

Still sss-marting at missed opportunity

LET’S GIVE WOAKES CREDIT FOR GAMBLING ON SPEED

WITH MAVERICKS, ABSENCE ONLY MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER

Final over

IF BIG BEN WANTS LOW KEY THEN HE’S IN THE RIGHT PLACE

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