All posts tagged "Ian Botham"
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Ashes
/ 5 years agoEngland recall ‘caged tiger’ Stuart Broad for Sydney Test
England have recalled “caged tiger” Stuart Broad for the fourth Ashes Test, giving him the chance to work out his frustrations...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBarker hoping for more joy in native north-west
By Richard Edwards KEITH BARKER may be leaving the home comforts of the Ageas Bowl for Hampshire’s County Championship decider –...
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Derek Pringle
/ 5 years agoRISHABH’S FORM IS SIMPLY PANT-S!
DEREK PRINGLE Rishabh Pant is one of the most exciting batting talents in Indian cricket and was instrumental in his team’s...
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Derek Pringle
/ 5 years agoBEEFY WILL DEMAND RESULTS
DEREK PRINGLE Icon: Sir Ian Botham almost single-handedly won the 1981 Ashes – when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was just 17...
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ECB Premier Leagues
/ 5 years agoBeefy set to play for the Lords team
CRICKET legends and members of the Houses of Parliament and Lords will compete in a charity cricket match next month. The...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoVirat Kohli is a friend for life | Peter Hayter
Donald Trump is not renowned for his love of cricket, but the great manipulator has always known how to play a...
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Derek Pringle
/ 5 years agoALL OF US SHOULD BE RAISING OUR GLASSES TO ‘HENDO’
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle MIKE Hendrick had the most wonderful, rhythmic bowling action, but his hatred of conceding runs probably cost him...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDIFFERENT SIZED BALL BUT SAME PASSION
James Wallace looks at times when football and cricket collide Cross code: Ian Botham turned out as a pro footballer for...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIt was all in a day’s work for Beefy | Peter Hayter
For those who lived through the extraordinary, nation-changing cricketing events of the summer of 1981 commonly known as Botham’s Ashes, the...
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Guest Blogs
/ 5 years agoThe Most Controversial and Exciting Cricketers of All Time
Cricket for many people is like a religion, with over 2.5 billion people tuning in to watch their favourite team. This...
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Features
/ 6 years agoBBC MUST RECOVER LOST TIME
DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle It was a hum rather than a fanfare but the BBC’s return to broadcasting live cricket, for the...
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Featured
/ 6 years ago‘SWEDE’ MARTIN IS A MIDDLESEX STAR
ADAM COLLINS @collinsadam BIG COMPARISON: MARTIN ANDERSSON BOWLING FOR MIDDLESEX BUT HIS BATTING HAS BEEN COMPARED BY STUART LAW TO AUSTRALIA...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoBEEFY’S RIGHT, STOKES IS BEST WE’VE EVER HAD
PETER HAYTER @phaytercricket A crack of Ben Stokes’ bat on ball; a nanosecond of hush, an eruption of noise from the...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoLEGEND BOB DESERVES THE HONOUR
Derek Pringle says the Bob Willis Trophy is a fi tting tribute to his old team-mate and colleague PRINGLE’S VIEWPOINT The...
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Ashes
/ 7 years agoAussies must now regroup and avoid repeat of ‘81 series
By Richard Edwards Smashing: Botham’s famous knock turned the tide IT has taken the Aussies a generation to get over the...
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Ashes
/ 7 years agoStokes’ heroics give England fans a new epic to remember
By Chris Stocks Star man BEN STOKES – England: Who else? The skill the allrounder showed when batting with the tail...
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Features
/ 7 years agoBOTHAM, ATHERTON AND HUTTON – NOW STOKES JOINS ELITE LIST!
Roderick Easdale trawls through the archives to take a look back at some great English innings to rival Ben Stokes’ 2019...
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News
/ 7 years agoEllison had the Edge to become an Ashes hero
MENTION the words ‘Edgbaston’ and ‘The Ashes’ and certain images spring to mind. Foremost among them, a marauding moustache-wearing swing bowler...
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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 7 years agoWORLD CUP SUCCESS IS JUST SO TYPICALLY ENGLISH
Derek Pringle heralds the proud history of the Bunbury Festival which, under guru David English, helped produce no fewer than nine...
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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 7 years ago‘IN 1992, WE JUST LOST FORM… BUT THIS LOT CAN GET IT DONE’
Derek Pringle looks back on England’s last World Cup semi-final 27 years ago and believes the current crop can go one...
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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 7 years agoRICHARDS HAD TO KNEEL WHEN COLLIS WAS KING
Garfield Robinson recalls an astonishing World Cup final day at Lord’s when the junior partner overshadowed the greatest attacking batsman of...
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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 7 years agoThe day Rhodes took a dive to redefine fielding
Richard Edwards recalls one spectacular incident at the 1992 World Cup that reminded everyone of the value of how good work...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoFEATURE: Joe Root on the World Cup, Ashes and selectors getting out to watch county cricket
Joe Root is a big fan of the new England kit
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Featured
/ 7 years agoIT SEEMS OLD HABITS DO STILL DIE HARD WITH ECB
MARTIN JOHNSON I don’t know this for sure, but I’ve always imagined that being accepted for the job of press officer...
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Featured
/ 7 years agoJohnson column: Tiger at Augusta? Nothing beats the comeback of David Gower
A washout at Cheltenham in the 1980s, surely no chance of play – at least is what players and the press...
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