All posts tagged "Ian Botham"
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/ 7 years agoHayter column: Arise Sir Jimmy Anderson! The letter should be on its way
Peter Hayter writes why it is time for England's leading Test wicket-taker to earn his rightful place like Sir Alastair Cook
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/ 7 years agoArise Sir Jimmy! Even Cook must step aside
Peter Hayter says James Anderson is thoroughly deserving of his place among English peerage and indeed among the world’s cricketing elite...
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/ 7 years ago“To score 43 first-class hundreds and never get to represent your country?” – Trego bemoans Hildreth being frozen out by England
Somerset legend Trego makes point during interview about his own 18-year career
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/ 7 years agoWhen careless Gower ruined Gooch’s lunch
Peter Hayter questions those who leap to the defence of players who always choose to take the attacking option Oops! David...
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/ 7 years agoColly was one of the best ever, says Beefy
By Jon Couch SIR IAN BOTHAM says Paul Collingwood will go down as “one of cricket’s best ever all-rounders” following his...
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/ 7 years agoBOTHAM MY TOP ENGLAND MAN BUT JIMMY’S EARNED HIS ACCOLADE TOO
Derek Pringle casts his analytical eye over the debate about who is England’s best ever Test match player Main men: Jimmy...
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/ 7 years agoALASTAIR HAD TO GO, HE ONLY HAD RUNS TO OFFER!
MARTIN JOHNSON I’d been having this recurring dream, in which two smartly dressed young men were sitting opposite each other on...
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/ 7 years agoJohnson’s young gun living life to the Max
By Roderick Easdale Star man MAX HOLDEN – Middlesex: The young left-hander dug in determinedly in tricky conditions on the first...
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/ 7 years agoFANCY A NATTER? COUNTY CRICKET IS FOR YOU
MARTIN JOHNSON If you want an old-fashioned day out at the cricket, there are few better venues than the County Ground,...
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/ 7 years agoPringle column: Why does trouble always seem to find our great all-rounders?
Why is it always all-rounders?
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/ 7 years agoHow Glenn McGrath set the benchmark for mastering Lord’s
As Mick Hunt puts his feet up after 49 years of tending the wicket at the Home of Cricket, Derek Pringle...
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/ 7 years agoWHY DOES TROUBLE ALWAYS SEEM TO STALK OUR ALL ACTION HEROES?
Pot and pedalos: Ian Botham, left, and Andrew Flintoff PICTURES: Getty Images Bristol brawl: Ben Stokes at his trial this week...
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/ 7 years agoPRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT
Sorry, but ecb should charge stokes Derek Pringle disagrees with those who believe Stokes should not face a second ‘trial’…but expects...
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/ 7 years agoHOW METRONOMIC MCGRATH SET TEMPLATE FOR MASTE ERY AT LORD’S
Derek Pringle analyses how the Australian pace legend bowled at HQ and offers some advice to today’s stars The pitch for...
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/ 7 years agoLORD’S CAN BE MAGICAL, BUT ALSO SCARY, FOR DEBUTANTS
It will be a nerve-racking business for Ollie Pope to make his Test debut at Lord’s – just like I did...
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/ 7 years agoDial 999 for drama and take a look back through England’s Test match archive
Roderick Easdale trawls through the Test match record books as England prepare for their milestone encounter with India next month On...
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/ 7 years agoARISE SIR HAWKEYE! BUT YOU’RE NO MATCH FOR DICKIE
MARTIN JOHNSON When the TV cameras panned around the crowd during the third and final ODI at Headingley, they alighted upon...
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/ 7 years agoWILL WE EVER SEE THE LIKE OFEMBERS AND PHIL?
MARTIN JOHNSON When it comes to establishing where English cricket currently stands in turning out top-quality spin bowlers, you’d have to...
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/ 7 years agoRashid leapfrogs Swann to become England’s new No.1
By Chris Stocks at Emirates Riverside Sparking a comeback? David Willey took four late wickets for England PICTURE: Getty Images ADIL...
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/ 8 years agoANOTHER EXAMPLE OF TEST CRICKET’S DEMISE…
PETER HAY TER Thanks for coming: The public were left wanting to see more of this Pakistan side PICTURE: Getty Images...
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/ 8 years agoMike Brearley talks sandpapergate and England-Australia rivalry
Mike Brearley earned his reputation as one of England’s greatest captains when his brilliant handling of a downtrodden Ian Botham transformed...
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/ 8 years agoDON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER –NOSTALGIA IS IN THE PAST
Isabelle We s tbury Clash: Mike Gatting and Shakoor Rana in 1987 are proof that that hot-headedness is nothing new in...
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/ 8 years agoThe sex and drug-fuelled tour to New Zealand that never was…
Graeme Fowler recalls the 1983-84 tour, in which he was an innocent party, that led him to having his bag searched...
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/ 8 years agoSex and drug-fuelled tour that never was…
ACTION REPLAY As England falter in New Zealand, Richard Edwards gets the lowdown on a controversial tour there 34 years ago...
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/ 8 years ago400-CLUB…IT’S NOT BAD FOR A WANNABE BATSMAN!
DEREK PRINGLE Star pupil: Stuart Broad has learned his trade to become a true great of the game PICTURE: Getty Images...
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