All posts tagged "Ian Botham"
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Features
/ 9 years agoOnions: Botham and Wood can revive defiant defiant Durham
Chris Stocks Chris Stocks discovers why, despite everything, there is a feeling of optimism in the north east. Remaining positive: Even...
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Features
/ 9 years agoInjuries or calls by England may stretch a squad that’s paper thin
By Charlie Talbot-Smith THERE is some good news for Durham to take into the new season. Sir Ian Botham is back...
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Features
/ 9 years agoPakistan in 1992 had its moments but the Sri Lankan series nine years later was worse
Following a fiery contest between India and the Aussies, Derek Pringle recalls two tempestuous series of old… Flare up: Umpire Arani...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoTHE BEST LAID PLANS… ARE THOSE YOU COME TO LATE
TWENTY FIVE YEARS ON, IT REMAINS THE BEST WE’VE HAD DEREK PRINGLE With Andrew Strauss already triggering plans for England’s 2019...
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Features
/ 9 years agoGooch stayed dignified while Botham despaired… (and Javed is still not out)
Peter Hayter recalls how Derek Pringle was deprived of giving England what would have been their only World Cup THE STORY...
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Features
/ 9 years agoEngland’s route to the final
GROUP STAGES ● Feb 22, Perth: England 236-9 beat India 227 by 9 runs England won the toss and chose to...
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Features
/ 9 years agoWhat life has dealt to the boys of ’92 since coming so close to final glory
Back Row: Neil Fairbrother, Richard Illingworth, Phil Tufnell, Gladstone Small, Derek Pringle, Graeme Hick, Chris Lewis, Dermot Reeve, Laurie Brown (physio)....
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Club Cricket
/ 9 years agoShield cricket could be just the ticket for Hampshire’s Crane
English cricket fans are used to seeing overseas players in domestic cricket but they are a rarer sight in Australia.
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Not many tweaks needed to keep Tests relevant
One of the slogans coming from England’s new captain and his deputy, is their mission to make people “fall in love...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoCounty Archives – Nottinghamshire 1981
Rice’s relentless charges proved too strong for all-comers Paul Edwards casts his county net back 36 years to look at the...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoBotham to be appointed Durham chairman
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Sir Ian Botham is set to be appointed as the new chairman of Durham this...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Touring used to be fun – ask Gower about it!
One of the great bonuses of playing cricket for England is getting to see all those new, exciting and exotic places....
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Botham! There’s an all-round talent for you Trev…
Every now and then, I find myself being overpowered by that dark and irresistible force known as ‘Fred Trueman Syndrome’. All...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – My class of ‘92 has edge over Morgan’s mavericks
Until the current England 50-over team began ripping up the record books, the general consensus was that the team which contested...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Remember, fifth day gave us Botham’s ‘miracle’
England’s victory in the third Test at Edgbaston was a shot in the arm for five-day Test cricket, but it was...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Squabbles, insults, threats… Oh yes, it’s Pakistan!
England and Pakistan will not be playing for anything tangible this summer, like the Ashes, but given that their cricketing history...
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International News
/ 10 years agoEngland lost throughout the 1990s – because rivals were the all-time greats
Emma John knew nothing but defeat as a fan of 90s England. But were Atherton’s Army really that bad? It can...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – Beefy and his Brexit call can change cricket
The uncertainty over Brexit is not limited to big business and little Englanders. Much of the country’s sport could be radically...
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Club Cricket
/ 10 years agoRain Card is always a big gamble…
Dan Whiting reveals how the weather forecast is at the centre of one of the game’s greatest, and most long-lasting, conundrums...
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International News
/ 10 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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International News
/ 10 years agoWe’ll miss Brendon McCullum…
Derek Pringle looks at the spectacular career of a New Zealand icon and his legacy in international cricket Brendon McCullum is...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 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
/ 10 years agoEngland’s greatest overseas series victories
England’s recent away wins set Joshua Peck thinking about some past triumphs Victories in South Africa and India are no mean...
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International News
/ 10 years agoLooking back – England v Pakistan series 1992
On paper, it’s a nothing contest: a dead rubber with England already in an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match limited-overs...
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Features and Columns
/ 11 years agoWhere are they now? Somerset – 1979 Gillette Cup and Sunday League double
By Neil Fissler Brian Rose admits that Somerset were determined not to repeat their mistakes of 12 months earlier as they...
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