Middlesex 24 March 2024 0 comments Ground: Lord’s Cricket Ground, London Captain: Toby Roland-Jones (CC), Stevie Eskinazi (ODC/T20) 2023 results: CC2: 9/10; ODC: 7/9 Group A; […]
A method to Jack’s madness 13 August 2023 0 comments RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It is apt that, during a summer in which the bucket hat is once again […]
Ashes war of words is nothing new 25 June 2023 0 comments Verbals are flying this summer but these two rivals have seen and heard it all before, writes James Wallace We’re […]
IT COULD BE WORSE JOE – INDEED IT HAS BEEN! 20 June 2021 0 comments Richard Edwards looks back to 1999 when England were officially the worst Test side in world cricket There was certainly […]
TEWATIA HAS SPARKED MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE IPL 4 October 2020 0 comments James Wallace admits he has been surprisingly taken in by the IPL so far – and, in particular, the performance […]
HAMEED: WHY I IGNORE PRAISE AND CRITICISM 12 April 2019 0 comments Paul Edwards finds that the recent struggles faced by the young Lancashire and England batsman have been met with a […]
TOP-CLASS DISPLAYS AND GREAT SPIRIT, IT HAD IT ALL 14 September 2018 0 comments Good sports: India players shake hands with England captain Alastair Cook PICTURE: Getty Images With Test cricket under fire from […]
Good guy Alastair Cook knew cricket had to be enjoyed, not endured 13 September 2018 0 comments Peter Hayter pays tribute to England’s record-breaking opener who rides off into the sunset at Essex
WHY WOAKES WOULD ALWAYS BE THE GOLD STANDARD FOR GILES 17 August 2018 0 comments Ecstatic: Chris Woakes celebrates his maiden century for England at Lord’s Peter Hayter reveals that England’s man of the moment […]
Happy birthday Wooders – cricket’s elder statesman 10 August 2018 0 comments Peter Hayter enjoys an afternoon in Hampshire sharing celebratory reminiscences with a journalistic legend Doyen Down Under: John Woodcock takes […]
Three-sy does it! The match when the Gooch ramrod could just do no wrong 27 July 2018 0 comments Class act: Robin Smith smashed a fine century ACTION REPLAY We can do no More! India wicket-keeper Kiran More can […]
FAITHFUL FANS MUST NEVER BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED 16 March 2018 0 comments DEREK PRINGLE Full capacity: Lord’s invariably sells out for Test matches PICTURE: Getty Images Test cricket still seems to fill […]
20 YEARS ON WE’RE STILL TRANSFIXED BY ENIGMA OF RAMPS 9 March 2018 0 comments Land-Mark: Mark Ramprakash played, arguably, his finest innings for England 20 years ago this week, in Barbados PICTURE: Getty Images […]
Sorry, but the jury’s still out on Stokes’ return… 2 March 2018 0 comments Peter Hayter reports how Ben Stokes was back to his brilliant best on Wednesday – both on the field and […]
Hayter column: Amid the doom and gloom, let’s savour the feeling of the new season 27 February 2018 0 comments Peter Hayter points towards comments made by Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon about player contracts and prospects of a conference-format County Championship
BALLANCE JOINS THE OTHER LORD LUCANS OF THE ASHES 2 February 2018 0 comments MARTIN JOHNSON Back in 1986, when the search for Lord Lucan was still at its height, it wouldn’t have come […]
Daffy played Diana and Beefy was full of rabbit! 29 December 2017 0 comments Richard Edwards looks back on an iconic Xmas gathering that paved the way for one of England’s most famous Test […]
PLAY AS IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE, ALASTAIR 22 December 2017 0 comments Doing it his way: But maybe Alastair Cook should be more aggressive at the MCG PICTURE: Getty Images PETER HAYTER […]
THERE’S FAR MORE THAN JUST IS AT PRIDE WHICH IS AT STAKE HERE! 22 December 2017 0 comments The Ashes may have gone, but Peter Hayter suggests England still have plenty to play for at the MCG next […]
England’s quickest – Peter Hayter on facing a delivery from paceman Devon Malcolm 19 December 2017 0 comments Remember when Malcolm uprooted Steve Waugh’s off stump? Of course you do, our man on his experience facing the England bowler
BIG AL’S WIT AFTER BUMBLE’S DELIVERY 15 December 2017 0 comments GOOD to see the legend that is Alan Mullally coming back to his quirky self after a tough period, the […]
A barmy morning in the Edgbaston sunshine… 8 December 2017 0 comments It’s 1997 and England enjoy a dream start in the Ashes. Sadly, old ghosts were still lurking, writes Richard Edwards […]
BATTERED BY BORDER RAID 1 December 2017 0 comments Paul Edwards continues his look into the Ashes archive and this week it’s a massive home reverse for England which […]
Hero Headley is still remembered for that magic spell in Melbourne! 17 November 2017 0 comments ACTION REPLAY Richard Edwards looks back at Dean Headley’s remarkable feats in 1998 as England dragged themselves back into it […]
When Daffy and Devon gave England a brief respite from the Nineties pain 3 November 2017 0 comments Richard Edwards recalls an incredible Test in Adelaide more than 20 years ago when the Barmy Army was rocking and […]