Tag: newspaper

SANDWICH LIVES UP TO SWANTON’S OPTIMISM

25 January 2019 0 comments

Bradley Adams finds that one of the nation’s historic clubs has revived its fortunes by focusing on young talent and […]

ON GUARD! FAREWELL TO TROTT, THE MOLE BOTHERER

28 September 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON No sooner have we said farewell to Paul Collingwood than Jonathan Trott calls it a day – grim […]

WHO WOULD BE A STATS MAN? THE LIST THESE DAYS IS ENDLESS

20 July 2018 0 comments

The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events SIMON SWEETMAN Pity, perhaps, the poor statistician with records and stats to […]

PICKING A DUFFERS XI? YOU’D BE HERE ALL DAY…

8 June 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON Regular viewers of Sky’s closeof- play cricket programme The Verdict may be surprised to learn that the death […]

Root: We shouldn’t measure 100-ball idea against other formats of cricket

24 April 2018 0 comments

Joe Root weighs into the argument over whether new 100-ball format is the right way to go for the ECB’s new limited-overs league

India look to legalise gambling to help fight match fixing

21 February 2018 0 comments

Prohibition has always been a very controversial and widely debated topic. For as long as humans have enjoyed certain vices […]

THE GOOD OL’ CRICKET PRESS BOX IS JUST NOT THE SAME

19 January 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON When Arsene Wenger opted to serve a touchline ban in the press box recently, I found myself hoping […]

Ifs and butts of Ben and Jonny are keeping us in the pink…

1 December 2017 0 comments

Adam Collins and GeoffLemon, our two Aussie journos, fly into Adelaide for the second Test trying to digest the startling […]

SNOW, A POET WITH PACE

10 November 2017 0 comments

Sussex paceman put cutting edge into Illy’s ruthless 1970/71 tourists Paul Edwards continues his look into the Ashes archive by […]

LET’S NOT DENY THE WINDIES THEIR MOMENT

8 September 2017 0 comments

WHAT a win that was for the West Indies, the whole place is buzzing about it and it’s been front […]

When Broad revenge became a real tweet

14 July 2017 0 comments

By Peter Hayter Happy hunting: Stuart Broad likes Nottingham AS revenges go, the one Stuart Broad enjoyed the last time […]

Fond farewell to Misbah and Younis, two of the very best

23 May 2017 0 comments

While Yasir Shah celebrated wildly to mark a first Test series victory for Pakistan in the West Indies, all eyes instinctively turned towards Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan, given that this was also the last time both would be seen in Pakistani colours.