All posts tagged "Test cricket"

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  International News

  / 2 years ago

  Shastri calls for Test cricket to be streamlined

  By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat Test cricket needs to be reduced to six or seven teams to maintain interest in the format...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Featured

  / 2 years ago

  ANYONE FOR TENNIS?

  Richard Clarke Richard Clarke wonders, with Test cricket likely to be played in a window in future, what the sport could...

  By Richard Clarke
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  Latest News

  / 2 years ago

  “Until or unless you beat India or be competitive against them, the world will not recognise you” – Ramiz Raja

  By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat THE future of Pakistani cricket will come from thinking outside the box and doing everything possible to...

  By admin
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  Latest News

  / 2 years ago

  “My contests against Jimmy were some of my favourites” – Graeme Smith

  By Paul Eddison, Sportsbeat GRAEME Smith has paid tribute to Jimmy Anderson, citing their battles among his favourite contests of his...

  By admin
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  Latest News

  / 2 years ago

  THANK YOU JIMMY

  By Matt Thacker Jimmy Anderson will bid farewell to Test cricket at Lord’s this week as he ends a phenomenal career...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Derek Pringle

  / 2 years ago

  JIMMY SWANSONG SHINES LIGHT ON FRAGILE FUTURE

  DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle Just in case anyone thought the upcoming Lord’s Test against the West Indies was a sentimental farewell to...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Ben Gardner

  / 2 years ago

  Join the Club: Sangakkara’s village outing

  BEN GARDNERR The appearance of Kumar Sangakkara for a lowly club side got Ben Gardner thinking Looking back, of that generation...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Annie Chave

  / 2 years ago

  Supersize me – The rise and rise of the cult cricketer

  ANNIE CHAVE As the ECB and the counties discuss financial terms for the privatisation of the Hundred in the England and...

  By Annie Chave
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  Ben Gardner

  / 2 years ago

  Get excited, get very excited

  BEN GARDNER It rarely takes the very best long to resume normal service after some time out. Think Steve Smith scoring...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  Topley aiming to be top of the world

  By Richard Edwards It’s a measure of Reece Topley’s longevity that he first played in a T20 World Cup as far...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Annie Chave

  / 2 years ago

  Finding a second home

  ANNIE CHAVE At the end of the 2020 season when, after 15 years playing and coaching on the county circuit, Australian...

  By Annie Chave
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  Darren Stevens

  / 2 years ago

  Slaughtered seamers need not despair

  DARREN STEVENS The T20 World Cup begins next Saturday hard on the heels of the Indian Premier League in which arguably...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  IPL

  / 2 years ago

  Jacks of all trades

  By Richard Edwards Some players don’t take long to leave an imprint on their coach. Quite literally. Neil Stewart, a man...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  Jimmy in numbers

  Here are a few of the numbers confirming Anderson as one of cricket’s true greats: 187 – Test matches, second to...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  Ben Gardner

  / 2 years ago

  Lancs losses in sharp relief against Surrey’s success

  BEN GARDNER "We need two extra points.” Head coach Gareth Batty, speaking at the end of Surrey’s latest dismantling of a...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  A Cricket Life

  / 2 years ago

  A Cricket Life with Mike Hussey

  A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the run machine-turned-commentator on a life spent...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  News

  / 2 years ago

  What’s in The Cricket Paper: 19/05/24

  In the week after England’s greatest ever bowler announced his retirement from test cricket, Mark Butcher pays tribute to Jimmy Anderson...

  By Nick Powell
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  Jimmy’s set for a key role as coach

  By Matt Green A role as a bowling consultant looks set to be the future career path for Jimmy Anderson after...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  County News/The Hundred

  / 2 years ago

  Seconds best for player development

  By Richard Edwards It was significant that Joe Root was used as the mouthpiece for the PCA’s call last week for...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  A Cricket Life

  / 2 years ago

  A Cricket Life with Greg Chappell

  A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the Australian batting legend on the highs...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  County News/The Hundred

  / 2 years ago

  Holden sticks to traditional values

  By Jon Batham With the 2024 IPL resembling baseball more and more by the day, and scores going through the roof,...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  The Definitive...

  / 2 years ago

  The Definitive Matthew Hoggard

  The ex-England, Yorkshire and Leicestershire seamer picks out the moments which shaped his outstanding career The step up 3rd XI to...

  By The Cricket Paper Team
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  England News

  / 2 years ago

  Key backs Archer to be England’s ‘special’ one at T20 World Cup

  Rob Key has backed Jofra Archer to prove he is England’s “special” one at the T20 World Cup but admits he...

  By Nick Powell
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  Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'

  / 2 years ago

  Listening to the voices of reason

  Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler Picture the scene. In 20 years’ time, the first Grumbler grandchild clambers upon my knee as...

  By Richard Clarke
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  Mark Butcher

  / 2 years ago

  Cook proves he has the ingredients for test cricket

  Mark Butcher The decision to use the Kookaburra ball, as opposed to the Dukes, for the opening two rounds of the...

  By The Cricket Paper Team