All posts tagged "The Cricket Paper"
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International News
/ 9 years agoIt was a battle that Tres simply could never win
Ten years on, Peter Hayter looks at the brave call by Marcus Trescothick to face his demons and leave the international...
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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 agoPaul Nixon column – I’d love to go for the hat-trick with Tallawahs and build up my coaching CV
What a couple of weeks it’s been! Caribbean Premier League winners for the second time then a wonderful family holiday in...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoOutgrounds – Middlesex
Dan Whiting looks at the stories behind some of the venues that Middlesex have used over the years Middlesex might be...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Ranking system is in need of change, or scrap it
To be the best has to incorporate a worthiness, which is why the International Cricket Council should resurrect plans for a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGraves is facing a mutiny in the shires over his plans for T20 city franchises
Richard Edwards talks to a selection of county members about where they see the future of domestic cricket and what needs...
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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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International News
/ 9 years agoYes, step on it James, it may just speed up a return to spin
Derek Pringle analyses the law surrounding bowlers running onto the pitch and offers an unexpected conclusion For bowlers, especially angry, fast...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Well, it’s cricket Jim, but not as we know it!
I have a question. Do people buy a ticket for a day at the Test match and then dress up as...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoOutgrounds – Leicestershire
When Gower rescued Taylor from a battering by snarling Sylvester Dan Whiting unearths some intriguing tales from Leicestershire’s forays into the...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMartin Johnson column – Let’s admit it, we’ve never had a leggie to stand on!
It wasn’t a huge surprise when Moeen Ali came waltzing down the pitch in the second innings at Lord’s. After all,...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – English game needs to give spin a chance
The recent heat wave should have had spinners all over England loosening their fingers. Even a few days of 90-degree weather...
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News
/ 10 years agoEngland basking in Knight’s new dawn
Adam Collins speaks to the England captain about a brilliant summer and a challenging future Six starts, six wins. Automatic qualification...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMartin Johnson column – Milton’s paradise not lost, thanks to snicko
The year is 2058 – the 50th anniversary of DRS in Test cricket – and the tannoy crackles into life at...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPeter Hayter column – Cheating Amir will be judged in house of Lord’s
The people of Taunton have spoken. The people of Hove will get their chance in the coming days. But the first...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPaul Nixon column – No score too large for Gayle and Co to chase
I am currently in Guyana preparing for the top of the table clash in the Caribbean Premier League. My Jamaica Tallawahs...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 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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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMartin Johnson column – I’ll use my factor 60, so please don’t zap me, Bruce!
It’s easily done. You’re just settling down for a cosy afternoon in front of the cricket when you accidentally sit down...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoICP Young Gun – Philip Salt
‘So in awe of Sobers, I took his takeaway’ Philip Salt can be forgiven a moment of embarrassment after realising he...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoRoom 101 – John Blain
Odd socks I can’t stand it when people wear odd socks, it drives me mad. It’s an OCD thing of mine,...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – There is pace… And there is raw pace like Tymal Mills
There is pace that hurries batsmen and then there is real pace that threatens their well-being, and Tymal Mills possesses the...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoICP Young Gun – Kamau Leverock
‘My 20st uncle made a splash, now I want it to be my turn’ If you do not recognise Dwayne Leverock...
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International News
/ 10 years agoThere is more to Gayle than the bling and the bravado
Alison Mitchell meets the Universe Boss and discovers a man still trying to understand why he has been engulfed in controversy...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Leicestershire – 2001 runners up Sunday League and C&G Trophy
By Neil Fissler Neil Burns admits that Leicestershire were disappointed not to have ended the 2001 season with at least one...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMartin Johnson column – There’d be no fun if Geoffrey’s mum was at No.11
There are one or two instances in which Wisden’s claim to be cricket’s unimpeachable bible fails to stand up to serious...
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