All posts tagged "The Cricket Paper"
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International News
/ 9 years agoAdelaide still in pink as England prepare for big Ashes turn-on
Alison Mitchell analyses the ongoing experiment with day-night Tests and discovers the numbers are still stacking up What a difference a...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoFast man Thomas will give it all back to kids at Taunton
Jeremy Blackmore catches up with Alfonso Thomas after his return to Somerset as a coach Alfonso Thomas, the spearhead of Somerset’s...
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International News
/ 9 years agoRussell’s plaudits for ‘astonishing’ Bairstow
Richard Edwards speaks to an England great behind the stumps about the form of their current gloveman Jonny Bairstow has been...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Lose outgrounds and we start to lose touch
Essex’s decision not to play cricket at Colchester next season looks like the further erosion of a tradition that goes back...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoPaul Nixon column – Never get too high on praise or low on criticism
The media will always have a role to play in cricket. Whether it’s good things being written about you and your...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Rousing speeches work but so does laughter
Chandika Hathurusingha is not given to tub thumping but his words to Bangladesh’s cricketers, as they stood poised between victory and...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDream Team – James Taylor
Alastair Cook I think he is one of, if not the most, talented cricketers in the world right now. He’s a...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoSimon Sweetman column – Fagg’s amazing record stands unchallenged
The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events From time to time we might sit back and consider those cricketing records...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 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
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – Aussies on the ball in bid to end Ashes failures
Australia’s government has declared it will not do business with the UK until it has left the European Union but one...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMartin Johnson column – Old game springs to life just as T20 moves in for kill
Scientists have made a couple of important discoveries in the past week, but exciting though it is to think that there...
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International News
/ 10 years agoInside track on mad world of a cricketing glove story
Alison Mitchell discovers the trade secrets of three men who were often the unsung heroes as they stood behind the stumps...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoDerek Pringle column – Work to be done for Essex to shake off yo-yo tag
The biggest challenge of promotion it seems, for those teams which manage it like my old county Essex, is adapting to...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMarcus North column – Nice work Dizzy… A top coach but also a top man
Yorkshire are on the hunt for a new coach with Jason Gillespie returning to his homeland, having gained massive popularity in...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoPaul Nixon column – Batty’s call-up sending out right message
There would have been a few eyebrows raised last Friday when the announcement came through that Gareth Batty had been selected...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoMartin Johnson column – Let’s face up to real perils of touring…
There seems to have been a fair amount of tut-tutting and eyebrow raising over Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales opting out...
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International News
/ 10 years agoI’ll be on board, Eoin, and you should be, too
Chris Stocks can’t understand the reasoning behind Morgan and Hales’ decision not to tour The dust has now settled on Eoin...
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International News
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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
/ 10 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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