Tag: West Indies

Where are they now? Northants – Runners-up, NatWest Trophy & B&H Cup 1987

27 October 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Geoff Cook admits that he still cannot believe that Northants failed to win a trophy in 1987 […]

It was fast and furious but how many will miss the WACA?

20 October 2015 0 comments

Tristan Lavalette locates a love-hate relationship as the end looms for one of cricket’s most iconic grounds… Known universally simply […]

Where are they now? Surrey – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1979

20 October 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Alan Butcher admits his abiding memory of Surrey’s Benson & Hedges Cup defeat to Essex was walking […]

Looking back – England’s victory over Pakistan in Karachi in 2000

6 October 2015 0 comments

Tim Wigmore reveals how England upset the odds in a stirring series win away to Pakistan in 2000… As dusk […]

Key Ashes battles

7 July 2015 0 comments

We look at some of the key battles that could decide the location of the urn.

Paul Nixon: It’s been great so far but Ballance is a worry

1 July 2015 0 comments

The best one-day international series I can ever recall in England may have ended but that has only whetted the appetite for the months ahead.

Where are they now? Kent – 1995 AXA Sunday League winners

2 June 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler STEVE MARSH admits that Kent were desperate to end 1995 with a trophy in the Canterbury cabinet […]

Trevor Bayliss named as England’s new head coach

26 May 2015 0 comments

Bayliss will take up his new role in June and will have Paul Farbrace as his assistant.

Dream Team – Peter Handscomb

13 May 2015 0 comments

CHRIS ROGERS – Victoria He’s just a phenomenal player and his record speaks for itself. He took a while to get into […]

Where are they now? Glamorgan – 1993 AXA Equity & Law League winners

5 May 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Tony Cottey wrote himself into Glamorgan history when he hooked Kent’s Duncan Spencer to fine leg to […]

England announce squad for Ireland ODI

28 April 2015 0 comments

ENGLAND have named their squad for the upcoming ODI against Ireland, with a lot of the big names being rested. […]

Marathonbet’s Cricket World Cup Odds

6 February 2015 0 comments

With the ICC Cricket World Cup fast approaching, Marathonbet are offering a huge 16/1 on England winning the tournament. This […]

Peter Hayter: This Is How You Could End The ODI Shambles

10 September 2014 1 comment

Ah, the innocence of youth. Lord knows what Alastair Cook, Peter Moores, James Whitaker and Paul Downton would have made of such thoughts, but it took the teenage progeny of a colleague to put in a nutshell what many currently feel about England’s 50 over performances.

Brenton Parchment Not Giving Up On West Indies Test Hopes

27 May 2014 0 comments

IT IS six years since Brenton Parchment played Test cricket but, with the help of Haslingden, the jet-setting all-rounder still holds the faintest of hopes for a return to the top.

Yorkshire’s Lauren Winfield Has Sights Set On Test Cricket

20 May 2014 0 comments

YORKSHIRE captain and among England’s first generation of professional female cricketers – Lauren Winfield has a lot to be excited about.

Peter Hayter: It’s Time To Loosen The Gag And Tell The Truth

15 May 2014 0 comments

Some years ago it was my task, on behalf of a group of reporters covering a county cricket match at the Oval, to approach one of the umpires after close of play to ask why he had felt it necessary to step in when one of the Surrey batsmen squared up to a couple of the Gloucestershire players that afternoon.

Royal London Launch One-Day Sponsorship

7 May 2014 0 comments

ROYAL LONDON, the UK’s leading life and pensions company, launched its sponsorship of one-day cricket yesterday at Covent Garden with a host of domestic cricket stars.

Moeen Ali Hoping To Make It The Year To Fear The Beard

23 April 2014 0 comments

NEW ROAD has a special name for Moeen Ali. They’re calling him “The Beard That’s Feared”. It’s on the board at the Black Pear Refreshment stall at the back of the Basil D’Oliveira Stand and, much to the delight of the chap in the Worcestershire Club Shop under the new hotel, it’s on the T-shirts he was selling at a healthy rate during their first home match of the season against Kent.

Where Are They Now? Kent’s 1970 Champions

9 April 2014 0 comments

KENT celebrated their centenary in 1970 and it appeared that there would be little to celebrate by July 1 when they were bottom of the County Championship.