Features and Columns

This is where you will find all The Cricket Paper’s Features and Columns, opinion and content.

Paul Nixon column – Sorry, but there’ll be no Vardy style tale in cricket

17 January 2017 0 comments

With the 2017 season not too far away, counties will be looking at any late big signings they can make, […]

Martin Johnson column – You don’t need style to make runs, just ask Colly!

17 January 2017 0 comments

I was watching a clip from an oldTest match the other day and was mildly surprised, given that the Government’s […]

Tristan Lavalette column – Aussies gearing up for an Ashes hijack…

10 January 2017 0 comments

There is much goodwill suddenly fostering within Australian cricket after a successful rebirth and seamless transition into a new era. […]

County Archives – Sussex 2003

10 January 2017 0 comments

Hove’s first Championship was 164 years in the making Respected cricket writer Paul Edwards goes back to the early days […]

Derek Pringle column – One-day revival can take pressure off suits

10 January 2017 0 comments

The Champions Trophy next June will be England’s main white-ball focus for the medium term, but they could do with […]

Martin Johnson column – England keep the faith in golden oldies…

10 January 2017 0 comments

IT would have made for an interesting scene. A grey haired, confused looking chap looks up at a man wearing […]

Paul Nixon column – I’m all for Kolpaks, they’re improving our game

4 January 2017 0 comments

Simon Harmer, Stiaan van Zyl and Hardus Viljoen have all played for South Africa in the past 12 months but […]

Tim Wigmore – 2016 Associate awards

3 January 2017 0 comments

Afghans land my top prize … but Ireland must shape up 2016 was another engrossing year of Associate cricket, even if […]

Club Spotlight – Sheffield Collegiate CC

3 January 2017 0 comments

Stardust is sprinkled by Vaughan and Root Jimmy Booker discovers that Sheffield Collegiate still holds a place in the hearts […]

Derek Pringle column – That old nemesis that you just can’t shake off

3 January 2017 0 comments

Alastair Cook was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja six times in 10 innings on England’s recent tour of India, an incident […]

Martin Johnson column – Players can get teed off with Press sometimes… Don’t I know!

20 December 2016 0 comments

If I had a fiver for every time a cricketer has said: “I never read the newspapers” I’d be a […]

Peter Hayter column – Cook has earned right to decide destiny

20 December 2016 0 comments

For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings It’s that […]

Derek Pringle column – At Last, a law to help out the poor bowler!

20 December 2016 0 comments

Among all the law changes proposed by MCC’s World Cricket Committee comes the shock that one is designed to aid […]

Paul Nixon column – ‘Sending offs’ set to open up a can of worms

13 December 2016 0 comments

The MCC met in Mumbai this week and introduced a new set of laws that will be introduced to the […]

Martin Johnson column – Always trouble when the wags are in town

13 December 2016 0 comments

Dubai seemed like an appropriate venue for England’s cricketers to nip off to and recharge their batteries. You could argue […]

County archives – Derbyshire 1936

13 December 2016 0 comments

The local lads who delivered the county’s finest moment Respected cricket writer Paul Edwards goes back 80 years to run […]

Tristan Lavalette column – Enough is enough. Let’s stop Shielding the blame

13 December 2016 0 comments

For Australia and its beleaguered fans, a ray of sunshine has suddenly emerged from the bleak clouds thickening after a […]

Paul Nixon column – Jennings and Daws sensible picks for England

6 December 2016 0 comments

Keaton Jennings and Liam Dawson have been picked to replace the injured duo of Haseeb Hameed and Zafar Ansari in […]

Martin Johnson column – Gloves labours lost – Or a comedy of errors

6 December 2016 0 comments

The first cricket related Christmas present I ever got was a scorers’ book, although I’d only got through one pencil […]

County archives – Durham 2013

6 December 2016 0 comments

When Onions and the boys showed that Northeast spirit… Continuing our new series, Paul Edwards rewinds only three years to […]

Derek Pringle column – Lose outgrounds and we start to lose touch

6 December 2016 0 comments

Essex’s decision not to play cricket at Colchester next season looks like the further erosion of a tradition that goes […]

Paul Nixon column – Never get too high on praise or low on criticism

16 November 2016 0 comments

The media will always have a role to play in cricket. Whether it’s good things being written about you and […]

Martin Johnson column – Didn’t bat, didn’t bowl, didn’t field, but, hey, was I man of the series?

16 November 2016 0 comments

When it comes to the Ashes, it is not uncommon for both countries to turn to dry humour in times […]

County archives – Lancashire 1956

16 November 2016 0 comments

Title drought could have ended had Edrich led throughout Continuing our new series, cricket writer Paul Edwards looks back on […]

Associates – Why it’s time for the emerging nations to follow baseball’s lead

16 November 2016 0 comments

Tim Wigmore’s weekly look at the game below the Test-playing nations If a tree falls in a forest and no […]

Features and Columns

Paul Nixon column – Sorry, but there’ll be no Vardy style tale in cricket

Martin Johnson column – You don’t need style to make runs, just ask Colly!

Tristan Lavalette column – Aussies gearing up for an Ashes hijack…

County Archives – Sussex 2003

Derek Pringle column – One-day revival can take pressure off suits

Martin Johnson column – England keep the faith in golden oldies…

Paul Nixon column – I’m all for Kolpaks, they’re improving our game

Tim Wigmore – 2016 Associate awards

Club Spotlight – Sheffield Collegiate CC

Derek Pringle column – That old nemesis that you just can’t shake off

Martin Johnson column – Players can get teed off with Press sometimes… Don’t I know!

Peter Hayter column – Cook has earned right to decide destiny

Derek Pringle column – At Last, a law to help out the poor bowler!

Paul Nixon column – ‘Sending offs’ set to open up a can of worms

Martin Johnson column – Always trouble when the wags are in town

County archives – Derbyshire 1936

Tristan Lavalette column – Enough is enough. Let’s stop Shielding the blame

Paul Nixon column – Jennings and Daws sensible picks for England

Martin Johnson column – Gloves labours lost – Or a comedy of errors

County archives – Durham 2013

Derek Pringle column – Lose outgrounds and we start to lose touch

Paul Nixon column – Never get too high on praise or low on criticism

Martin Johnson column – Didn’t bat, didn’t bowl, didn’t field, but, hey, was I man of the series?

County archives – Lancashire 1956

Associates – Why it’s time for the emerging nations to follow baseball’s lead

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