Features and Columns

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

Paul Nixon column – All counties need equal TV exposure

14 June 2016 1 comment

With the One-Day Cup and T20 Blast now in full flow, there is plenty of county action on our TV […]

Where are they now? Warwickshire – John Player Sunday League Champions 1980

14 June 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Andy Lloyd remembers well Bob Willis’ first season in charge of Warwickshire as it brought about a […]

Martin Johnson column – There are some guys who just thrive off being bad

13 June 2016 0 comments

A nicer man than Vic Marks would be hard to find, and the dialogue as he walked out to bat […]

Room 101 – Calum MacLeod

13 June 2016 0 comments

Traffic jams I hate anything which delays me getting somewhere but, more specifically, 50 mph speed restrictions bother me. Going […]

Dream Team – Gary Pratt

13 June 2016 0 comments

The former Durham batsman picks the best XI he has played with and against… Jimmy Maher – retired Jimmy came […]

Paul Nixon column – I’d have hated to umpire if Dev was bowling

7 June 2016 0 comments

Of all the performances to come out of the recent second Test in Durham, from Moeen Ali’s attacking century to […]

Where are they now? Leicestershire – 2001 runners up Sunday League and C&G Trophy

7 June 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Neil Burns admits that Leicestershire were disappointed not to have ended the 2001 season with at least […]

Martin Johnson column – There’d be no fun if Geoffrey’s mum was at No.11

6 June 2016 0 comments

There are one or two instances in which Wisden’s claim to be cricket’s unimpeachable bible fails to stand up to […]

Peter Hayter column – Why the ICC masterplan should not spare Ashes

6 June 2016 0 comments

A cautious welcome to the ICC’s proposal to offer those nations currently excluded from the closed shop of Test cricket […]

Derek Pringle column – Finn must eye up the prey and hit the deck hard

6 June 2016 0 comments

There is another game Steven Finn appears to be playing alongside cricket at the moment – Snakes and Ladders. Finn, […]

Paul Nixon column – Batters beware: A team can fold any time

30 May 2016 0 comments

It’s been nice to see wickets falling in the County Championship now after batsmen dominated the opening few weeks, but […]

Where are they now? Glamorgan – National League winners 2002 & 2004

30 May 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Mike Powell believes that the key strength of Glamorgan at the turn of the millennium was that […]

Peter Hayter column – It’s poor timing again for Graves & T20 Blast

30 May 2016 0 comments

On the face of it, the eve of the start of this season’s NatWest Blast should have been the ideal […]

Martin Johnson column – ‘Sorry, you will have to write it in office. I can’t cope’

29 May 2016 0 comments

It’s not difficult to conjure up the scene in the Sri Lankan dressing room just before the start of the […]

Paul Nixon column – Thank God… it’s not like Nineties anymore

23 May 2016 0 comments

It wasn’t just in the international set-up that there were ups and downs in the 1990s. The Nineties era was […]

Martin Johnson column – Cozier: A radio star and a top party host to boot

23 May 2016 1 comment

Cricket down here is the poorer for his passing, but for listeners to the celestial version of Test Match Special […]

Derek Pringle column – North v South… It’s not so cut and dry for me

16 May 2016 0 comments

It is difficult to know whether the North v South one-day series stated for next March is an innovation, a […]

Paul Nixon column – Westley has look of future England Test star

16 May 2016 0 comments

Tom Westley has not been selected in England’s squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka, but if he carries […]

Peter Hayter column – There’s plenty of spice in this fiery contest

16 May 2016 0 comments

Stand by for the resumption of the second-longest running feud in world cricket. When England take on Sri Lanka in […]

Martin Johnson column – Cricket! A game for men in white coats…

10 May 2016 0 comments

It’s not long now until the first Test between England and Sri Lanka gets under way at Headingley, and let’s […]

Associates column – Cricket can enjoy its own Leicester City moment…

10 May 2016 0 comments

By Tim Wigmore From 5,000-1 outsiders to title winners. No wonder the tale of Leicester City has resonated far beyond […]

Paul Nixon column – Quality bowlers rising to top during run fests

10 May 2016 0 comments

All the early season talk has been of how the batsmen are scoring mountains of runs, resulting in most games […]

My Life in Cricket – Chris Tremlett

10 May 2016 0 comments

At school I was more of a batting all-rounder, I’d bat at three and bowl a bit of medium pace. […]

Peter Hayter column – England must be bold and have a go with spin

9 May 2016 0 comments

It might be as well to preface the following remarks with an admission that I fear what I am about […]

Derek Pringle column – It’s time to make it harder to win the run chase

9 May 2016 0 comments

They always say the chase is the best bit to life but that has been taken to extremes in this […]

Features and Columns

Paul Nixon column – All counties need equal TV exposure

Where are they now? Warwickshire – John Player Sunday League Champions 1980

Martin Johnson column – There are some guys who just thrive off being bad

Room 101 – Calum MacLeod

Dream Team – Gary Pratt

Paul Nixon column – I’d have hated to umpire if Dev was bowling

Where are they now? Leicestershire – 2001 runners up Sunday League and C&G Trophy

Martin Johnson column – There’d be no fun if Geoffrey’s mum was at No.11

Peter Hayter column – Why the ICC masterplan should not spare Ashes

Derek Pringle column – Finn must eye up the prey and hit the deck hard

Paul Nixon column – Batters beware: A team can fold any time

Where are they now? Glamorgan – National League winners 2002 & 2004

Peter Hayter column – It’s poor timing again for Graves & T20 Blast

Martin Johnson column – ‘Sorry, you will have to write it in office. I can’t cope’

Paul Nixon column – Thank God… it’s not like Nineties anymore

Martin Johnson column – Cozier: A radio star and a top party host to boot

Derek Pringle column – North v South… It’s not so cut and dry for me

Paul Nixon column – Westley has look of future England Test star

Peter Hayter column – There’s plenty of spice in this fiery contest

Martin Johnson column – Cricket! A game for men in white coats…

Associates column – Cricket can enjoy its own Leicester City moment…

Paul Nixon column – Quality bowlers rising to top during run fests

My Life in Cricket – Chris Tremlett

Peter Hayter column – England must be bold and have a go with spin

Derek Pringle column – It’s time to make it harder to win the run chase

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