Mel Farrell

This is where you will find all The Cricket Paper’s Mel Farrell columns, opinion and content.

It’s an Indian summer for the Championship

24 September 2023 0 comments

It’s been a difficult season for Northamptonshire languishing at the wrong end of the table in the first division of […]

All-rounders like Liam could be so key in India

17 September 2023 0 comments

View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN The period leading into a World Cup is a boon for armchair […]

Sri Lanka give a glimpse of a very different future

10 September 2023 0 comments

View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been a marvellous summer for women’s cricket in England, with a […]

Thanks for the memories

3 September 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been quite the summer for retirements and ‘unretirements’. By far the […]

Domestic bliss

13 August 2023 0 comments

Too much cricket? English cricket fans should be grateful for the range and quality of games they have access to […]

It was the series that just had everything!

6 August 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Is anyone else suffering from post-Ashes blues? When we were immersed in […]

Plotting a cricketing road far less travelled

30 July 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Few things excite me quite like travel. Which is pretty fortunate when […]

Have England closed the gap on Australia?

23 July 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN “In terms of a gap it’s just that we’ve been really consistent.” […]

A thrilling finale awaits

16 July 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN What a time it’s been for England Ashes fightbacks. After the first […]

Steve Smith –the master craftsman

9 July 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN During the week, Cricket Australia released a video of a blindfolded Steve […]

Lyon’s cruel luck set to end historic streak

2 July 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Cricket can be cruel at times, with no regard for milestones, records […]

A decade on and it’s all change

25 June 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Ten years ago I covered my first Test match as a reporter. […]

The true spirit of cricket

18 June 2023 0 comments

View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN “Let me tell you about the time we tried to get Rusty […]

WTC holds great prestige but does it need a rethink?

11 June 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER – THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN I’m writing this week’s column from possibly my favourite vantage point […]

Fail to prepare then you prepare to fail…

4 June 2023 0 comments

View from Down Under Cricket’s international schedule is making genuine groundwork a thing of the past THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN […]

Forgotten and unloved – tough days for Associates

28 May 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Within hours of landing in London this week, I stood inside The […]

Aussie quicks are raring to go

23 May 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER I can’t remember any bit of pre-Ashes trash leaving me feeling as disappointed as Steve Smith’s […]

Welcome to the DAshes

14 May 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER – The Mel Farrell Column I’m currently sitting in a country New South Wales cafe on […]