Mel Farrell
It’s an Indian summer for the Championship
It’s been a difficult season for Northamptonshire languishing at the wrong end of the table in the first division of the County Championship. But, in between...
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ICC Cricket World Cup
/ 2 years agoAll-rounders like Liam could be so key in India
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN The period leading into a World Cup is a boon for armchair selectors...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoSri Lanka give a glimpse of a very different future
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been a marvellous summer for women’s cricket in England, with a hugely...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoThanks for the memories
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN It’s been quite the summer for retirements and ‘unretirements’. By far the flashiest...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoDomestic bliss
Too much cricket? English cricket fans should be grateful for the range and quality of games they have access to VIEW...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoIt was the series that just had everything!
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Is anyone else suffering from post-Ashes blues? When we were immersed in the...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoPlotting a cricketing road far less travelled
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Few things excite me quite like travel. Which is pretty fortunate when you’re...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoHave England closed the gap on Australia?
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN "In terms of a gap it’s just that we’ve been really consistent.” “I...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoA thrilling finale awaits
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN What a time it’s been for England Ashes fightbacks. After the first two...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoSteve Smith –the master craftsman
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN During the week, Cricket Australia released a video of a blindfolded Steve Smith,...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoLyon’s cruel luck set to end historic streak
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Cricket can be cruel at times, with no regard for milestones, records or...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoA decade on and it’s all change
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Ten years ago I covered my first Test match as a reporter. It...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoThe true spirit of cricket
View from Down Under THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN "Let me tell you about the time we tried to get Rusty out."...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoWTC holds great prestige but does it need a rethink?
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER - THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN I’m writing this week’s column from possibly my favourite vantage point in...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoFail to prepare then you prepare to fail…
View from Down Under Cricket’s international schedule is making genuine groundwork a thing of the past THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Give...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoForgotten and unloved – tough days for Associates
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN Within hours of landing in London this week, I stood inside The Oval,...
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Mel Farrell
/ 2 years agoAussie quicks are raring to go
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER I can’t remember any bit of pre-Ashes trash leaving me feeling as disappointed as Steve Smith’s riposte...
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Ashes
/ 2 years agoWelcome to the DAshes
VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER - The Mel Farrell Column I’m currently sitting in a country New South Wales cafe on a...
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