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How PCA makes sure players will never be cast adrift again like Larwood

21 March 2017 0 comments

Peter Hayter discovers how players in the modern game can find support from their ‘union’ when their careers end The […]

Kolpak Kyle stays commited to Lancs

21 March 2017 0 comments

By Bibhash Dash LANCASHIRE paceman Kyle Jarvis has brushed aside suggestions of a return to Zimbabwe colours insisting his future […]

FEW STAR NAMES, BUT I’M BACKING MY LADS!

21 March 2017 0 comments

The draft for this year’s Caribbean Premier League took place this week and I’m really pleased with the business that […]

I dismissed both McCullum and Guptill for Scots in World Cup

21 March 2017 0 comments

IAN WARDLAW MY LIFE IN CRICKET Former Yorkshire and Scotland pace bowler When Yorkshire initially asked me to play through […]

Winner takes all in North/South divide

21 March 2017 0 comments

Our man Will Macpherson previews the start of the ECB North v South series and selects those with a point […]

WE’RE NOT THICKOS, SO PLEASE NO MORE GIMMICKS!

21 March 2017 0 comments

Ipopped into my bank the other day with an account inquiry, but instead of getting an answer I got handed […]

Middlesex 1976

21 March 2017 0 comments

When the Lord’s men laid a path for future dominance Paul Edwards looks at Middlesex’s superb side of the 1970s […]

Derbys delight as Smit and Hosein seal new deals

21 March 2017 0 comments

New deal: Harvey Hosein EXPERIENCED batsman Daryn Smit and wicketkeeper Harvey Hosein have handed Derbyshire a double boost by signing […]

DAY PEACE BROKE OUT …DESPITE THAT BIT OF TUSSLING

21 March 2017 0 comments

No one should have been taking things for granted but it did appear that, in spite of everything, a cricket […]

Global frenzy as Woolmer tragedy span out of control

21 March 2017 0 comments

Much missed: The late Bob Woolmer. Right: An ambulance is parked outside the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel where Woolmer was found […]

WILL MISBAH BE AXED SO BUTT CAN RETURN?

21 March 2017 0 comments

FORGIVE me if I fail to suppress a groan at the news that Salman Butt may be on the verge […]

A shocking end for one of cricket’s good guys

21 March 2017 0 comments

Our series on major events that gripped the cricket world continues with a tragedy ten years ago in Jamaica ACTION […]

FINN STILL SEARCHING TO DELIVER ON EARLY PROMISE

21 March 2017 0 comments

In Richard Ford’s elegiac novel The Sportswriter, the protagonist Frank Bascombe reckons there is “nothing as noble and enduring as […]

Tigers battle back after demoralising first Test thrashing

21 March 2017 0 comments

By Samuel Jack SRI LANKA V BANGLADESH ROUND-UP THIS second Test doesn’t seem like it’s going to go the way […]

Nicholls’ maiden ton rescues poor start

21 March 2017 0 comments

By Edwin Charles NEW Zealand are without Trent Boult and Ross Taylor for this second Test, but that didn’t stop […]

Martin Johnson column: Getaway trip on hold now the Aussies are losing!

14 March 2017 0 comments

Phew. That was a close one. The way things were shaping up in India I’d started planning one of those […]

Peter Moores – the right man at the wrong time to lead England?

14 March 2017 0 comments

By Peter Hayter With England preparing to depart West Indies after completing their winning ODI series, it is unlikely much […]

Pringle column: Aussies may now regret winding up Virat Kohli

14 March 2017 0 comments

By Derek Pringle Spats between Australia and India are not unknown on cricket fields though this one does smack of […]

Hampshire was always a man of integrity and great humour

7 March 2017 0 comments

Following the passing of John Hampshire last week, Derek Pringle remembers a man who was highly respected as a player and an umpire

Peter Hayter column – Freddie’s dream becomes a living nightmare

28 February 2017 0 comments

When Andrew Flintoff was at the peak of his powers, thrilling England fans with his rumbustious presence and match-changing exploits […]

Why Mills’ transfer was the IPL’s most intriguing

22 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess Ben Stokes’s £1.7m transfer at the IPL auction on Sunday may have developed into […]

Profile: Four key West Indies players

22 February 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess As England gear up for the three-match ODI series against West Indies in the […]

Discount Wisden Playfair Book Offer

10 February 2017 0 comments

Secure your WISDEN CRICKETERS’ ALMANACK 2017 together with a FREE copy of PLAYFAIR CRICKET ANNUAL 2017.

Virat Kohli on the cover of 2017 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack

3 February 2017 0 comments

Wisden editor Lawrence Booth said: “The cover of Wisden 2017 shows him playing a reverse sweep – the kind of unorthodoxy that would once have been frowned upon, but is now part of batting’s bread and butter.”

Kia Super League fixtures released

1 February 2017 0 comments

SOUTHERN Vipers will begin their defence of the Kia Super League by playing in the first game of the 2017 tournament

Features

How PCA makes sure players will never be cast adrift again like Larwood

Kolpak Kyle stays commited to Lancs

FEW STAR NAMES, BUT I’M BACKING MY LADS!

I dismissed both McCullum and Guptill for Scots in World Cup

Winner takes all in North/South divide

WE’RE NOT THICKOS, SO PLEASE NO MORE GIMMICKS!

Middlesex 1976

Derbys delight as Smit and Hosein seal new deals

DAY PEACE BROKE OUT …DESPITE THAT BIT OF TUSSLING

Global frenzy as Woolmer tragedy span out of control

WILL MISBAH BE AXED SO BUTT CAN RETURN?

A shocking end for one of cricket’s good guys

FINN STILL SEARCHING TO DELIVER ON EARLY PROMISE

Tigers battle back after demoralising first Test thrashing

Nicholls’ maiden ton rescues poor start

Martin Johnson column: Getaway trip on hold now the Aussies are losing!

Peter Moores – the right man at the wrong time to lead England?

Pringle column: Aussies may now regret winding up Virat Kohli

Hampshire was always a man of integrity and great humour

Peter Hayter column – Freddie’s dream becomes a living nightmare

Why Mills’ transfer was the IPL’s most intriguing

Profile: Four key West Indies players

Discount Wisden Playfair Book Offer

Virat Kohli on the cover of 2017 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack

Kia Super League fixtures released

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