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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Sussex – 1993 NatWest Trophy runners-up
By Neil Fissler Ed Giddins admits the 1993 NatWest Trophy final against Warwickshire still causes him to wake up at night...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Will need for spin hasten end for big two?
Time waits for no man, particularly not fast bowlers, not even, statistically, with 680 wickets from 89 Tests together, the best...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Haves and have nots in county ground pageant
I have managed, through the admittedly devious process of bribing a Lord’s cleaning lady to secrete a microphone in the handle...
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/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – England must take lead from Thorpe’s mindset
Few things bring as much sadistic pleasure in cricket as batsmen first getting bamboozled by a spinner then getting turned over...
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/ 9 years agoOutgrounds – Northants
Surely it’s time Northants took a spin out into the county again Dan Whiting continues his nationwide tour of the grounds...
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/ 9 years agoPaul Nixon column – I’d love to go for the hat-trick with Tallawahs and build up my coaching CV
What a couple of weeks it’s been! Caribbean Premier League winners for the second time then a wonderful family holiday in...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Boards need to make the call not players
England’s cricketers have been assured that, should they choose not to travel to Bangladesh next month for the first leg of...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – I’m missing fast show but Agnew and Lloyd won’t be…
There is no finer sight in cricket than a genuinely fast bowler in full cry, mixing up the 100mph inswinging toe-crushers...
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/ 9 years agoOutgrounds – Middlesex
Dan Whiting looks at the stories behind some of the venues that Middlesex have used over the years Middlesex might be...
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/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Ranking system is in need of change, or scrap it
To be the best has to incorporate a worthiness, which is why the International Cricket Council should resurrect plans for a...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Remember, fifth day gave us Botham’s ‘miracle’
England’s victory in the third Test at Edgbaston was a shot in the arm for five-day Test cricket, but it was...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Well, it’s cricket Jim, but not as we know it!
I have a question. Do people buy a ticket for a day at the Test match and then dress up as...
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/ 9 years agoOutgrounds – Leicestershire
When Gower rescued Taylor from a battering by snarling Sylvester Dan Whiting unearths some intriguing tales from Leicestershire’s forays into the...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Yorkshire – C&G Trophy winners 2002
By Neil Fissler Yorkshire had endured a long 14-year wait for trophies between winning the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1987...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Is the book set to close on Alex & England?
When it comes to what Alex Hales is thinking or feeling, mind-reading skills are seldom required. Three summers have passed since...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – There’s nowt like a Yorkie to get you chuckling
Last Monday – and this may come as news to many of you – was ‘Yorkshire Day’. How this anniversary is...
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/ 9 years agoPaul Nixon column – I can feel for Ben, it’s not fun being injured
Ben Stokes will be cursing his luck having suffered another injury on his first Test back in the England team but...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Dazzling win can’t hide the England problems
Bearing in mind the scale and manner of England’s brilliant victory over Pakistan in the second Investec Test at Old Trafford...
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/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – Why Amir & Co must get into reverse gear again
Three lefties and a leggie sounds like a red barbershop quartet not the Test match bowling attack fielded by Pakistan. But...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Let’s admit it, we’ve never had a leggie to stand on!
It wasn’t a huge surprise when Moeen Ali came waltzing down the pitch in the second innings at Lord’s. After all,...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – End this intrusion into personal grief
Jonny Bairstow, face like Viking thunder, fixed his gaze on the camera in front of him and, just for a fraction...
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/ 9 years agoDerek Pringle column – English game needs to give spin a chance
The recent heat wave should have had spinners all over England loosening their fingers. Even a few days of 90-degree weather...
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/ 9 years agoMartin Johnson column – Milton’s paradise not lost, thanks to snicko
The year is 2058 – the 50th anniversary of DRS in Test cricket – and the tannoy crackles into life at...
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/ 9 years agoPeter Hayter column – Cheating Amir will be judged in house of Lord’s
The people of Taunton have spoken. The people of Hove will get their chance in the coming days. But the first...
