Tag: Andrew Strauss

COR BLIMEY, IT’S ANOTHER EPISODE OF BENWATCH!

2 June 2017 0 comments

Peter Hayter discovers, unsurprisingly, that the nation’s eyes are drawm towards England’s brilliant all-rounder Ben Stokes These days, in all […]

EOIN’S PUT US AHEAD OF WORLD CUP SCHEDULE

2 June 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks gets the view from the top on England’s turnaround in ODI form under Eoin Morgan As he enters […]

Rest will keep the fire stoked

30 May 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks highlights the importance of protecting star player Ben Stokes from the risk of burnout After returning to England’s […]

REST WILL KEEP THE FIRE STOKED

26 May 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks highlights the importance of protecting star player Ben Stokes from the risk of burnout After returning to England’s […]

Derek Pringle column – Why IPL may soon become England’s problem

24 May 2017 0 comments

One board believes that its fortunes in white-ball cricket lie with embedding players in the Indian Premier league, the other […]

WHY IPL MAY SOON BECOME ENGLAND’S PROBLEM

19 May 2017 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE One board believes that its fortunes in white-ball cricket lie with embedding players in the Indian Premier league, […]

Ireland deserve World Cup slot

12 May 2017 0 comments

IT WAS brilliant to see Ireland playing England in a one-day international at Lord’s, even if it was probably a […]

Peter Hayter column – We’re in need of smoothie talking Monty…

2 May 2017 0 comments

I’m not a great fan of smoothies, but the concoction Monty Panesar recently served up to his 148,000 Twitter followers […]

Resting Jonny is pointless

28 April 2017 0 comments

FOLLOWING the decision to rest Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow from playing for Yorkshire, their lack of cricket cannot have […]

WE’RE IN NEEDOF SMOOTHIE TALKING MONTY…

28 April 2017 0 comments

PETER HAYTER I’m not a great fan of smoothies, but the concoction Monty Panesar recently served up to his 148,000 […]

Martin Johnson column – From W.G. to Beefy, we’re an ad man’s dream…

25 April 2017 0 comments

Twitchers are an excitable bunch, for whom a fleeting glimpse through the binoculars of a lesser spotted, pink crested, hook […]

Derek Pringle column – Force is strong as Gayle cashes in again

25 April 2017 0 comments

Gayle was T20’s poster boy right from the start, nailing his short-form colours to the mast with his infamous, “I wouldn’t be sad” reply to the hypothetical question: what if Test cricket died?

Peter Hayter column – Invisible man can’t rival this Bairstow mystery

25 April 2017 0 comments

To the list of the unexplained mysteries of the universe, the Pyramids, Stonehenge, where single socks go to die and […]

Jimmy: Hameed better than Cook

7 April 2017 0 comments

By Peter Hayter JAMES Anderson has made the extraordinary claim that rookie England opener Haseeb Hameed is already a better […]

T20 sidelines game, not future-proofs it

7 April 2017 0 comments

INmy opinion, the ECB’s new T20 format is a reckless and unnecessary gamble. In pursuing a new audience, they risk […]

Simpson is the hero as champs clinch thriller

31 March 2017 0 comments

By Will Macpherson “WE never do it easy, do we?” laughed John Simpson as he was again the hero in […]

Still so many questions to answer on new T20 event

31 March 2017 0 comments

Alison Mitchell Alison Mitchell looks at the caveats we face if the new city-based T20 tournament kicks in from 2020 […]

THE BEST LAID PLANS… ARE THOSE YOU COME TO LATE

24 March 2017 0 comments

TWENTY FIVE YEARS ON, IT REMAINS THE BEST WE’VE HAD DEREK PRINGLE With Andrew Strauss already triggering plans for England’s […]

What life has dealt to the boys of ’92 since coming so close to final glory

24 March 2017 0 comments

Back Row: Neil Fairbrother, Richard Illingworth, Phil Tufnell, Gladstone Small, Derek Pringle, Graeme Hick, Chris Lewis, Dermot Reeve, Laurie Brown […]