Tag: Andrew Strauss

Alastair Cook: the first two years as captain

6 February 2017 0 comments

Following Alastair Cook’s resignation as England captain, we profile his leadership’s progression and the moments that provided a stern, sometimes […]

Cook calls time on his term as England Test captain

6 February 2017 0 comments

Alastair Cook has announced his resignation as the captain of England to call time on his record 59 Tests in […]

Derek Pringle column – Skippers felt the force of the chop in the 80s

17 January 2017 1 comment

The seeming prevarication over the future of Alastair Cook as England captain seems to be based on achieving the right […]

Derek Pringle column – One-day revival can take pressure off suits

10 January 2017 0 comments

The Champions Trophy next June will be England’s main white-ball focus for the medium term, but they could do with […]

Cook has much more to offer his young charges

16 November 2016 0 comments

Alison Mitchell believes Alastair Cook, despite hinting at standing down as skipper, is the right man to take England forward […]

Dream Team – James Taylor

31 October 2016 0 comments

Alastair Cook I think he is one of, if not the most, talented cricketers in the world right now. He’s […]

No ignoring prolific Jennings’ haul of seven centuries

12 October 2016 0 comments

The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division One The dust has settled in the County […]

I’ll be on board, Eoin, and you should be, too

20 September 2016 0 comments

Chris Stocks can’t understand the reasoning behind Morgan and Hales’ decision not to tour The dust has now settled on […]

Derek Pringle column – Selectors can find that wow factor in Div Two

20 September 2016 0 comments

Is the selection of England’s international teams an art or a science? The fudged answer, with that old image of […]

Peter Hayter column – Morgan’s no-show will cost him trust of Strauss

20 September 2016 0 comments

The decision of Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales not to tour Bangladesh prompted one columnist to evoke the spirit of […]

We Test lovers must fight to prove KP’s no Mystic Meg

30 May 2016 0 comments

Peter Hayter launches an impassioned defence of the five-day game after the latest attack from the former England captain Don’t […]

Derek Pringle column – North v South… It’s not so cut and dry for me

16 May 2016 0 comments

It is difficult to know whether the North v South one-day series stated for next March is an innovation, a […]

Will curse of the kickabout mean soccer warm-up gets the boot?

4 May 2016 0 comments

Richard Edwards looks behind the injury to Fidel Edwards and wonders whether counties will soon have to rethink their match-day […]

Where are they now? Middlesex – 2002 County Championship Division Two runners up

4 May 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Paul Weekes has good cause to remember Middlesex winning promotion for the first time because it was […]

Hayter column: 13 words consign KP to history

13 February 2016 0 comments

By Peter Hayter Thirteen words were all it took or white-ball captain Eoin Morgan finally to put an end to […]

Paul Nixon column – Admit it Straussy, KP will be great for World T20

29 January 2016 0 comments

Last year, when Andrew Strauss held a meeting with Kevin Pietersen to effectively shut the door on his Test future, […]

England’s greatest overseas series victories

26 January 2016 0 comments

England’s recent away wins set Joshua Peck thinking about some past triumphs Victories in South Africa and India are no […]

Looking back – South Africa v England in Cape Town 2010

5 January 2016 0 comments

Joshua Peck looks back to the nerve-shredding excitement of the Cape Town Test in 2010 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, […]

County Championship coin toss scrapped

27 November 2015 0 comments

The coin toss that decides whether a team bat or fields is to be scrapped in the County Championship next […]

Strauss is right in admitting limited thinking, writes Peter Hayter

18 November 2015 0 comments

by Peter Hayter With his stentorian tones, Radley College and Durham University education and entirely apt nickname of Lord Snooty, […]

Morrant Young Gun: Jake Doran, Tasmania and Australia Under-19 wicket-keeper

1 July 2015 0 comments

Greg Chappell has compared him to Mike Hussey, Chris Rogers sees similarities with Andrew Strauss, but all Australian tyro Jake Doran wants to be is himself.