Tag: batsman

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, […]

Where are they now? Oxfordshire – 1989 Minor Counties champions

26 January 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler RUPERT EVANS says Oxfordshire have always had an unwritten rule when it came to selecting their sides […]

Paul Nixon column – Don’t take sledging too far

11 January 2016 0 comments

During the second day of the second Test at Newlands, Ben Stokes made the headlines for all the right reasons. […]

Hashim Amla resigns as South Africa Test captain

6 January 2016 1 comment

Hashim Amla has resigned as captain of South Africa’s Test team with immediate effect. The batsman hit a superb 201 […]

Where are they now? Lincolnshire – 1974 Gillette Cup giant-killers

5 January 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Martin Maslin admits that Lincolnshire just wanted to avoid embarrassing themselves when they were drawn away to […]

Dan Redfern signs for Shropshire

29 December 2015 0 comments

Shropshire have signalled their intent to challenge for honours in the Unicorns Championship next season by signing former Derbyshire and […]

Looking back – Curtly Ambrose

1 December 2015 0 comments

Garfield Robinson looks back at the destructive career of Curtly Ambrose Wayne Lewis is currently the general secretary of the […]

ECB make helmet use mandatory

27 November 2015 0 comments

The ECB have endorsed changes which mean helmet use is to be made mandatory for batsmen from next season in […]

Marcus North column

25 November 2015 0 comments

Well, how quickly things happen these days! We had been talking about the ‘possibility’ of Mitchell Johnson retiring after he had […]

Tom Fell fit to play after surgery for cancer

25 November 2015 1 comment

Tom Fell has revealed he has had surgery for testicular cancer but the Worcestershire batsman has been given the go-ahead […]

Club Spotlight – Accrington CC

24 November 2015 0 comments

By Paul Eddison Shane Warne’s first ball in Test cricket on English soil has gone down as the most famous in […]

Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980

24 November 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Peter Crane believes that the seeds for Durham becoming a first-class county and joining the County Championship […]

Club Spotlight – Bramhall CC

27 October 2015 0 comments

By Frank Smith WHEN the ECB asked their Twitter followers to name their club’s cricketing heroes, Derek Randall, Harvinder Singh […]

Students on learning curve in bid to top world

20 October 2015 0 comments

By Francis Kelly While the national team do battle with Pakistan in tricky foreign conditions, another English side will be […]

Kent’s Darren Stevens targets another vintage season

13 October 2015 0 comments

By Charlie Talbot-Smith Darren Stevens was compared at the PCA dinner earlier this month, to a fine red wine – […]

Dream Team – Sarah Taylor

14 July 2015 0 comments

The England Women’s wicketkeeper picks the best XI she has played with and against in her career. Charlotte Edwards – […]

Key Ashes battles

7 July 2015 0 comments

We look at some of the key battles that could decide the location of the urn.

VIDEO: “We Are England” – Alastair Cook, James Anderson & Co on what it means to play for England

6 July 2015 0 comments

Watch England stars past and present describe what it really means to play for your country

LV= Breakthrough Player Award shortlist announced

30 June 2015 0 comments

Six of the county game’s brightest young talents have been shortlisted for this year’s LV= Breakthrough Player Award. Alex Davies […]

Bairstow: I’m a perfect fit for ‘new’ England

22 June 2015 0 comments

IF Jonny Bairstow is on the outside looking in as far as England are concerned, his sheer weight of runs will almost certainly batter the front door down before long.

Dream Team – Graham Napier

26 May 2015 0 comments

ANDY FLOWER – Retired When he came to us from Zimbabwe he was world No.1 batsman and it was fantastic to […]

Young Gun – Haseeb Hameed

12 May 2015 0 comments

He may still be only 18 years old but in his short career Haseeb Hameed has already made a habit […]

My Life in Cricket – Ant Botha

28 April 2015 0 comments

I was bowling a bit of spin in the nets as a youngster at Natal when Graham Ford mentioned I […]

Dream Team – Adam Voges