Tag: column

Sunrisers claim the final trophy

6 October 2024 0 comments

By Phil Walker The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy (RHFT) came to an end this summer, marking its final season before […]

SUNRISERS ON THE UP AS SUN SETS ON RHFT

6 October 2024 0 comments

katya witney Regional cricket bowed out last weekend with the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. While the game […]

Katya Witney: Sunrisers win Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy send-off

29 September 2024 0 comments

Regional women’s cricket bowed out last weekend with the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, won by Sunrisers.

Banton blitz sees Somerset to Finals Day

8 September 2024 0 comments

Smashing: Tom Banton was in fine form for Somerset PICTURES: Alamy TOM BANTON smashed 75 off just 43 balls to […]

Derek Pringle column: DRS protocols over lbw need to change now

1 September 2024 0 comments

Master and apprentice is a phrase you often hear when Joe Root and Harry Brook are at the crease together. Yet the roles could so readily have been reversed in the Second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s, after the Decision Review System had both men lbw to balls clipping leg-stump.

Annie Chave column: Money talks but memberships matter

1 September 2024 0 comments

Apart from its rich legacy, and the historical importance of the games that are played in a fiercely competitive division structure, one of the main things that made me fall in love with county cricket was its altruistic aspect.

England analysis and comment: The need for speed

21 July 2024 0 comments

Derek Pringle explains that out-and-out pace is just one part of the equation.

Selection mis-steps hamper England’s World Cup bid

16 June 2024 0 comments

MARK BUTCHER As I write this, England’s hopes of qualifying for the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup hang […]

Rapid pace of change sees members stuck in the middle

9 June 2024 0 comments

Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler This column is called The Grumbler for good reason. It is the pseudonym I first […]

The unsolvable problem

12 May 2024 0 comments

KATYA WITNEY Katya Witney, staff writer @wisdencricket, on the packed cricketing schedule Being a professional cricketer is a dream for […]

What is going off out there?

28 April 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS You are forgiven if a glance at the scorecards has left you scratching your head during these first […]

Steve Smith –the master craftsman

9 July 2023 0 comments

VIEW FROM DOWN UNDER THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN During the week, Cricket Australia released a video of a blindfolded Steve […]

England recall ‘caged tiger’ Stuart Broad for Sydney Test

4 January 2022 0 comments

England have recalled “caged tiger” Stuart Broad for the fourth Ashes Test, giving him the chance to work out his […]

Cummins named Australia Test captain

26 November 2021 0 comments

Pat Cummins has been named Australia Test captain following Tim Paine’s decision to step down from the post last Friday. […]

OUR CLUBS ARE TREASURESS TOO

12 September 2021 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Dear Oliver Dowden, Please let me introduce myself. I am a county cricket fan, cricket […]

COUNTY GAME IS ONE HARD SELL!

4 July 2021 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Like many English cricket fans, I fear for the future of the county game. Unlike […]

ACT NOW OR WE’LL NEVER WIN BATTLE WITH SLOW OVER RATES

27 June 2021 0 comments

I CAN’T leave you without a quick revisit to last week’s column, as our game continues to lose its battle […]

A ‘SPACESHIP’ THAT TOOK LORD’S INTO 21ST CENTURY

24 May 2019 0 comments

Adam Collins discusses the significance of an iconic Lord’s structure which gave a lie to the belief that the MCC […]

Johnson column: Remembering the 1999 Cricket World Cup

21 May 2019 0 comments

Martin Johnson takes a unique look at rule changes made to the Cricket World Cup over the years

Of all England players, Adil Rashid could be the most crucial

2 April 2019 0 comments

Sajid Mahmood says Rashid’s leg-spin could be crucial to England going well

MAYBE NOW WE’LL TAKE TAKE RULES ON MANKAD SERIOUSLY!

29 March 2019 0 comments

Adam Collins dissects the opinion of MCC laws manager Fraser Stewart to strike a balance between rules of the game […]

David Lloyd talks Jos Buttler and the Mankad rule

Bumble: Jos Buttler was ‘guilty of being dozy’

27 March 2019 0 comments

Sky Sports commentator David Lloyd gives his take on the mankad dismissal of Jos Buttler by Ravi Ashwin

Westbury column: Vulnerable kids doing it their own way as lack of terrestrial TV exposure reduces the power of sport

19 March 2019 0 comments

Isabelle Westbury on the generation who may never have seen a ball bowled on TV

Pringle column: No favours to your teammates in the press box please Sir Alastair Cook

29 January 2019 0 comments

Alastair Cook recently conceded he is unwilling to openly criticise ex-England teammates Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad

Westbury column: Every athlete dies twice – we need to talk about life after retirement

13 September 2018 0 comments

A cliche that shouldn’t be rendered by corny films like Rocky, writes Isabelle Westbury