Tag: Graeme Swann

England’s Harry Brook and Shoaib Bashir show their class

28 July 2024 0 comments

England’s win at Trent Bridge featured some of the best Test cricket I’ve seen for a long time. West Indies did well to stay in the match after England threw everything at them but in the end Ben Stokes’ side were just too strong.

Jimmy Anderson – the turning point

19 May 2024 0 comments

By Richard Edwards A win against a fairly middling New Zealand side at Wellington in March 2008 might not feel […]

A Cricket Life with Mike Hussey

19 May 2024 0 comments

A regular feature charting the lives of some of the game’s stars, this week the run machine-turned-commentator on a life […]

Former England and Kent spinner Underwood dies aged 78

15 April 2024 0 comments

Derek Underwood, the most prolific spin bowler in England’s Test history, has died at the age of 78. Underwood, affectionately […]

ECB chief executive Tom Harrison concedes shifting Tests to air on terrestrial TV is simply too great a loss in income

7 March 2019 0 comments

Graeme Swann aired his frustrations last week about a lack of mainstream scope for English cricket

Graeme Swann’s comments show the fragile verge the media and players balance on

30 August 2018 0 comments

Swann had criticised the England media team for allowing Stuart Broad to be interviewed before the start of play

One-day woes make 2019 seem like mission impossible for Australia

12 July 2018 0 comments

The odds of a sixth Cricket World Cup win seems distant for this current Australia side…

Poor advert for the game

2 February 2018 0 comments

HAVING endured most of the Ashes winter on BT Sport, I find it difficult to compare their coverage with Sky […]

Turn the mics off! The worst instances of sledging haven’t been picked up, says Graeme Swann

17 November 2017 0 comments

BT Sport pundit Graeme Swann says the worst ‘needle’ he experienced never came against the Australians

Alison Mitchell column – Sledging ain’t all that heavy, he’s my brother

9 May 2017 0 comments

It is much less common to find cricketing siblings who have played against each other, especially at international level.

Paul Nixon column – Never get too high on praise or low on criticism

16 November 2016 0 comments

The media will always have a role to play in cricket. Whether it’s good things being written about you and […]

Graeme Swann: Sorry, but there’s no hope for us in India!

8 November 2016 0 comments

BT Sport cricket expert Graeme Swann talks to The Cricket Paper’s Joshua Peck about spin bowling and the Indian tour […]

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 […]

Ravi Patel signs new deal at Middlesex

18 December 2015 0 comments

MIDDLESEX’S Ravi Patel has been dubbed “one of the most exciting young spinners in the country” after he signed a […]

Bumble’s Guide To Old Trafford!

7 August 2014 0 comments

After one Test match off I will be back in action this week – and what a place to return: Old Trafford on home soil. It is of course a place I know well – and I’ll hope to sneak at least one night out if Mrs Lloyd allows me as I live just eight miles away.