Tag: Headingley

Martin Johnson column – Squabbles, insults, threats… Oh yes, it’s Pakistan!

11 July 2016 0 comments

England and Pakistan will not be playing for anything tangible this summer, like the Ashes, but given that their cricketing […]

Martin Johnson column – I’ll use my factor 60, so please don’t zap me, Bruce!

4 July 2016 0 comments

It’s easily done. You’re just settling down for a cosy afternoon in front of the cricket when you accidentally sit […]

Martin Johnson column – Try Yeovil as there’d never be a ‘murder’ at Lord’s!

20 June 2016 0 comments

Some cricket grounds have more of an aura about them than others, and when a friend phoned the other day […]

Gillespie stays on but suitors will still circle

6 June 2016 0 comments

YORKSHIRE coach Jason Gillespie ended all speculation, for now at least, by confirming that he will not be leaving Headingley […]

Martin Johnson column – ‘Sorry, you will have to write it in office. I can’t cope’

29 May 2016 0 comments

It’s not difficult to conjure up the scene in the Sri Lankan dressing room just before the start of the […]

Root is England’s man for all the occasions

23 May 2016 0 comments

Chris Stocks looks at the rise of Joe Root – England’s Player of the Year When Joe Root swept the […]

Martin Johnson column – 1,000 runs in May? No just 1,000 Goose pimples!

4 May 2016 0 comments

This has not been the most convenient time for the junior doctors to be kicking up a fuss, just when […]

England’s Joe Root on his rise to World No.1

21 December 2015 0 comments

Chris Stocks discovers that England’s prolific run-scorer will be losing sleep during the series against South Africa Joe Root […]

Yorkshire groundsman picks up top award

1 December 2015 0 comments

YORKSHIRE have picked up another County Championship accolade as groundsman Andy Fogarty was awarded the main prize at the Groundsman […]

County Championship Division One fixtures

4 November 2015 0 comments

Sunday April 10 – April 13 Durham v Somerset, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Hampshire v Warwickshire, The Rose Bowl, Southampton Nottinghamshire […]

Looking back – England v Pakistan series 1992

12 October 2015 0 comments

On paper, it’s a nothing contest: a dead rubber with England already in an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match limited-overs series… but the script of the summer is not allowing events to be played out in a placid manner.

Where are they now? Yorkshire – Sunday league winners 1983

6 October 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Raymond Illingworth had a long history in the game of winning trophies, but nobody had expected that […]

County Championship Division One – Team of the Year

6 October 2015 0 comments

The Cricket Paper’s experts offer their team of the season from Division One

Bumble’s Guide To Headingley!

1 July 2014 0 comments

I know I’ve got a cracking job at the best of times but I’m being spoilt this week. I love going to Headingley and after a fabulous Test match I’m back today for what promises to be a cracking t20 Roses match.

Just Don’t Lose Any Moor Skippers, Peter!

1 May 2014 0 comments

AS Oscar Wilde’s Lady Bracknell said in The Importance Of Being Earnest: “To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”

I’ll Just Score More Runs Insists Prolific James Taylor

1 May 2014 0 comments

FEW can present quite such a compelling case for inclusion in Peter Moores’ new-look England fold than James Taylor and the Nottinghamshire star insists he merits a second chance.

Yorkshire Can Put The Rest In A Spin Thanks To Dizzy

9 April 2014 0 comments

IT’S THAT time of year again where I make myself look silly by giving my predictions for the summer ahead. It’s been a winter to forget but I can’t remember the last time there was this much excitement and anticipation for a county season.