All posts tagged "History"
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Lincolnshire – 1974 Gillette Cup giant-killers
By Neil Fissler Martin Maslin admits that Lincolnshire just wanted to avoid embarrassing themselves when they were drawn away to Glamorgan...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Essex – NatWest Trophy finalists 1996
By Neil Fissler Paul Grayson admits that Essex thought that they had one hand on the NatWest trophy after restricting Lancashire...
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/ 9 years agoAlison Mitchell – A look at cricket in Rwanda
Alison Mitchell recounts the remarkable tale of Rwandan cricket Earlier this week a small yellow digger manoeuvred itself into position while...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Warwickshire – County Championship runners-up 1971
By Neil Fissler Alan Smith admits that he has got no regrets about the declaration that cost Warwickshire the chance of...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Worcestershire – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1973
By Neil Fissler Alan Ormrod admits that this young Worcestershire side had a brilliant yardstick against which to measure their performances...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Lancashire – NatWest Trophy and Benson & Hedges Cup winners 1990
By Neil Fissler Mike Watkinson admits this was a Lancashire side who, once they got into the winning habit in one-day...
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Club Cricket
/ 9 years agoClub Spotlight – Accrington CC
By Paul Eddison Shane Warne’s first ball in Test cricket on English soil has gone down as the most famous in the...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980
By Neil Fissler Peter Crane believes that the seeds for Durham becoming a first-class county and joining the County Championship were...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Sussex – Gillette Cup finalists 1970
By Neil Fissler Sussex were just about to lose their crown as the most successful team in the early history of...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Kent – Joint County Championship winners 1977
By Neil Fissler The County Championship has only been shared three times since its inception in 1890. Middlesex and Yorkshire shared...
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/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Northants – Runners-up, NatWest Trophy & B&H Cup 1987
By Neil Fissler Geoff Cook admits that he still cannot believe that Northants failed to win a trophy in 1987 despite...
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Club Cricket
/ 9 years agoClub Spotlight – Swardeston CC
By Frank Smith SWARDESTON may have broken the East Anglian Cricket League record by winning a fourth consecutive title this summer,...
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Features and Columns
/ 9 years agoWhere are they now? Surrey – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1979
By Neil Fissler Alan Butcher admits his abiding memory of Surrey‘s Benson & Hedges Cup defeat to Essex was walking when...
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/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Nottinghamshire – 2004 Division Two champions
By Neil Fissler Darren Bicknell admits that the signings of Australians Stuart MacGill and David Hussey were just what Notts needed...
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International News
/ 10 years agoLooking back – England’s victory over Pakistan in Karachi in 2000
Tim Wigmore reveals how England upset the odds in a stirring series win away to Pakistan in 2000… As dusk engulfed...
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Yorkshire – Sunday league winners 1983
By Neil Fissler Raymond Illingworth had a long history in the game of winning trophies, but nobody had expected that the...
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/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Leicestershire – NatWest Trophy finalists 1992
By Neil Fissler Justin Benson admits that he won’t ever forget Leicestershire’s first Lord’s final for seven years – but for...
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/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Gloucestershire – Treble winners 2000
By Neil Fissler Mark Alleyne laughs as he remembers Gloucestershire proving the critics wrong when they completed a one-day clean sweep...
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/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Worcestershire – 1994 NatWest Trophy winners
By Neil Fissler Gavin Haynes admits that he cannot hide his delight in denying Worcestershire‘s arch rivals Warwickshire a clean sweep...
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Featured
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Warwickshire – Treble winners 1994
Dominic Ostler believes that Warwickshire’s 1994 campaign was the greatest enjoyed by any county side.
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Features and Columns
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Hampshire – Benson & Hedges Cup winners 1988
By Neil Fissler BOBBY PARKS believes Hampshire were the underdogs when they played their first Cup Final against Derbyshire in 1988....
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Club Cricket
/ 10 years agoWhere are they now? Cheshire – 1988 NatWest giantkillers and Minor Counties champs
By Neil Fissler Neil O’Brien admits that he could not help but feel sorry for Northamptonshire after Cheshire knocked them out...
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