Tag: Ian Botham

RISHABH’S FORM IS SIMPLY PANT-S!

5 September 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Rishabh Pant is one of the most exciting batting talents in Indian cricket and was instrumental in his […]

BEEFY WILL DEMAND RESULTS

29 August 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE Icon: Sir Ian Botham almost single-handedly won the 1981 Ashes – when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was just […]

Beefy set to play for the Lords team

29 August 2021 0 comments

CRICKET legends and members of the Houses of Parliament and Lords will compete in a charity cricket match next month. […]

Virat Kohli is a friend for life | Peter Hayter

22 August 2021 0 comments

Donald Trump is not renowned for his love of cricket, but the great manipulator has always known how to play […]

ALL OF US SHOULD BE RAISING OUR GLASSES TO ‘HENDO’

1 August 2021 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle MIKE Hendrick had the most wonderful, rhythmic bowling action, but his hatred of conceding runs probably cost […]

DIFFERENT SIZED BALL BUT SAME PASSION

27 June 2021 0 comments

James Wallace looks at times when football and cricket collide Cross code: Ian Botham turned out as a pro footballer […]

It was all in a day’s work for Beefy | Peter Hayter

27 June 2021 0 comments

For those who lived through the extraordinary, nation-changing cricketing events of the summer of 1981 commonly known as Botham’s Ashes, […]

The Most Controversial and Exciting Cricketers of All Time

12 June 2021 0 comments

Cricket for many people is like a religion, with over 2.5 billion people tuning in to watch their favourite team. […]

‘SWEDE’ MARTIN IS A MIDDLESEX STAR

6 September 2020 0 comments

ADAM COLLINS @collinsadam BIG COMPARISON: MARTIN ANDERSSON BOWLING FOR MIDDLESEX BUT HIS BATTING HAS BEEN COMPARED BY STUART LAW TO […]

BBC MUST RECOVER LOST TIME

6 September 2020 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE @derekpringle It was a hum rather than a fanfare but the BBC’s return to broadcasting live cricket, for […]

BEEFY’S RIGHT, STOKES IS BEST WE’VE EVER HAD

23 August 2020 0 comments

PETER HAYTER @phaytercricket A crack of Ben Stokes’ bat on ball; a nanosecond of hush, an eruption of noise from […]

LEGEND BOB DESERVES THE HONOUR

2 August 2020 0 comments

Derek Pringle says the Bob Willis Trophy is a fi tting tribute to his old team-mate and colleague PRINGLE’S VIEWPOINT […]

Aussies must now regroup and avoid repeat of ‘81 series

1 September 2019 0 comments

By Richard Edwards Smashing: Botham’s famous knock turned the tide IT has taken the Aussies a generation to get over […]

Stokes’ heroics give England fans a new epic to remember

1 September 2019 0 comments

By Chris Stocks Star man BEN STOKES – England: Who else? The skill the allrounder showed when batting with the […]

BOTHAM, ATHERTON AND HUTTON – NOW STOKES JOINS ELITE LIST!

1 September 2019 0 comments

Roderick Easdale trawls through the archives to take a look back at some great English innings to rival Ben Stokes’ […]

Ellison had the Edge to become an Ashes hero

28 July 2019 0 comments

MENTION the words ‘Edgbaston’ and ‘The Ashes’ and certain images spring to mind. Foremost among them, a marauding moustache-wearing swing […]

WORLD CUP SUCCESS IS JUST SO TYPICALLY ENGLISH

21 July 2019 0 comments

Derek Pringle heralds the proud history of the Bunbury Festival which, under guru David English, helped produce no fewer than […]

‘IN 1992, WE JUST LOST FORM… BUT THIS LOT CAN GET IT DONE’

7 July 2019 0 comments

Derek Pringle looks back on England’s last World Cup semi-final 27 years ago and believes the current crop can go […]

RICHARDS HAD TO KNEEL WHEN COLLIS WAS KING

31 May 2019 0 comments

Garfield Robinson recalls an astonishing World Cup final day at Lord’s when the junior partner overshadowed the greatest attacking batsman […]

The day Rhodes took a dive to redefine fielding

31 May 2019 0 comments

Richard Edwards recalls one spectacular incident at the 1992 World Cup that reminded everyone of the value of how good […]

FEATURE: Joe Root on the World Cup, Ashes and selectors getting out to watch county cricket

28 May 2019 0 comments

Joe Root is a big fan of the new England kit

IT SEEMS OLD HABITS DO STILL DIE HARD WITH ECB

3 May 2019 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON I don’t know this for sure, but I’ve always imagined that being accepted for the job of press […]

Johnson column: Tiger at Augusta? Nothing beats the comeback of David Gower

23 April 2019 0 comments

A washout at Cheltenham in the 1980s, surely no chance of play – at least is what players and the press thought

Can the chef stay on boil after being a test Star for so lonG?

22 March 2019 0 comments

Derek Pringle discusses the issues that former England captain Alastair Cook will have to confront as he returns to the […]

Close: forever one of the game’s great mavericks

8 March 2019 0 comments

Derek Pringle looks at the colourful life of the great Brian Close, who was honoured recently with the naming of […]

Tag: Ian Botham

RISHABH’S FORM IS SIMPLY PANT-S!

BEEFY WILL DEMAND RESULTS

Beefy set to play for the Lords team

Virat Kohli is a friend for life | Peter Hayter

ALL OF US SHOULD BE RAISING OUR GLASSES TO ‘HENDO’

DIFFERENT SIZED BALL BUT SAME PASSION

It was all in a day’s work for Beefy | Peter Hayter

The Most Controversial and Exciting Cricketers of All Time

‘SWEDE’ MARTIN IS A MIDDLESEX STAR

BBC MUST RECOVER LOST TIME

BEEFY’S RIGHT, STOKES IS BEST WE’VE EVER HAD

LEGEND BOB DESERVES THE HONOUR

Aussies must now regroup and avoid repeat of ‘81 series

Stokes’ heroics give England fans a new epic to remember

BOTHAM, ATHERTON AND HUTTON – NOW STOKES JOINS ELITE LIST!

Ellison had the Edge to become an Ashes hero

WORLD CUP SUCCESS IS JUST SO TYPICALLY ENGLISH

‘IN 1992, WE JUST LOST FORM… BUT THIS LOT CAN GET IT DONE’

RICHARDS HAD TO KNEEL WHEN COLLIS WAS KING

The day Rhodes took a dive to redefine fielding

FEATURE: Joe Root on the World Cup, Ashes and selectors getting out to watch county cricket

IT SEEMS OLD HABITS DO STILL DIE HARD WITH ECB

Johnson column: Tiger at Augusta? Nothing beats the comeback of David Gower

Can the chef stay on boil after being a test Star for so lonG?

Close: forever one of the game’s great mavericks

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