‘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 […]
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 […]
showing tests on terreestrial tv would mean too great a loss in income say ECb 1 March 2019 0 comments Chris Stocks finds the ECB believes they have the balance right between income and reach as England star Graeme Swann […]
How ‘geek’ Jones puts Broad & Co in fast lane 1 February 2019 0 comments By Paul Eddison Endorsement: Stuart Broad is grateful for Jones’ advice Fast and studious: Steffan Jones in his playing days […]
Hayter column: Arise Sir Jimmy Anderson! The letter should be on its way 22 January 2019 0 comments Peter Hayter writes why it is time for England’s leading Test wicket-taker to earn his rightful place like Sir Alastair Cook
Arise Sir Jimmy! Even Cook must step aside 18 January 2019 0 comments Peter Hayter says James Anderson is thoroughly deserving of his place among English peerage and indeed among the world’s cricketing […]
“To score 43 first-class hundreds and never get to represent your country?” – Trego bemoans Hildreth being frozen out by England 26 September 2018 0 comments Somerset legend Trego makes point during interview about his own 18-year career
When careless Gower ruined Gooch’s lunch 14 September 2018 0 comments Peter Hayter questions those who leap to the defence of players who always choose to take the attacking option Oops! […]
Colly was one of the best ever, says Beefy 14 September 2018 0 comments By Jon Couch SIR IAN BOTHAM says Paul Collingwood will go down as “one of cricket’s best ever all-rounders” following […]
BOTHAM MY TOP ENGLAND MAN BUT JIMMY’S EARNED HIS ACCOLADE TOO 14 September 2018 0 comments Derek Pringle casts his analytical eye over the debate about who is England’s best ever Test match player Main men: […]
ALASTAIR HAD TO GO, HE ONLY HAD RUNS TO OFFER! 14 September 2018 0 comments MARTIN JOHNSON I’d been having this recurring dream, in which two smartly dressed young men were sitting opposite each other […]