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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 […]

Johnson’s young gun living life to the Max

31 August 2018 0 comments

By Roderick Easdale Star man MAX HOLDEN – Middlesex: The young left-hander dug in determinedly in tricky conditions on the […]

FANCY A NATTER? COUNTY CRICKET IS FOR YOU

24 August 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON If you want an old-fashioned day out at the cricket, there are few better venues than the County […]

Pringle column: Why does trouble always seem to find our great all-rounders?

22 August 2018 0 comments

Why is it always all-rounders?

How Glenn McGrath set the benchmark for mastering Lord’s

17 August 2018 0 comments

As Mick Hunt puts his feet up after 49 years of tending the wicket at the Home of Cricket, Derek Pringle looks at how one bowler run amok

PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT

17 August 2018 0 comments

Sorry, but ecb should charge stokes Derek Pringle disagrees with those who believe Stokes should not face a second ‘trial’…but […]

WHY DOES TROUBLE ALWAYS SEEM TO STALK OUR ALL ACTION HEROES?

17 August 2018 0 comments

Pot and pedalos: Ian Botham, left, and Andrew Flintoff PICTURES: Getty Images Bristol brawl: Ben Stokes at his trial this […]

HOW METRONOMIC MCGRATH SET TEMPLATE FOR MASTE ERY AT LORD’S

10 August 2018 0 comments

Derek Pringle analyses how the Australian pace legend bowled at HQ and offers some advice to today’s stars The pitch […]

LORD’S CAN BE MAGICAL, BUT ALSO SCARY, FOR DEBUTANTS

10 August 2018 0 comments

It will be a nerve-racking business for Ollie Pope to make his Test debut at Lord’s – just like I […]

Dial 999 for drama and take a look back through England’s Test match archive

27 July 2018 0 comments

Roderick Easdale trawls through the Test match record books as England prepare for their milestone encounter with India next month […]

ARISE SIR HAWKEYE! BUT YOU’RE NO MATCH FOR DICKIE

27 July 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON When the TV cameras panned around the crowd during the third and final ODI at Headingley, they alighted […]

WILL WE EVER SEE THE LIKE OFEMBERS AND PHIL?

22 June 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON When it comes to establishing where English cricket currently stands in turning out top-quality spin bowlers, you’d have […]

Rashid leapfrogs Swann to become England’s new No.1

22 June 2018 0 comments

By Chris Stocks at Emirates Riverside Sparking a comeback? David Willey took four late wickets for England PICTURE: Getty Images […]

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF TEST CRICKET’S DEMISE…

8 June 2018 0 comments

PETER HAY TER Thanks for coming: The public were left wanting to see more of this Pakistan side PICTURE: Getty […]

Mike Brearley talks sandpapergate and England-Australia rivalry

18 April 2018 0 comments

Mike Brearley earned his reputation as one of England’s greatest captains when his brilliant handling of a downtrodden Ian Botham […]

DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER –NOSTALGIA IS IN THE PAST

13 April 2018 0 comments

Isabelle We s tbury Clash: Mike Gatting and Shakoor Rana in 1987 are proof that that hot-headedness is nothing new […]

The sex and drug-fuelled tour to New Zealand that never was…

4 April 2018 0 comments

Graeme Fowler recalls the 1983-84 tour, in which he was an innocent party, that led him to having his bag searched at Heathrow for the next ten years

Tag: Ian Botham

showing tests on terreestrial tv would mean too great a loss in income say ECb

How ‘geek’ Jones puts Broad & Co in fast lane

Hayter column: Arise Sir Jimmy Anderson! The letter should be on its way

Arise Sir Jimmy! Even Cook must step aside

“To score 43 first-class hundreds and never get to represent your country?” – Trego bemoans Hildreth being frozen out by England

When careless Gower ruined Gooch’s lunch

Colly was one of the best ever, says Beefy

BOTHAM MY TOP ENGLAND MAN BUT JIMMY’S EARNED HIS ACCOLADE TOO

ALASTAIR HAD TO GO, HE ONLY HAD RUNS TO OFFER!

Johnson’s young gun living life to the Max

FANCY A NATTER? COUNTY CRICKET IS FOR YOU

Pringle column: Why does trouble always seem to find our great all-rounders?

How Glenn McGrath set the benchmark for mastering Lord’s

PRINGLE’s VIEWPOINT

WHY DOES TROUBLE ALWAYS SEEM TO STALK OUR ALL ACTION HEROES?

HOW METRONOMIC MCGRATH SET TEMPLATE FOR MASTE ERY AT LORD’S

LORD’S CAN BE MAGICAL, BUT ALSO SCARY, FOR DEBUTANTS

Dial 999 for drama and take a look back through England’s Test match archive

ARISE SIR HAWKEYE! BUT YOU’RE NO MATCH FOR DICKIE

WILL WE EVER SEE THE LIKE OFEMBERS AND PHIL?

Rashid leapfrogs Swann to become England’s new No.1

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF TEST CRICKET’S DEMISE…

Mike Brearley talks sandpapergate and England-Australia rivalry

DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER –NOSTALGIA IS IN THE PAST

The sex and drug-fuelled tour to New Zealand that never was…

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