Tag: James Whitaker

Lees gets a shift on as Durham dominate

6 October 2024 0 comments

By Thomas Ridley September 26-29, Seat Unique Riverside, Chester-le-Street Durham 360 (Lees 144, Bedingham 66, Parkinson 6-109, Evison 1-39) Kent […]

Chahal’s best sees Northants to three-day win

15 September 2024 0 comments

Sept 9 – 12, Northampton Northamptonshire v Derbyshire Toss: Northamptonshire, who elected to bat Officials: Rob Bailey, James Tredwell, James […]

Colin Ingram masterclass sees Glamorgan dominate Leicestershire

1 September 2024 0 comments

LEICESTERSHIRE’S INTERNATIONAL pair Ajinkya Rahane and Peter Handscomb battled hard to give their side a chance of saving the game, after Glamorgan’s Colin Ingram had hit a brilliant double hundred.

Coad fiverfer sees Tykes on the edge of third win in three

25 August 2024 0 comments

By Graham Hardcastle August 22-25, Scarborough Yorkshire v Sussex Toss: Yorkshire, who elected to field Officials: Tom Lungley, James Middlebrook, […]

Hain’s heroics give Bears five in a row

7 July 2024 0 comments

By Graham Hardcastle July 5, Headingley, Leeds Birmingham Bears 214-7 (Hain 98*, Davies† 43, Moriarty 2-35, McKerr 2-55, Thompson 2-41) […]

Batters: Do your homework then trust your instincts

16 June 2024 0 comments

DARREN STEVENS Last week we spoke about the expanding variety of slower balls employed by fast bowlers in T20 cricket […]

Rain-hit Northants aim for scoreboard pressure

28 April 2024 0 comments

By Jon Culley April 26-29, Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester Northamptonshire 453-7d (Bartlett 126*, Gay 88, Currie 2-102, Ahmed 2-64) Leicestershire […]

Elgar and Westley make Red Rose droop

21 April 2024 0 comments

By Martin Smith April 19-22, The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford Lancashire 146 (Williams 32*, Bruce 26, Snater 4-42, Cook 3-18) […]

Gay goes big to make Middlesex suffer again

14 April 2024 0 comments

By Jeremy Blackmore April 12-15, County Ground, Northampton Northamptonshire 552-6d (Gay 261, Sales 113*, Roland-Jones 2-81) Middlesex 128-1 (Fernandes 65*) […]

Fledgling Foxes are ready to chase white-ball success

30 August 2020 0 comments

By Richard Rae August 22-25, Fischer County Ground, Leicester Leicestershire 222 (Taylor 57, Trego 3-46) & 237-4 (Ackermann 65, Swindells […]

ECB appoint James Taylor as full-time selector

13 July 2018 0 comments

National selector Ed Smith turns to a former Test Match Special colleague for vacant role

ECB to name Ed Smith as England’s new national selector

18 April 2018 0 comments

TMS broadcaster will succeed James Whitaker and begin preparations for England’s series against Pakistan next month

We must recruit the right man for the Test ahead…

23 March 2018 0 comments

Peter Hayter believes it’s time England face reality and recruit a man capable of reviving England’s Test fortunes Peter Hayter […]

Hayter column: Whitaker & Co picked too many nearly men for England

20 March 2018 0 comments

Hard work that at times beared no fruit – Peter Hayter on the role of outgoing national selector James Whitaker

LIONS’ TOUR CONFIRMS HAIN IS ABLE TO SET HIS SIGHTS HIGHER

16 March 2018 0 comments

Paul Eddison catches up with young Warwickshire batsman Sam Hain, who is not only turning heads but is looking to […]

Pringle column: It’s time counties stood up to players

27 February 2018 0 comments

Derek Pringle writes why the County Championship is in danger when players like Rashid and Hales turn their back on Test selection for England

I’ll be ready for Test call says Livingstone

12 January 2018 0 comments

By Graham Hardcastle On the attack: Liam Livingstone batting for an England XI against a Cricket Australia XI in Perth […]

The state of play: Ben Stokes is in ‘serious trouble’

3 October 2017 0 comments

Six days into the ECB’s internal disciplinary process and it looks unlikely Ben Stokes will be touring Australia

Westley hoping to make experience pay

7 April 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks speaks to Essex’s Tom Westley about life in the top flight and an England call-up Chris Stocks Prolific: […]

Century for Malan as South thrash North in opener

17 March 2017 0 comments

Dawid Malan made a century and shared an unbroken opening partnership of 205 with Daniel Bell-Drummond as the South crushed […]

Where are they now? Leicestershire – NatWest Trophy finalists 1992

30 September 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Justin Benson admits that he won’t ever forget Leicestershire’s first Lord’s final for seven years – but […]

Where are they now? Leicestershire – County Champions 1996

14 July 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Leicestershire were the rank outsiders to win the County Championship in 1996 with bookmakers offering them at […]

Peter Hayter: This Is How You Could End The ODI Shambles

10 September 2014 1 comment

Ah, the innocence of youth. Lord knows what Alastair Cook, Peter Moores, James Whitaker and Paul Downton would have made of such thoughts, but it took the teenage progeny of a colleague to put in a nutshell what many currently feel about England’s 50 over performances.