Tag: Jimmy Anderson

Cricket runs in the blood… It was the only game for me!

17 November 2017 0 comments

YOUNG GUN JOSH TONGUE Worcestershire bowler Josh Tongue was always destined to be a cricketer, but even with that in […]

Pringle column: Amid the chaos of selection, England cling to positives

15 November 2017 0 comments

Derek Pringle looks at the worries over England’s bowling attack after recent injuries and the cause for optimism shown in warm-up matches

Awards season – Paul Nixon gives out his gongs for this year’s cricket stars

12 October 2017 0 comments

Paul Nixon absorbs all the events of an eventful 2017 and picks his standout players

Jimmy Anderson sets his sights towards life after playing

19 September 2017 0 comments

Jimmy Anderson discusses his future and why there are different coaches for different levels

Lancashire duo Hameed and Livingstone can be huge for England, says Jimmy

13 September 2017 0 comments

England bowler tips Lancashire team-mates to shore up England’s batting order

Stuart Broad set for scan on recurring heel problem

12 September 2017 0 comments

Dogged by a heel issue since June sends England ace to hospital

One club man Croft aims to go into testimonial year as a champion

8 September 2017 0 comments

By Charlie Talbot-Smith Loyal: Steven Croft FOR THIS week’s crunch clash against Warwickshire in the County Championship, Lancashire skipper Steven […]

Perfect partners – like me & Goughie

25 August 2017 0 comments

By Richard Edwards ANDY CADDICK is a man who knows a thing or two about bowling partnerships. At a time […]

How Dukes have managed to produce a ball to dye for

23 August 2017 0 comments

BBC Test Match Special broadcaster Alison Mitchell heads to Dukes HQ in Walthamstow to lay eyes on the pink ball

At the double Vilas the standout man for Lancashire, as Anderson shows signs of his best

26 June 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Paul Edwards Overseas players arrive in England in many shapes and displaying various levels of commitment […]

Vilas and Anderson hammer Hampshire

23 June 2017 0 comments

Paul Edwards on how Lancashire responded to Hampshire’s strong first knock to earn a huge win It all started so […]

Microphone gimmicks are sending out wrong signals

28 February 2017 0 comments

Joshua Peck suggests player and stump mics cause more controversy than they are worth Kevin Pietersen was recently fined 5,000 […]

Club Spotlight – Burnley

17 January 2017 0 comments

Even the Burnley Express can’t match Griffith’s haul Jimmy Booker heads into Lancashire and locates the hometown club of an […]

Peter Hayter column – Duck, that Anderson glare is like Sybil’s umbrella!

12 October 2016 0 comments

James Anderson has rarely been compared to the wife of Basil Fawlty. But I’ve only ever seen the look he […]

Martin Johnson column – Jimmy’s switch is so much like King Javed’s

6 September 2016 0 comments

When they next come to film another re-make of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, I’d like to suggest a new […]

Peter Hayter column – Remember, fifth day gave us Botham’s ‘miracle’

16 August 2016 0 comments

England’s victory in the third Test at Edgbaston was a shot in the arm for five-day Test cricket, but it […]

Yes, step on it James, it may just speed up a return to spin

16 August 2016 0 comments

Derek Pringle analyses the law surrounding bowlers running onto the pitch and offers an unexpected conclusion For bowlers, especially angry, […]

Jimmy Anderson doubt for first Test against Pakistan

27 June 2016 0 comments

Jimmy Anderson is a doubt for England’s first Test with Pakistan after injuring his shoulder. The swing bowler, 33, sustained […]

Stuart Broad: I wouldn’t have survived a couple of poor Tests in Nineties

13 June 2016 0 comments

Chris Stocks finds that Stuart Broad is grateful to be playing in more enlightened times for England nowadays The Nineties […]

Jimmy vs Cook – Have we ever had it so good with ball & bat?

7 June 2016 0 comments

Peter Hayter looks at the staggerng feats of Jimmy Anderson and Alastair Cook and asks which one is England greatest […]

Hayter column: Why I won’t doubt Jimmy

8 February 2016 0 comments

By Peter Hayter Hearing Geoffrey Boycott and AB de Villiers imply recently that James Anderson might be in terminal decline brought […]

WIN a case of Jimmy Anderson’s very own beer!

19 June 2015 0 comments

The Cricket Paper have teamed up with our friends over at Marston’s to offer five lucky winners the chance to bag […]

Coaches, leave those quicks alone says Harris

5 May 2015 0 comments

By Chris Bailey HE’S had a career-long battle trying to impress the ECB and spent last year re-modelling his action […]

My Life in Cricket – Ant Botha

28 April 2015 0 comments

I was bowling a bit of spin in the nets as a youngster at Natal when Graham Ford mentioned I […]