Tag: The Cricket Paper

Martin Johnson column – Pace… it’s what we all want to see in the game

30 May 2017 0 comments

As I looked up to see one of the world’s deadliest fast bowlers about to enter his delivery stride, I […]

Planet Cricket – Milne ruffling new feathers!

29 May 2017 0 comments

Tim Wigmore looks at the stuttering career of speedster Adam Milne as the paceman embarks on another career chapter Who’s […]

Fighting talk…but it all points towards the Ashes

26 May 2017 0 comments

They may not be favourites for the Champions Trophy, but Adam Collins believes wounds can be opened by Australia In […]

Fond farewell to Misbah and Younis, two of the very best

23 May 2017 0 comments

While Yasir Shah celebrated wildly to mark a first Test series victory for Pakistan in the West Indies, all eyes instinctively turned towards Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan, given that this was also the last time both would be seen in Pakistani colours.

Aussie pay dispute coming to a head

23 May 2017 0 comments

Adam Collins looks at both sides of the argument in the ongoing pay row which is dividing cricket in Australia […]

Martin Johnson column – It’s time to spare us all that post-game baloney

23 May 2017 0 comments

Listening to the various spoutings of the politicians in the run up to the General Election, do you ever get […]

West Indies’ loss was very much Surrey’s gain

19 May 2017 0 comments

Sylvester Clarke saved his most fearsome spells of fast bowling for Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards, writes Richard Edwards ACTION […]

Your shout…

19 May 2017 0 comments

Send your comments to: The Cricket Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] … Continue reading… […]

Paul Nixon column – Don’t give Misbah a hard time for coming up short

8 May 2017 0 comments

Having been left stranded on 99 not out in the first Test against West Indies, this week Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq […]

Softly-softly style winning fight for talent Down Under

5 May 2017 0 comments

By Adam Collins IT’S the quintessential quandary for talented Australian sportspeople: footy or cricket? Many have balanced both. The late […]

Wily old dog Steve still shining with new tricks

2 May 2017 0 comments

Adam Collins reflects on how forgotten Australian Steve Magoffin continues to strive after international exile A quarter hour from a […]

Martin Johnson column – Cricket in the 1980s! It was an X-rated classic…

2 May 2017 0 comments

Back in the 1970s, it was nigh on impossible to go to the cinema without seeing a film about skyscrapers […]

Why Zafar needed to broaden his horizons

2 May 2017 0 comments

Alison Mitchell says Zafar Ansari’s decision to quit cricket was no big surprise to his peers To those who know […]

Rest assured, I’ll be ready now says Root

2 May 2017 0 comments

Chris Stocks discovers that England’s new Test captain has no problems with having to miss early season games For all […]

Derek Pringle column – Have we seen the last of the great finishers?

2 May 2017 0 comments

Aside from De Villiers, one of today’s players who can still wear the finisher’s mantle is India’s MS Dhoni.

Editor column – Wisden…it’s the book that just keeps on giving back to the game

28 April 2017 0 comments

When Bloomsbury Publishing approached Lawrence Booth to be the new editor of Wisden in late 2010, it was somewhat reflective […]

Elliott backs his kids to be on Waugh path for U19s World Cup

28 April 2017 0 comments

By Adam Collins WANT to feel old? Think about what you were doing on January 1, 2000. Then consider the […]

Wisden…it’s the book that just keeps on giving back to the game

28 April 2017 0 comments

TCP SAYS… Alex Narey @anarey_NLP When Bloomsbury Publishing approached Lawrence Booth to be the new editor of Wisden in late […]

Your shout…

28 April 2017 0 comments

Send your comments to: The Cricket Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: [email protected] … Continue reading… […]

WILY OLD DOG STEVE STILL SHINING WITH NEW TRICKS

28 April 2017 0 comments

Adam Collins reflects on how forgotten Australian Steve Magoffin continues to strive after international exile Adam Collins Aquarter hour from […]

Martin Johnson column – From W.G. to Beefy, we’re an ad man’s dream…

25 April 2017 0 comments

Twitchers are an excitable bunch, for whom a fleeting glimpse through the binoculars of a lesser spotted, pink crested, hook […]

Paul Nixon column – Coad’s success confirms value of Second XIs

25 April 2017 0 comments

It was another brilliant and fascinating weekend of County Championship action with Yorkshire bowler Ben Coad arguably the star of […]

Derek Pringle column – Force is strong as Gayle cashes in again

25 April 2017 0 comments

Gayle was T20’s poster boy right from the start, nailing his short-form colours to the mast with his infamous, “I wouldn’t be sad” reply to the hypothetical question: what if Test cricket died?