Tag: The Cricket Paper

Where are they now? Leicestershire – 2001 runners up Sunday League and C&G Trophy

7 June 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Neil Burns admits that Leicestershire were disappointed not to have ended the 2001 season with at least […]

Martin Johnson column – There’d be no fun if Geoffrey’s mum was at No.11

6 June 2016 0 comments

There are one or two instances in which Wisden’s claim to be cricket’s unimpeachable bible fails to stand up to […]

Peter Hayter column – Why the ICC masterplan should not spare Ashes

6 June 2016 0 comments

A cautious welcome to the ICC’s proposal to offer those nations currently excluded from the closed shop of Test cricket […]

Umpires are unsung heroes of our game

6 June 2016 0 comments

Neil Bainton, in his tenth season as a first-class umpire, reveals to Rob Johnstone that the growth of T20 means […]

Gillespie stays on but suitors will still circle

6 June 2016 0 comments

YORKSHIRE coach Jason Gillespie ended all speculation, for now at least, by confirming that he will not be leaving Headingley […]

Paul Nixon column – Batters beware: A team can fold any time

30 May 2016 0 comments

It’s been nice to see wickets falling in the County Championship now after batsmen dominated the opening few weeks, but […]

Universe Boss must let real bat do talking from now on

30 May 2016 0 comments

Derek Pringle is always prepared to listen to players who go off-message but feels that Chris Gayle has gone too […]

Where are they now? Glamorgan – National League winners 2002 & 2004

30 May 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Mike Powell believes that the key strength of Glamorgan at the turn of the millennium was that […]

Peter Hayter column – It’s poor timing again for Graves & T20 Blast

30 May 2016 0 comments

On the face of it, the eve of the start of this season’s NatWest Blast should have been the ideal […]

Martin Johnson column – ‘Sorry, you will have to write it in office. I can’t cope’

29 May 2016 0 comments

It’s not difficult to conjure up the scene in the Sri Lankan dressing room just before the start of the […]

Paul Nixon column – Thank God… it’s not like Nineties anymore

23 May 2016 0 comments

It wasn’t just in the international set-up that there were ups and downs in the 1990s. The Nineties era was […]

England lost throughout the 1990s – because rivals were the all-time greats

23 May 2016 0 comments

Emma John knew nothing but defeat as a fan of 90s England. But were Atherton’s Army really that bad? It […]

Martin Johnson column – Cozier: A radio star and a top party host to boot

23 May 2016 1 comment

Cricket down here is the poorer for his passing, but for listeners to the celestial version of Test Match Special […]

Derek Pringle column – North v South… It’s not so cut and dry for me

16 May 2016 0 comments

It is difficult to know whether the North v South one-day series stated for next March is an innovation, a […]

Mickey Arthur – How ‘homework-gate’ made me a better coach

16 May 2016 0 comments

Tristan Lavalette talks to Mickey Arthur, who will coach his new charges Pakistan on their England tour his summer It […]

Where are they now? Buckinghamshire – Minor Counties champions 1969

9 May 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Tom Hickling admits that Buckinghamshire winning a record eighth Minor Counties Championship was the highlight of his […]

Durham’s plight a cautionary tale…

4 May 2016 0 comments

Derek Pringle suggests that the county’s request to be bailed out is symptomatic of deeper problems that face the game […]

Peter Hayter column – Robo-ump will need his smart phone and new app!

4 May 2016 0 comments

Assuming the reports in The Times weren’t part of a late April fool’s gag, if the inventor of Hawk-Eye technology […]

Northeast sees light through the Key-hole

4 May 2016 0 comments

By Jack Miller THE sight of Rob Key striding to the crease will be sorely missed by the patrons at […]

Ireland’s growth has been superb but next step awaits

4 May 2016 0 comments

Tim Wigmore looks at how Ireland are trying to change the face of the game in order for growth in […]

Where are they now? Middlesex – 2002 County Championship Division Two runners up

4 May 2016 0 comments

By Neil Fissler Paul Weekes has good cause to remember Middlesex winning promotion for the first time because it was […]

Derek Pringle column – Beefy and his Brexit call can change cricket

3 May 2016 0 comments

The uncertainty over Brexit is not limited to big business and little Englanders. Much of the country’s sport could be […]

Rain Card is always a big gamble…

3 May 2016 0 comments

Dan Whiting reveals how the weather forecast is at the centre of one of the game’s greatest, and most long-lasting, […]

Sanga deserves more applause for acknowledging need to give back…

26 April 2016 0 comments

Alison Mitchell meets former Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara ahead of his country’s three-Test tour to England this summer The […]

Martin Johnson column – Keep your lid on and always wear the armour…

26 April 2016 0 comments

England’s travelling support may be a tad thinner than usual this winter, largely thanks to the main course – India […]

Tag: The Cricket Paper

Where are they now? Leicestershire – 2001 runners up Sunday League and C&G Trophy

Martin Johnson column – There’d be no fun if Geoffrey’s mum was at No.11

Peter Hayter column – Why the ICC masterplan should not spare Ashes

Umpires are unsung heroes of our game

Gillespie stays on but suitors will still circle

Paul Nixon column – Batters beware: A team can fold any time

Universe Boss must let real bat do talking from now on

Where are they now? Glamorgan – National League winners 2002 & 2004

Peter Hayter column – It’s poor timing again for Graves & T20 Blast

Martin Johnson column – ‘Sorry, you will have to write it in office. I can’t cope’

Paul Nixon column – Thank God… it’s not like Nineties anymore

England lost throughout the 1990s – because rivals were the all-time greats

Martin Johnson column – Cozier: A radio star and a top party host to boot

Derek Pringle column – North v South… It’s not so cut and dry for me

Mickey Arthur – How ‘homework-gate’ made me a better coach

Where are they now? Buckinghamshire – Minor Counties champions 1969

Durham’s plight a cautionary tale…

Peter Hayter column – Robo-ump will need his smart phone and new app!

Northeast sees light through the Key-hole

Ireland’s growth has been superb but next step awaits

Where are they now? Middlesex – 2002 County Championship Division Two runners up

Derek Pringle column – Beefy and his Brexit call can change cricket

Rain Card is always a big gamble…

Sanga deserves more applause for acknowledging need to give back…

Martin Johnson column – Keep your lid on and always wear the armour…

Recent Posts

Jacob Bethell form gives Brendon McCullum selection ‘headache’

India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin retires from international cricket

No ‘holding back’ vows Ben Stokes despite injury problems

England slump to 423-run defeat in final Test against New Zealand

A look at how England are shaping up ahead of the Champions Trophy

Search