Tag: Wasim Akram

ECB boss admits challenges remain for cricket after positive impact report

28 November 2023 0 comments

Making cricket the most inclusive sport in the country and breaking down barriers to access will continue to present tough […]

Ambrose made one almighty impression

28 May 2023 0 comments

Scott Oliver lifts the lid on international stars rubbing shoulders with recreational players. This week it is West Indies’ legend […]

Amir ‘dismayed’ by accusations he took a selfish retirement

23 May 2021 0 comments

By Saj Sadiq Giving 100 per cent: Mohammad Amir playing for Pakistan MOHAMMAD Amir’s decision to retire from international cricket […]

Anderson revelling in role with county set

24 May 2019 0 comments

JIMMY ANDERSON believes his game has benefited from the pressure on him this season to deliver for Lancashire after dipping […]

The greatest innings of all time – is it Kusal Perera’s 153?

27 February 2019 0 comments

Derek Pringle divulges a talking point which has arisen from Kusal Perera’s spectacular feat in Durban

England’s history in Tests against Pakistan has seen them come up against one of the great bowling partnerships

24 May 2018 0 comments

Former England wicketkeeper Jack Russell on the daunting task of taming Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis

ALL GREAT DOUBLE ACTS HAD A MEAN STREAK!

23 March 2018 0 comments

MARTIN JOHNSON English cricket has a long association with celebrated double acts – Hobbs and Sutcliffe, Boycott and Edrich, Duckworth […]

India v Pakistan – Clash of the Titans would rock the subcontinent

9 August 2017 0 comments

(Photo: Getty Images) By Derek Pringle The Partition of British India 70 years ago, which created modern-day India and Pakistan, […]

CLASH OF TITANS WOULD ROCK THE SUBCONTINENT

4 August 2017 0 comments

DEREK PRINGLE The Partition of British India 70 years ago, which created modern-day India and Pakistan, caused social disruption on […]

Neil Manthorp column – Why the Proteas are right to count on Kagiso

7 June 2017 1 comment

The big-hitters grab the headlines and attention but it’s equally a fact that the team with the highest wicket-takers – […]

WHY THE PROTEAS ARERIGHT TO COUNT ON KAGISO

2 June 2017 0 comments

NEIL MANTHORP The big-hitters grab the headlines and attention but it’s equally a fact that the team with the highest […]

How Herath made his dart into the Test record books

21 March 2017 0 comments

Derek Pringle pays tribute to a left-arm spinner who has belied his looks to become the best ever in his […]

Martin Johnson column – If this is supposed to be fun, then I’m Napoleon

1 February 2017 0 comments

You can scarcely go to a rugby match these days without watching some disorientated participant being ordered off for a […]

Martin Johnson column – Milton’s paradise not lost, thanks to snicko

19 July 2016 0 comments

The year is 2058 – the 50th anniversary of DRS in Test cricket – and the tannoy crackles into life […]

Looking back – England v Pakistan series 1992

12 October 2015 0 comments

On paper, it’s a nothing contest: a dead rubber with England already in an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match limited-overs series… but the script of the summer is not allowing events to be played out in a placid manner.

Looking back – England’s victory over Pakistan in Karachi in 2000

6 October 2015 0 comments

Tim Wigmore reveals how England upset the odds in a stirring series win away to Pakistan in 2000… As dusk […]

Where are they now? Lancashire – Benson and Hedges Cup winners 1995

16 June 2015 0 comments

By Neil Fissler WARREN HEGG believes that it will remain one of cricket’s great mysteries why Lancashire weren’t crowned County […]