From The Pavilion End – A Cricket Person's View

Ashes 2025-26 Inquest
The Ashes
Well, I didn’t get it all wrong. In my Ashes preview, I made it clear that what was needed to…
Bill Ricquier•26 January 2026•4 comments
The Judge: an Appreciation of Robin Smith, 1963-2025
Hail and Farewell
Other England batsmen have been more prolific, more stylish, more reliable, or more dependable in all conditions. But few, in…
Bill Ricquier•30 December 2025•6 comments
Ashes 2025-26 Preview: Who Dares Wins
The Ashes
The strangely shaped and incomprehensible patterned English cricket season has come to an end and all thoughts in relation to…
Bill Ricquier•13 October 2025•4 comments
Nine Days in June
England
Fans of Test cricket – by most accounts a dying or at least ageing breed – had a wonderful couple…
Bill Ricquier•29 June 2025•2 comments
Dilip Doshi
Some Cricketers
Dilip Doshi passed away on 23 June 2025. This is a chapter from my book, The Indian Masters. Dilip Doshi…
Bill Ricquier•28 June 2025•0 comments
Looking Forward – and Back -to World Test Championship Final
Cricket World Cup
The World Test Championship is a deeply flawed competition. The discrepancies between the lengths of series, and hence the number…
Bill Ricquier•5 June 2025•0 comments
England and Men’s One-Day Internationals: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime and Back Again
England
This article first appeared in Scoreline magazine. It has now been confirmed that Harry Brook will be England’s new ODI…
Bill Ricquier•10 April 2025•3 comments
Ricky Ponting and The Meaning Of Life
Some Cricketers
This article was edited on 29 Mar 25: Don Bradman and Ian Chappell each won one Ashes series as captain…
Bill Ricquier•2 March 2025•4 comments
A Brief Review of Men’s Test Cricket In 2024: A Year to Remember
About the Game
There has been some exceptional Test cricket in the three years since the pandemic, in no small measure thanks to…
Bill Ricquier•10 February 2025•3 comments
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy: The Real World Test Championship
About the Game
Whoever qualifies for the World Test Championship final to face South Africa at Lord’s in June – mathematically, it could…
Bill Ricquier•30 December 2024•0 comments
(Sub) Continental Shift
About the Game
October saw two truly remarkable Test series. England "toured" [can we still use that word? I think not, but never…
Bill Ricquier•15 November 2024•2 comments
Joe Root: England’s Greatest Batter?
Some Cricketers
2024 has turned out to be yet another year of high achievement for England’s favourite batter, Joe Root. He is…
Bill Ricquier•13 October 2024•5 comments

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“From The Pavilion End” focuses on current cricketing events, using current events as a peg to examine cricketers and matches of the past. Bill Ricquier has been writing about cricket since his first visit to Hampshire’s County Ground as a ten year old. Read more..

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