Author: Bill Ricquier

  • 20200421 fairest of them all sobers

    19 April 2020
    I remember listening to an interview with a batsman – a right-handed batsman, I just can’t remember who it was…
  • 20200414 april is the cruellest month lara

    13 April 2020
    Whatever your interpretation of T S Elliot's famous line, April is a month I normally look forward to. The 2020…
  • 20200404 time for a break edited

    5 April 2020
    I saw an intriguing picture the other day while leafing through a book called Cricket – The Golden Age by Duncan Steer.…
  • 20200324 jim laker clash of the titans squashed

    28 March 2020
    Records are made to be broken. That is certainly true of sport. In some ways it is almost the point…
  • 20200328 clash of titans 3

    28 March 2020
    Who was the greater bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan or Shane Warne?  Such questions are almost impossible to answer. This is obviously…
  • Galle International Cricket Ground

    15 March 2020
    On Friday 14 March 2020 COVID-19 made its first impact on international cricket, and we had our first, decidedly untantalising…
  • Dominic sibley maiden test century

    31 January 2020
    Rarely can an England Test side have enjoyed such dominance in an away Test series against major opposition as they…
  • 20191126 new zealand england first test

    27 November 2019
    Should we be surprised that New Zealand are ranked number two in the ICC’s Men’s Test rankings? Hardly. They have…
  • 20190917 ashes parity edit

    17 September 2019
    England and Australia achieved something very rare at The Kia Oval on Sunday. An Ashes series was drawn two-all for…
  • Joy for paine

    10 September 2019
    This has been the best Ashes series for some time, probably since 2009. In 2015 England won 3-2, which makes…