Author: Bill Ricquier

  • Montage of CWC Logos

    24 May 2019
    The dream of the organisers of the eighth men’s World Cup was that it would be a pan-African affair, hosted…
  • 24 May 2019
    England are about to stage the twelfth men’s World Cup, and many shrewd judges rate them favourites to win it.…
  • 22 May 2019
    Nobody thought it at the time - though the result of the final was surprising, almost sensational - but the…
  • Montage of CWC Logos

    21 May 2019
    The fifth men’s World Cup, staged in Australia and New Zealand in February and March 1992, was in some ways…
  • Montage of CWC Logos

    21 May 2019
    In a very real sense the 2011 edition of the Men’s World Cup, held jointly in India, Sri Lanka and…
  • 18 May 2019
    Which has been the most unsatisfactory of the eleven Men’s World Cups held so far? Everybody might have a different…
  • 27 April 2019
    There are many worse places than Singapore to be a cricket person. You can play; there are some local leagues.…
  • 31 March 2019
    “So disappointed in him (sic) as a person...”. “Why do such a disgraceful and low act?” “This (sic) embarrassing and…
  • 8 March 2019
    "Tom Graveney was the James Vince of his day." Discuss. Ridiculous, I hear you cry. Graveney was a master batsman,…
  • 24 February 2019
    The curious paradox of Test cricket - that the less fitted its practitioners become to meeting the special challenges of…