Author: Bill Ricquier

  • Twelve days in, the contenders take shape

    10 June 2019
    Twelve days, and fifteen matches, including the washout at the Ageas Bowl today (Monday 10 June) seems a good time…
  • When the franchise era reshaped the fifty-over game

    29 May 2019
    Although T20 franchise cricket, and in particular the IPL, was well under way at the time of the previous World…
  • The forgotten tournament, given its due

    28 May 2019
    1979 is the forgotten World Cup. It’s a bit harsh but that’s just the way it is. There were some…
  • The first World Cup to leave English shores

    28 May 2019
    The fourth men’s World Cup, the Reliance Cup, the first to be held outside England, was a great success in…
  • Sri Lanka's romance amid off-field turmoil

    25 May 2019
    Despite the undoubted romance and popularity of the result - a win for previously unheralded Sri Lanka - the Wills…
  • Where the one-day World Cup all began

    25 May 2019
    2019 promises to be a tremendous summer of cricket in England: the men’s World Cup, the men’s Ashes, the women’s…
  • The pan-African dream, and Australian dominance

    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…
  • England host, and the favourites falter

    24 May 2019
    England are about to stage the twelfth men’s World Cup, and many shrewd judges rate them favourites to win it.…
  • The final that changed cricket's centre of gravity

    22 May 2019
    Nobody thought it at the time - though the result of the final was surprising, almost sensational - but the…
  • Coloured kit, floodlights, and a new era

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