Author: Bill Ricquier

  • A cricket person's life, far from Lord's

    27 April 2019
    There are many worse places than Singapore to be a cricket person. You can play; there are some local leagues.…
  • An old dismissal, and the outrage it still stirs

    31 March 2019
    “So disappointed in him (sic) as a person...”. “Why do such a disgraceful and low act?” “This (sic) embarrassing and…
  • Elegance and weight of runs, in equal measure

    8 March 2019
    "Tom Graveney was the James Vince of his day." Discuss. Ridiculous, I hear you cry. Graveney was a master batsman,…
  • A lone innings that defied the odds

    24 February 2019
    The curious paradox of Test cricket - that the less fitted its practitioners become to meeting the special challenges of…
  • When a captain's absence changes everything

    8 February 2019
    There is almost universal regret that the West Indies captain, Jason Holder, will not be playing in the third Test…
  • Australia's workhorse among the immortals

    23 January 2019
    The list of Australia's top ten Test wicket-takers reads like a concave of the game's immortals.  There are four members…
  • Captaincy as its own kind of genius

    14 January 2019
    How important is captaincy in cricket? is there room in an international eleven for a player who is in the…
  • Twelve months of best and worst

    30 December 2018
    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, let's not exaggerate. But there was some…
  • A whitewash raises uncomfortable questions

    1 December 2018
    England secured a highly impressive whitewash when they beat Sri Lanka in the third Test at Colombo. It was a…
  • Herath's farewell, and England's dominant close

    9 November 2018
    Rangana Herath's much heralded last Test ended with the great man's desperate and unavailing dive for safety as England secured…