Author: Bill Ricquier

  • Taking a catch to his right

    24 April 2018
    If, nine months ago, a random group of informed Cricket followers had been asked to state who would be keeping…
  • Smith news conference

    30 March 2018
    Ball-tampering is one of cricket's great taboos, up there with throwing and match-fixing. Any doubt one might have had about…
  • 20160809 lone sri lankan fan

    27 March 2018
    In the space of a few days in February two players on the fringes of the England Test squad, Yorkshire's…
  • English batsman plays stroke with NZ slips in background

    21 March 2018
    England's mildly catastrophic Ashes series is to be followed by a two-match Test series in New Zealand. On the face…
  • Rangana Herath bowls left arm over the wicket

    13 February 2018
    Rangana Herath did something remarkable in Sri Lanka's comfortable win over Bangladesh in the second Test at Mirpur. In taking…
  • Close up of Steve Smith playing a pull shot

    25 January 2018
    It was yet another deeply disappointing Ashes series. It wasn't just Australia's crushing margin of victory. The fact is that…
  • Panorama of stadium

    25 December 2017
    The troubles that have afflicted Sri Lankan cricket ever since their home triumph against Australia in 2016 continued in the…
  • Panoramic view of Shane Warne bowling in Sydney

    19 December 2017
    On BBC's Test Match Special Michael Vaughan and Graeme Swann separately described the delivery from Mitchell Starc that dismissed James…
  • Close up of Nathan Lyon

    14 December 2017
    Australia don’t normally “do” finger spin. For them it has traditionally been the wrist spinner who has held sway among…
  • Gabba ashes 5men and test match

    30 November 2017
    The Brisbane Cricket Ground (the GABBA) All England supporters fear the worst before a Test match in Brisbane. There is…