Author: Bill Ricquier

  • The captain who forged a world-beating side

    31 July 2018
    This article first appeared in my book, The Pakistani Masters. It has been updated following Imran's success in the general…
  • From the crease to the corridors of power

    31 July 2018
    This is the third and final part of an article that first appeared in my book, The Pakistani Masters. It has…
  • Galle, and the widening home-away divide

    16 July 2018
    The first Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa at the Galle International Stadium was an interesting but ultimately disappointing…
  • Barry Richards, and greatness glimpsed too briefly

    8 July 2018
    Before the English summer of 1968 the cricket authorities relaxed the applicable rules so that each county could hire an…
  • Darren Stevens, defying the years at Lord's

    2 July 2018
    The so-called showpiece one-day Lord's final - in its current incarnation, The Royal Lindon One -Day Cup - has undoubtedly…
  • England redeem themselves in an absurdly short series

    10 June 2018
    England managed to redeem themselves and draw the (absurdly short) Test series against Pakistan with an emphatic innings victory in…
  • Pakistan humble England before packed houses

    29 May 2018
    Have England produced, in living memory, a worse performance than that served up to three successive full houses at Lord’s…
  • Ireland's men take their first Test steps

    25 May 2018
    Ireland's men made a remarkably promising start to their Test careers (the women are ahead of them) despite losing to…
  • The unlikely keeper thrust into the breach

    24 April 2018
    If, nine months ago, a random group of informed Cricket followers had been asked to state who would be keeping…
  • Ball-tampering, and one of cricket's gravest taboos

    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…