Author: Bill Ricquier

  • Glenn McGrath close up

    12 November 2017
    England have had a challenging - yes, we all know what that means - start to their tour of Australia…
  • Br 1 (1)

    15 October 2017
    Is cricket the most literary of games? There is obviously no real answer to this question. For all I know…
  • Misbah-ul-Haq looking nonchalant

    11 October 2017
    The simple answer is one that was only ever available to one team and is no longer available to them:…
  • Melbourne cricket stand

    6 October 2017
    It’s not easy. Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Frank Tyson, Jim Laker and Tony Lock. Not a bad attack, most people…
  • Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views

    3 September 2017
    This is the title of the first cricket book I ever read. It is an account by Richie Benaud of…
  • What we watch cricket shane warne melbournestars wiki mediacomm

    19 August 2017
    When play started on the fourth day of the second Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston in 2005, the…
  • Special delivery

    5 August 2017
    Moeen Ali sealed England's emphatic victory over South Africa in the third Test with Test cricket 's forty-third hat trick.…
  • Century at the oval

    1 August 2017
    The third Test between England and South Africa is the hundredth Test to be played at The Oval. The old…
  • Fords departs

    20 July 2017
    The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was a very enjoyable tournament. It was very compact - the whole thing was done…
  • Tested andfoundwating pixabay cricket 166906 640

    14 July 2017
    Do modern-day batsmen  deserve Test cricket? The question is worth asking after recent events. Test Cricket is the most demanding…