Author: Bill Ricquier

  • 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.…
  • 1 August 2017
    The third Test between England and South Africa is the hundredth Test to be played at The Oval. The old…
  • 20 July 2017
    The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was a very enjoyable tournament. It was very compact - the whole thing was done…
  • 14 July 2017
    Do modern-day batsmen  deserve Test cricket? The question is worth asking after recent events. Test Cricket is the most demanding…
  • 29 April 2017
    Theresa May has called a general election which is going to be held on 8 June. It is relatively unusual…
  • 18 April 2017
    I was watching the Delhi Daredevils play the Kolkata Knight Riders on television the other day. It turned out to…
  • 17 April 2017
    No country exemplifies the current tendency towards very different outcomes in home and away Test matches in a more extreme…
  • 4 April 2017
    Image: India vs Australia by Vijay Chennupati [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons What does it take to make a really…
  • 25 February 2017
    " Look for the positives" : you know something has gone really badly when a commentator , or someone in…
  • Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views

    18 February 2017
    Australia' s tour of India, commencing this month, promises to be a very intriguing one. India have rediscovered their love…