Author: Bill Ricquier

  • 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…
  • 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…