Author: Bill Ricquier

  • A tour unravelling before it truly begins

    12 November 2017
    England have had a challenging - yes, we all know what that means - start to their tour of Australia…
  • Is cricket the most literary of all games?

    15 October 2017
    Is cricket the most literary of games? There is obviously no real answer to this question. For all I know…
  • A winning formula, now beyond England's reach

    11 October 2017
    The simple answer is one that was only ever available to one team and is no longer available to them:…
  • The hardest away assignment in the game

    6 October 2017
    It’s not easy. Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Frank Tyson, Jim Laker and Tony Lock. Not a bad attack, most people…
  • Parallels with Richie Benaud's great book

    3 September 2017
    This is the title of the first cricket book I ever read. It is an account by Richie Benaud of…
  • The moments that keep us at the boundary

    19 August 2017
    When play started on the fourth day of the second Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston in 2005, the…
  • Moeen's hat-trick, and a rare seal of victory

    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.…
  • The old ground marks its hundredth Test

    1 August 2017
    The third Test between England and South Africa is the hundredth Test to be played at The Oval. The old…
  • A coach leaves amid uneven fortunes

    20 July 2017
    The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was a very enjoyable tournament. It was very compact - the whole thing was done…
  • Do modern batsmen still deserve the longest game?

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