Author: Bill Ricquier

  • Sri lanka t

    15 September 2024
    An autumnal Oval saw an unexpected conclusion to England’s summer of Test cricket, with Sri Lanka handing out a thrashing…
  • Joe root

    5 September 2024
    [External link] England’s victory over a gallant but fundamentally inferior Sri Lanka – their fifth victory of the summer –…
  • James anderson final test 2

    9 August 2024
    This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. A truly remarkable Test career ended on 12 July, the third and…
  • Gus atkinson

    11 July 2024
    In the Hollywood classic, All About Eve, a mature Broadway star, played by Bette Davis, finds her career and life…
  • Sabba row underwood 2

    21 May 2024
    This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. English cricket lost two great servants in April with the passing of…
  • End of an era upscaled enhance 1600w

    22 April 2024
    English cricket recently lost one of its great performers in the left-arm spinner Derek Underwood. No England spinner took more…
  • Bumrah upscaled enhance 2x faceai sharpen

    7 April 2024
    India’s four-One victory over England can hardly be described as a shock, still less a surprise. Before going any further,…
  • India england cricket

    1 February 2024
    At close of play on an action-packed first day of the first Test at Hyderabad, India were 119 for one…
  • Review of cricket 202300

    31 January 2024
    This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. You can download a PDF version here. Men’s international cricket had plenty…
  • Australia world cup triumph

    26 November 2023
    Is COVID the explanation for everything that has happened since? Time is a curious and mysterious concept and the pandemic…