Author: Bill Ricquier

  • Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views

    19 May 2014
    After a five-nil drubbing at the hands of the best team in the world, England and its beleagured left handed…
  • 26 April 2014
    Image: Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga tosses a cricket ball during a practice session on October 2010 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. By paddynapper…
  • Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views

    16 March 2014
    “Form is temporary, class is permanent” is an addled old cliche, but like many an addled old cliche, it has…
  • Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views

    26 February 2014
    There were all sorts of good things about the drawn second Test between New Zealand and India at Wellington's Basin…
  • 16 February 2014
    English county cricket owes a huge debt to its overseas players. Particularly since the qualification rules were liberalised in 1968,…
  • 24 January 2014
    David Gower, Ian Botham, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. What…
  • 12 January 2014
    Image: Mitchell Johnson bowling a bouncer to Graeme Swann at the WACA during the 2013-14 Ashes in Australia. By Dan…
  • 27 December 2013
    Image: By ABC TV (ebay) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Peter O’Toole died on 14 December. At his best he…
  • 15 November 2013
    The other day I was leafing, as one does, through the pages of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 2012 when I…
  • Vasim Maner/ Impact Index

    10 November 2013
    Image: Salim Durani, by Vasim Maner/ Impact Index One of the most intriguing aspects of the next fifty-over World Cup,…