Author: Bill Ricquier

  • 14 July 2014
    The first between Sri Lanka and South Africa, which starts on Wednesday at the Galle International Stadium will be the…
  • Geoff Boycott

    22 May 2014
    Watching Virender Sehwag bat in the Pepsi IPL wearing spectacles made one think of Test cricketers over the years who…
  • 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…