Author: Bill Ricquier

  • Fawad Alam, and how a batsman reveals himself

    31 August 2014
    Fawad Alam batting for Pakistan during a 50-over warm-up match against Somerset at the County Ground, Taunton. Image by Harrias…
  • Records aplenty, yet the debate endures

    19 July 2014
    Mahela Jayawardene will depart from Test cricket after the home series against Pakistan in August with an array of records…
  • Old-fashioned Test cricket, and a decisive advantage

    17 July 2014
    On an attritional day of old- fashioned Test cricket South Africa put themselves in a position from which it is…
  • A fine hundred, but the hosts hold sway

    16 July 2014
    South Africa’s new Test captain, Hashim Amla has got the most important thing right on the first day of the…
  • A cherished ground prepares for battle

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

    22 May 2014
    Watching Virender Sehwag bat in the Pepsi IPL wearing spectacles made one think of Test cricketers over the years who…
  • A drubbing recalled, three decades later

    19 May 2014
    After a five-nil drubbing at the hands of the best team in the world, England and its beleagured left handed…
  • Who really holds the power on the field?

    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…
  • Form is temporary, class permanent - or is it?

    16 March 2014
    “Form is temporary, class is permanent” is an addled old cliche, but like many an addled old cliche, it has…
  • The many small pleasures of a drawn Test

    26 February 2014
    There were all sorts of good things about the drawn second Test between New Zealand and India at Wellington's Basin…