Author: Bill Ricquier

  • 7 July 2023
    The second Ashes Test, at Lord’s, was in many ways as remarkable as the first. England made the running for…
  • Panoramic shot as Root bowls to Carey with Australia at 209-7

    26 June 2023
    The 2023 Ashes got off to a terrific start at Edgbaston. It grabbed attention from the first ball, sent flashing…
  • 11 June 2023
    Ranjan Madugalle has been actively involved in international cricket for over forty years. That is a remarkable achievement. And there…
  • Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views

    4 June 2023
    It is fifty years since Hampshire last won the County Championship. In the period between then and now some of…
  • 7 April 2023
    Sri Lanka has produced many great cricketers since its emergence as a leading cricketing nation in the mid-1990s. Sanath Jayasuriya…
  • 6 April 2023
    “The more you do something the better you get at it”. There is little point in arguing against this. It…
  • 12 March 2023
    I was in London while the extraordinary second Test between New Zealand and England was being played at Wellington’s Basin…
  • 27 January 2023
    There could be no doubt as to which was the outstanding men’s international cricket team in the calendar year 2022.…
  • 14 December 2022
    An empty cricket ground can be an interesting place. This is obviously the case with somewhere like Lord’s, where the…
  • 12 December 2022
    India’s Sachin Tendulkar was always known as The Little Master. At 5’5½” he was certainly shorter than average. His youth…