Author: Bill Ricquier

  • 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…
  • Ranjan Madugalle

    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…
  • 1996 World Cup

    7 April 2023
    Sri Lanka has produced many great cricketers since its emergence as a leading cricketing nation in the mid-1990s. Sanath Jayasuriya…
  • Tied test 1960

    6 April 2023
    “The more you do something the better you get at it”. There is little point in arguing against this. It…
  • The Basin Resrve

    12 March 2023
    I was in London while the extraordinary second Test between New Zealand and England was being played at Wellington’s Basin…
  • England series win

    27 January 2023
    There could be no doubt as to which was the outstanding men’s international cricket team in the calendar year 2022.…
  • Grounds for Reflection Brabourne

    14 December 2022
    An empty cricket ground can be an interesting place. This is obviously the case with somewhere like Lord’s, where the…
  • Aravinda de silva

    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…
  • Ollie Robinson Pakistan

    6 December 2022
    Having seen almost none of the extraordinary first Test between Pakistan and England at Rawalpindi, I don’t really feel qualified…