Author: Bill Ricquier

  • A confident prediction meets its comeuppance

    23 October 2023
    “ Litotes?”, a friend said in response to my WhatsApp message that my prediction regarding the Men’s Cricket World Cup…
  • No sporting empire lasts forever

    27 September 2023
    [External link] Empires come and go. Sporting ascendancy is equally, and inevitably, ephemeral. Few sporting giants, however, can have been…
  • A series limited-overs cricket could never match

    13 August 2023
    The 2023 Ashes was an outstanding series, providing the sort of ever-changing narrative that limited-overs cricket simply cannot deliver. Four…
  • One duck, one dismissal, and a moral storm

    8 July 2023
    Jonny Bairstow faced up to the final ball of Cameron Green’s eighth over. It was predictably short and Bairstow ducked…
  • Lord's, and another test of nerve and leadership

    7 July 2023
    The second Ashes Test, at Lord’s, was in many ways as remarkable as the first. England made the running for…
  • Edgbaston sets the tone with a thrilling gamble

    26 June 2023
    The 2023 Ashes got off to a terrific start at Edgbaston. It grabbed attention from the first ball, sent flashing…
  • Forty years of quiet service to the game

    11 June 2023
    Ranjan Madugalle has been actively involved in international cricket for over forty years. That is a remarkable achievement. And there…
  • Fifty years since Hampshire last held the title

    4 June 2023
    It is fifty years since Hampshire last won the County Championship. In the period between then and now some of…
  • The Sri Lankan who redrew the boundaries

    7 April 2023
    Sri Lanka has produced many great cricketers since its emergence as a leading cricketing nation in the mid-1990s. Sanath Jayasuriya…
  • Practice, repetition, and the making of mastery

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