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A Tale of Three Tests

In Some Cricket Matches.., The Ashes by Bill Ricquier13/01/22

Three Tests were played in the opening week of 2022, in Mount Maunganui, Sydney and Johannesburg. Each of them was truly memorable, demonstrating why Test … Read More

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On Top of the World

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier26/06/21

There cannot be many genuine cricket followers, even in the subcontinent, who weren’t, if only subconsciously , happy at the outcome of the inaugural World … Read More

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On the Road

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier08/05/21

I had an email from an old friend this week, asking if we would be able to catch up in our customary meeting place in … Read More

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Miracle on Vulture Street

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier21/01/21

Even the game’s administrators might at last begin to realise what every genuine cricket person has always known: that there is no sporting contest so … Read More

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House of Cards

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier27/12/20

There could hardly have been a more appropriate way of bringing the weird and often wonderful international cricket calendar year of 2020 to a close … Read More

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Here Comes the Sun

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier19/05/20

We’re now in mid-May, and, if all was right in the world, the West Indians ought to be arriving in England for their three-Test tour. … Read More

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Dean Park, Bournemouth, 3 May 1970

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier10/05/20

Wisden arrived this week. Of course one always has to wait a little while for it in Singapore, but wherever you are the arrival of … Read More

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Time for a Break

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier05/04/20

I saw an intriguing picture the other day while leafing through a book called Cricket – The Golden Age by Duncan Steer. You will see the image … Read More

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Mismatch at Mount Maunganui

In England, Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier27/11/19

Should we be surprised that New Zealand are ranked number two in the ICC’s Men’s Test rankings? Hardly. They have won ten successive series at … Read More

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Time Machine Cricket

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier27/07/19

Come on everyone! It’s England v Ireland at Lord’s! And we’re going back to the nineteenth century! It really did seem like that in this … Read More

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Kohli’s One Man Show Can’t Prevent England Win

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier06/08/18

Of course the problem is that Test cricket is so boring. It is seriously doubtful that even the head of marketing at the England and … Read More

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Home and Away

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier16/07/18

The first Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa at the Galle International Stadium was an interesting but ultimately disappointing affair. All over by tea … Read More

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