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Miracle on Vulture Street

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier21/01/217 Comments

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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Oops, Sorry

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier10/06/18

England managed to redeem themselves and draw the (absurdly short) Test series against Pakistan with an emphatic innings victory in the second Test at Headingley. … Read More

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An Unexpected Triumph for Pakistan

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier29/05/18

Have England produced, in living memory, a worse performance than that served up to three successive full houses at Lord’s in the first Test against … Read More

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In the Beginning

In Some Cricket Matches.. by Bill Ricquier25/05/18

Ireland’s men made a remarkably promising start to their Test careers (the women are ahead of them) despite losing to Pakistan by five wickets at … Read More

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Bill Ricquier Cricket Views“From The Pavilion End” focuses on current cricketing events, using current events as a peg to examine cricketers and matches of the past. Bill Ricquier has been writing about cricket since his first visit to Hampshire’s County Ground as a ten year old. Read more..

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