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Aravinda De Silva: The Pocket Maestro

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier12/12/22

India’s Sachin Tendulkar was always known as The Little Master. At 5’5½” he was certainly shorter than average. His youth may also have played a … Read More

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Arjuna Ranatunga: The Napoleon of Cricket

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier24/09/22

For long periods of time since its admission to the Test playing ranks in 1981, Sri Lanka has been regarded condescendingly by the major cricketing … Read More

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Joe Root Reaches for the Stars

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier20/08/22

They were the Fab Four – Steve Smith, Joe Root, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson. Incontrovertibly the outstanding batters of their generation, they shared the … Read More

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The Greatest of Our Time

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier06/03/22

In a world where all news is bad it still came as a terrible almost bruising shock. For cricket, it had been a very difficult … Read More

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Out of Africa

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier06/06/21

A couple of weeks ago I wrote that being a cricket person in Singapore is fine because these days so much cricket is available on … Read More

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Keep On Keeping On

In Some Cricketers.., Uncategorized by Bill Ricquier31/05/21

I wrote about Darren Stevens a few years ago (The Old Fox, July 2018: I think it still holds up). Since then his career has … Read More

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One Size Fits – Almost – All

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier15/05/21

When did (male) professional cricketers start to look the same? Of course I don’t mean that literally. Notwithstanding the panoply of helmets, pads and other … Read More

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Three of a Kind

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier10/02/21

Joe Root did something very special at the first Test between India and England at Chennai. He scored a century in his hundredth Test. In … Read More

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Courage Under Fire: John Edrich

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier02/01/21

Cricket people love debating whether a particular player is great or simply very good. “Great” tends to be over-used but people engaged in this sort … Read More

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The Sly Old Fox: Clarrie Grimmett

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier03/11/20

I made (at least) two misstatements in my piece on John Reid. The first was that New Zealand’s Tests against England in 1949 were played … Read More

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A Gong for The Dazzler

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier12/10/20

Whatever one’s views on Britain’s honours system, nobody is going to begrudge the award of an MBE to the former Yorkshire and England cricketer Darren … Read More

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A Victorian Legend: Dean Jones, 1961-2020

In Some Cricketers.. by Bill Ricquier28/09/20

The cricket world was shocked to learn of the sudden death of the former Australian batsman Dean Jones at the age of 59. He suffered … Read More

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