• Age shall not wither

    Some Cricketers

    In the week that Theresa May became the oldest person to enter 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister since James…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • In the Genes

    Some Cricketers

    Flying from Singapore to London to watch England's third Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's, I found myself watching an…

  • Left Arm Over and Out

    Bowling

    Where have all the slow left armers gone? It is a question especially pertinent to English cricket. England almost always…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • Cricket at the Crossroads

    About the Game

    The recently concluded World T20 was a fantastic celebration of cricket. It displayed the shortest form of the game at…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • Watching Cricket in Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka

    Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world, and nowhere is this more evident than in South Asia.…

  • Things Have Changed

    About the Game

    Image: "The famous duck: Bradman bowled by Bowes at the MCG, in front of a world record crowd assembled to…

  • Double Trouble

    Batting

    When Ben Stokes made 258 against South Africa at Cape Town in January 2016 he became the second Englishman in…

    England cricket team walks out line abreast
  • Carry On Batting

    Batting

    The Boxing Day Test between South Africa and England at Durban saw the fiftieth instance in Test cricket of a…

  • The Strange Power of the Follow-On

    Some Cricket Matches

    Nobody could have been surprised by the result of the First Test between Australia and the West Indies at Hobart.…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • Crikey O’Reilly!!

    Batting

    Crikey O'Reilly !! Crikey O'Reilly ? Is Crikey O'Reilly the latest Irish cricketer to make his debut for England in…

  • Curtain Call

    Hail and Farewell

    For much of the game there was a slightly underwhelming feel about the Royal London One -Day Cup Final between…

    Geraint Jones celebrates with Gloucester.
  • Brian Close – Bloody but Unbowed

    Some Cricketers

    Brian Close, who died on 14 September at the age of 84, was one of the most remarkable of English…