• 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
  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Be Prepared

    Batting

    Batting is a very technical thing, far more technically demanding than most sporting endeavors. It is physically demanding and the…

  • Broken Record

    Bowling

    Statue of Truemen. Image by Immanuel Giel licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported “He is the best bowler…

  • In The Frame

    Some Cricketers

    Watching Virender Sehwag bat in the Pepsi IPL wearing spectacles made one think of Test cricketers over the years who…

    Geoff Boycott