CRICKET COMMENT January 12, 2012 SPOT-FIXING can no longer be considered a potential threat to the county game following the landmark case of Mervyn Westfield, but while the integrity of the sport has undoubtedly been tarnished, I’m sure this will prove to be an isolated instance of wrongdoing. The temptation to indulge in the murky world of illegal gambling has [...]
Imprisoned Pakistan cricket cheats bring ‘shame’ on a nation November 3, 2011 FORMER Pakistan captain Salman Butt and team-mates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were last night beginning jail sentences for their part in the spot-fixing scandal which has tainted the “image and integrity of cricket”. Teenager Amir will be detained for six months in a young offenders institution, while Butt, 27, has been jailed for 30 [...]
CHARLES STANLEY HIT FOR SIX IN HUMBLING CRICKETING DEFEAT August 21, 2011 BATTERED egos at Charles Stanley, which is still recovering from its painful cricketing defeat at the hands of Ignis Asset Management in the final of the Stockbrokers Cup. “Cricket can be a great leveller,” said Charles Stanley’s “gutted” captain Ed Clark, who brought his team to the match as the undefeated champions for the past [...]
Cricketmania as Lord’s inundated July 25, 2011 REPORTS of the death of Test cricket are greatly exaggerated – if the sell-out crowd who flocked to pack out Lord’s yesterday are anything to go by. Discounted tickets for the final day of a nail-biting first match between England and India drew swarms of cricket lovers to north-west London, where queues snaked all the [...]
Catch extra profits swing trading with a pitch on India’s cricket tour July 17, 2011 THESE are halcyon days for the England cricket team. Its excellent run has been a very rewarding one for the Barmy Army’s supporters – and for spread betters who have got with the team along the way. With a huge selection of volatile markets and a wide range of different scores recorded, cricket is the [...]
Cricket mourning ‘Barnacle Bill’ February 10, 2011 ENGLISH cricket is mourning the death of former international Trevor Bailey who died in a fire at his home aged 87. Bailey played 61 Tests and was a member of a side which won three consecutive Ashes series between 1953 and 1956. England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke praised Bailey’s “enormous contribution to [...]
COLLY READY TO RETIRE FROM TEST CRICKET January 5, 2011 Paul Collingwood has announced his decision to retire from Test cricket following the conclusion of the final Ashes Test. The Durham batsman won 67 caps for his country and made a total of 10 centuries.
Cricket, as hard as it gets November 23, 2010 IF anybody is wondering how to fit in watching an Ashes series that will take place almost entirely during our normal sleeping hours, I have some advice. If you watch nothing else, watch the first session of the first Test – it starts at midnight tonight and it’ll be absolutely essential viewing. So many times [...]
Is cricket damaged? You bet it is August 30, 2010 THERE’S an old saying in life, which goes: “It’s just not cricket” – a phase which is testimony to the fair nature and traditional values of the game of cricket. But never has that been more undermined than the events of the last two days with the emergence of these damning match-fixing allegations involving Pakistan [...]
Cricket mourns the death of legend Sir Alec Bedser April 5, 2010 TRIBUTES flooded in yesterday for Surrey and England bowling legend Sir Alec Bedser, who died after a short illness on Sunday night at the age of 91. Bedser took 236 wickets in 51 Tests over 10 years before spending a record 23 years as an England selector. Having led Surrey to eight County Championships as [...]