Posted on September 21, 2020
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With England’s women set to take on West Indies in their first matches of the summer starting today, Ollie Godden reflects on how the game has found solace after a difficult few months. It was supposed to be the start of an era; £20million… Continue Reading “Women’s cricket buoyant through coronavirus storm”
Category: Cricket, The 52Tags: 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, 2020 Women's T20 World Cup, Alex Hartley, Australia, BBC, Clare Connor, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Cricket, Derby, ECB, England, Georgie Adams, Heyhoe Flint Trophy, India, Jimmy Adams, Kathryn Bryce, Kia Super League, Lancashire, NW Thunder, Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Scotland, Sky Sports, South Africa, Southern Vipers, The Hundred, Tom Harrison, West Indies
Posted on July 14, 2020
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The return of Test match cricket last week brought back a sense of familiarity long sought by so many. Rain delays, English batting collapses and the result going down to the wire – it was as though nothing had changed, despite the lack of… Continue Reading “Cricket’s female commentators shining bright despite gloomy start to British summer”
Category: Cricket, The 52Tags: 2009 Women's ODI World Cup, 2009 Women's T20 World Cup, 2018 FIFA Men's World Cup, 2019 Men's ODI World Cup, Alex Hartley, Alex Scott, Alison Mitchell, Australia, BBC, Charlotte Edwards, Cricket, Ebony Rainford-Brent, England, England Cricket, Eni Aluko, football, Fox Cricket, Isa Guha, ITV, Lizzy Ammon, Mel Jones, Melinda Farrell, Natalie Germanos, SJA, Sky Sports, Test Match Special, TMS, USA, Vicki Sparks, West Indies, Women's Cricket World Cup
Posted on July 21, 2016
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Disappointment; a feeling all of us will experience at some point in our lives. The pattern that leads to it never changes – there is an overhyped build-up that promises of plenty of rewards and elicits a lot of excitement but ultimately the end… Continue Reading “Consistently inconsistent”
Category: CricketTags: 2015 Cricket World Cup, Alastair Cook, Australia, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Cricket, England and Wales Cricket Board, Hampshire, James Vince, Joe Root, Pakistan, South Africa, Trevor Bayliss, West Indies, Yasir Shah, Yorkshire
Posted on April 5, 2016
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I’ve been converted. It’s a day I thought would never come. Being an old-fashioned so-and-so, I’ve resisted this new uprising for so long. I’m not a fan of change and like to preserve the status quo – as the saying goes, if something isn’t… Continue Reading “The Revolution Continues”
Category: CricketTags: Afghanistan, Australia, Cricket, England, ICC 2019 One Day World Cup, ICC World Twenty20 2016, IPL, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pieter Seelaar, Sensational fielding, West Indies
Posted on May 8, 2015
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It’s been quite a week; a royal birth, the 70th anniversary of VE Day and even some sunshine have all befallen us since the beginning of the month. There was something else too but I can’t quite remember what… Anyway, in all the excitement… Continue Reading “A recipe for success?”
Category: CricketTags: 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, 70th VE Day, Adam Lyth, Adil Rashid, Alastair Cook, Caribbean, Colin Croft, Colin Graves, Cricket, David Willey, ECB, England, Gary Ballance, Geoffrey Dujon, Gordon Greenidge, India, IPL, Ireland, James Anderson, James Vince, Joe Root, Joel Garner, Jonathan Trott, Mark Wood, Michael Holding, Moeen Ali, Royal Baby, Sam Billings, Sir Viv Richards, West Indies
Posted on December 4, 2013
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On the eve of the second Ashes Test, it seems as though England are desperate to take the attention away from their shocking performance at Brisbane by having a little whinge about a few words the Aussies said to them. Sledging (or ‘mental disintegration’… Continue Reading “Just shut up and let the cricket do the talking!”
Category: CricketTags: Andrew Flintoff, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ashes 2013/14, Australia, Australian Cricket Board, Cricket, David Warner, ECB, Eddo Brandes, England, Fred Trueman, Glenn McGrath, Greg Thomas, Ian Botham, Ian Healy, Jonathon Trott, Merv Hughes, Michael Clarke, Raman Subba Row, Robin Smith, Rod Marsh, Sri Lanka, Steve Waugh, Tino Best, Viv Richards, West Indies, Yorkshire CCC, Zimbabwe
Posted on July 23, 2013
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Two royal weddings, a Diamond Jubilee and now the birth of Will and Kate’s child – if that isn’t enough to stir up any feelings of patriotism then I don’t know what is. But is our sport making us feel quite the same way… Continue Reading “Team GB – the greatest ever?”
Category: OpinionTags: 2012 Ryder Cup, 2012 World T20, 2013 Investec Ashes, 2013/2014 Ashes, 2014 Commonwealth Games, Andy Murray, Anniversary Games 2013, Australia, Belgium, Bradley Wiggins, Brazil, British and Irish Lions, Chris Froome, Cricket, Cycling, Dale Steyn, Diamond Jubilee, England, Euro 2012, football, Golf, Great Britain, Hashim Amla, IAAF 2013 World Athletics Championships, Ian Poulter, India, Italy, Jack Wilshere, Jacques Kallis, Justin Rose, Kenya, Lee Westwood, London Olympics 2012, London Paralympics 2012, Muirfield, New Zealand, Novak Djokovic, Pakistan, Phil Mickelson, Roger Federer, Rory McIllroy, Roy Hodgson, Royal Baby, Scotland, South Africa, Sports Personality of the Year 2012, Sri Lanka, Tennis, The Open, The Queen, Tour de France, Under-19 European Championships, Under-20 World Cup, Under-21 European Championships, US Open Golf, US Open Tennis, US PGA Championship, West Indies, Wimbledon, Women's 2013 Cricket World Cup, Women's European Championship 2013, Yorkshire
Posted on February 17, 2013
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So, anybody else been following the Women’s Cricket World Cup recently? How about the female version of the Six Nations? And did any of you follow England’s netball stars during their series whitewash of world number 1s Australia last month? I’m guessing for the… Continue Reading “Time to Wake Up and Accept the Obvious”
Category: OpinionTags: Andrew Flintoff, Anya Shrubsole, Australia, BBC, Ben Ainslie, Bradley Wiggins, Brendan McCullum, Brian Lara, Celtic, Chris Ashton, Cricket, David Weir, Elizabeth Lambert, Ellie Simmonds, England, France, Gary Hooper, Hannah Cockroft, ICC Women's World Cup 2013, Ireland, ITV, Jessica Ennis, Juventus, Katherine Brunt, Katherine Grainger, London 2012, netball, Olympics, Paralympics, RBS Women's Six Nations, Ricky Ponting, Scotland, Simon Zebo, Sir Chris Hoy, Sky Sports, Stefanie Taylor, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Steve Harmison, Wales, West Indies
