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Tuesday lunchtime at TWC towers. Stomach rumbling. An appointment with the local sandwich shop, and more importantly their beguiling French waitress (think Amelie ) beckons. No such luck. “Vaughany’s doing a Warney,” comes the cry from across the desk. “In 45 minutes, so get your skates on”. ...
England
Michael Vaughan
Oli Broom is cycling to the 2010-11 Ashes , and he’s made it to Serbia. Please go to the bottom of the page and donate to one of his chosen charities.
One of my aims when I set out to cycle to the next Ashes series in Australia was to experience the game in as many countries as I ...
New Zealand
Neil Broom
Recently I invented a Time Machine. I wouldn’t want to bore you with the details, but it involves wormholes and gaffer tape. While I was in the future I had a look at how cricket had changed.
On the field:
72.2 Is this out? Dawson pushed at a straight ball and there was a noise as it ...
England
To: SA coach Mickey Arthur
From: Fletcher, Duncan
RE: England tactics
Mickey – Some thoughts on England as requested.
I should accidentally leak this under the opponent’s dressing room door, ideally with HOPELESS ENGLAND written on it. I’ll get young Geraint Jones to run off a few ...
England
Andrew Flintoff
November 1993: Nelson Mandela ratified South Africa’s first democratic constitution, John Major and John Smith were arguing across the Commons floor, Norwich City gloriously dumped Bayern Munich out of the UEFA Cup and Australia last had to bounce back from a home Test series defeat. Now, 16 ...
West Indies
Ricky Ponting
Daniel Vettori’s batting heroics – the poor bloke has just made 99 against Pakistan in Dunedin – are a sign of the times. It’s true that Vettori is exceptional even by the standards of the 21st-century lower-order batsman: that innings made him the highest-grossing No.8 in Test history, with ...
England
Daniel Vettori
wisdencricketer.com - 6 days ago
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Over the weekend, TWC received the following email
from Hugh Gimber, vice-captain of Cockermouth Cricket Club, whose...
ground has been badly damaged by the floods that have attacked the north of England over the last week. Dear Sirs, My name ...
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Cockermouth CC: An appeal
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What better remedy to transport rage this morning than walking into the office and finding India v Sri Lanka on TV. Armpits, mind the gaps and loud Americans melted away into the prospect of watching a high-quality, absorbing Test match. Then I saw the score. 320 for 1. Bugger. That’ll be a ...
India
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Stuart Clark’s test bowling average is 23. TWENTY
THREE. In the modern era that is about as...
good as it gets. But how many Test matches can you remember him winning? I asked some of my Aussie mates about Test matches he starred in. One ...
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Jrod: Being Stuart Clark
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England
Lord's
A bit of winter cheer for you on a cold afternoon – read the text and watch the great video below which tell the story of Kinross Cricket Club – The Wisden Cricketer’s club of the year for 2009.
Eight members, no facilities, a 19-year-old artificial playing surface and a treasure chest ...
Other
Scotland
Memo to Mickey Arthur and Graeme Smith: save your breath. If England were being captained on their tour of South Africa by, I dunno, Graeme Hick in one of his less assertive moods, the constant mind games – and I only narrowly avoided inverted commas – might be worth it. But Andrew Strauss and ...
South Africa
Graeme Smith
Andrew Strauss
Michael Vaughan
Anyone who watches X Facto r knows the format. Young hopeful stares blankly into the camera while a pantomime-villain in a suit reminds them they are hopelessly out of their depth. For Alastair Cook, while the accusation was purely implicit, his villain was a Sky reporter, and there were no ...
England
Alastair Cook
The word is that Vivian Richards has softened. He even told TWC last year: “I look forward to peace and a tranquil way of life. I am more chilled than when I played.”
Who are you kidding Viv? I went to meet him last week to look back over his career for a forthcoming feature in The Wisden ...
Other
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Yesterday Alastair Cook looked like he had turned
up for an exam of advanced calculus without having...
studied for it. All of his mates had advice, but none of them were actually sitting it. It isn’t Cook’s fault – since his junior days he has ...
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Jrod: Captain Cook’s voyage of discovery
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This is not a clear-cut argument. I don’t
believe that there is some moral imperative that demands...
everyone has the right to watch Test cricket, or the Ashes or whatever, on free-to-air television. It’s about what is best for cricket. ...
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John Stern: Ashes TV rights and wrongs
Graeme Smith summed it up, “He is a leader who is trying to stamp his authority on the environment so it is interesting why he has decided to take a week off.”
Andrew Strauss should be leading England into the Twenty20 matches against South Africa that start today. Instead, after a ...
England
Andrew Strauss
Paul Collingwood
Alastair Cook
In the latest issue of TWC , Matthew Hoggard tells us what England should expect in South Africa.
He makes many key points to where the series will be won and lost. One of his worries is that Alastair Cook might struggle against Makhaya Ntini, who is excellent at slanting the ball across ...
South Africa
Daniel Vettori
Makhaya Ntini
England fans might have their work cut out as the team play South Africa in a tough programme of 73 limited overs matches prior to the Tests, but even the most middling of middle overs will simply fly by with our NHS-endorsed binge-drinking intake monitor
Ali Cook lights up Twenty20 with ...
England
Stuart Broad
Paul Collingwood
Graeme Smith
On Monday cricket enters a new era – yes, another one – when the Ahmedabad Test between India and Sri Lanka will be overseen by an extra pair of eyes. Or rather an extra pair of Hawkeyes.
It will be the first time since the start of October, when the ICC chose to upgrade the umpire-review ...
