All roads lead to The Oval
Picturesque Kennington south of London with its dog parks and magnificent Kia Oval is the centrepiece for the English Championship showdown between hosts and reigning champions Surrey and Nottinghamshire from tomorrow.
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MORE THAN A GAME
Cricket in Barbados is more than a game, says historian BRIAN STODDART Ever since CLR James released his seminal Beyond a Boundary in 1963, we have all known that cricket has always been way more than a game in the Caribbean. All that background social meaning was displayed in Fire in Babylon and a concomitant […]
KEN PIESSE IN THE WINDIES
Barbados and the Caribbean islands remain irresistible tourist havens, but the declining interest in cricket is alarming, says KEN PIESSE.
A SILKY GENIUS
KEN PIESSE, author of more than 60 books on cricket, pays tribute to one of his heroes Bob Cowper who died this week, aged 84. So effortlessly sublime and exquisite was the quality of Bob Cowper’s silky stroke-play, that Australia’s Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies would have his chauffeur take him down to tiny Glenferrie […]