Cricket writers Archives - Page 8 of 19 - Sports Journalists' Association

September 24, 2013September 25, 2013

All-star media team that graced many a village green

Brian Scovell has a wealth of cricketing stories, from the village green to Lord's, and he has committed them to a memorable book, writes IAN COLE…

September 23, 2013September 25, 2013

MCC asks for your 200-year-old Lord’s memories

The MCC has invited sports journalists to participate in one of the initiatives they are planning as part of the celebrations for the Bicentenary of L…

September 3, 2013September 9, 2013

Forty years on and women get credit they deserve

PHILIP BARKER on how Rachael Heyhoe Flint and her England women's team became cricket trail-blazers 40 years ago…

August 7, 2013August 10, 2013

Old Trafford media centre’s offering has cream on top

After a visit during the Ashes Test, BRIAN SCOVELL, of the Cricket Writers' Club, heaps praise on the media facilities at Lancashire's redeveloped gro…

July 30, 2013August 5, 2013

Lord’s stalwart Norman de Mesquita has died

Norman was the dominant personality in the Lord's press box, even when the likes of his great mate Peter Byrne and Dicky Rutnagur, neither a shrinking…

July 23, 2013July 29, 2013

Strauss gets on his bike for Vaughan’s charity ride

Michael Vaughan will lead a host of stars and fundraisers, and some sports journalists, on the event, which will raise funds for the Laureus Sport for…

July 7, 2013July 12, 2013

Harold Pinter, Len Hutton, the Ashes and Nobel Prizes

ANTON RIPPON doesn't like to brag about it, but did he ever tell you about the time a royal corgi sniffed his trouser leg...…

July 4, 2013July 23, 2013

Vaughan gets to Root of selection at Laureus brunch

IAN COLE reports from today's Laureus-sponsored brunch with Michael Vaughan, where the Ashes-winning former England captain backed a former team mate …

July 1, 2013July 7, 2013

Doubling up on series sees players urn their keep

Back-to-back Ashes cricket Test series are nothing new, as PHILIP BARKER reports…

June 21, 2013June 27, 2013

Dicky Rutnagur, cricket and squash writer, has died

I can state with absolute certainty that The Cricket Writers' Club has never had a more loyal or faithful Member than Dicky Rutnagur - or, indeed, a p…