Just 18 months after finally calling it a day as a working journalist, former Daily Star and People cricket correspondent Ted Corbett has died at the …
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Journalism giants hit for six by wonder women
On a ground-breaking day for women’s cricket PHILIP BARKER was at Lord’s to witness at first hand just how far the sport has come and, per…
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Ex-Indy cricket writer Derek Hodgson dies
Derek Hodgson, the former cricket correspondent of the Independent and prolific author, died suddenly on Saturday at his home in Cheshire. He was 87. …
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Forty years on: How Packer changed cricket
Four decades ago marked the start of a cricketing revolution, the effects of which shook the game. PHILIP BARKER reports. Forty years ago this …
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Plum lives on in Lord’s new Warner Stand
By PHILIP BARKER County champions Middlesex meet Essex this week in the first match played at Lord’s this season. They will do so in front of a…
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Summer must be on its way…Wisden 2017 is out
By PHILIP BARKER Summer can now officially begin. The latest edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack was launched at Lord’s on Wednesday. I…
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Diabetes fund-raiser in memory of Lucas
The family of Dan Lucas, the Guardian cricket and rugby writer who passed away suddenly two weeks ago at the age of 31, have set up a JustGiving page …
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Grace and favour for the father of cricket
He was the father of cricket, a colossus who dominated the sport in an era when lunch breaks lasted until the port ran out. Eric Brown reviews the lat…
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SIX OF THE BEST: Specialist Sports Portfolio
In the second of our ‘six of the best’ series, we are delighted to showcase the work of the finalists shortlisted in the Specialist Sports…
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James delighted to be going in to bat at The Times
Nearly 20 years since he opened the batting for England at Lord's with Mike Atherton, Steve James is to resume that partnership, but now in the press …
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