Martin Williamson

'Scared dinkum' and dead-drunk Australians

A drunk allrounder and players scared witless by a ghost provided an unsettling start to Australia's 2005 Ashes campaign

15-Jun-2013•Martin Williamson

A turkey of a tournament

The 2004 Champions Trophy 'deserved to be ranked … in the list of the Great Sporting Fiascos of our time'

01-Jun-2013•Martin Williamson

The end of the innocence

The felling of a tailender by Bob Willis triggered the acceptance that helmets were needed in the game

18-May-2013•Martin Williamson

Well done... and straight to prison

The tale of a man who took 4 for 49 and was promptly arrested for deserting the army

04-May-2013•Martin Williamson

Opening Pandora's one-day box

Fifty years ago, an effort to bring crowds back to cricket led to the birth of a new format

20-Apr-2013•Martin Williamson

Snow, sleet ... and cricket

In 1903, the English county season got off to a start with a match between London County and Surrey. But the match, which featured WG Grace and Bangalore Jayaram, was played amid sleet and snow showers

06-Apr-2013•Martin Williamson

Australia's greatest challenge

In 1969-70 Australia won their series in India: a battle between spinners and batsmen, played against a background of widespread violence

23-Mar-2013•Martin Williamson

Putting Sachin in the shade

When two Hyderabad schoolboys smashed a record set 18 years earlier by Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli

09-Mar-2013•Martin Williamson

Netherlands to play ODI against South Africa

South Africa will play Netherlands in a one-day international as part of their preparations for this summer’s ICC Champions Trophy.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Kenya's Cricket Wars postponed for second time

The controversial Cricket Wars tournament which was due to take place this weekend at Nairobi Gymkhana has been postponed for a second time

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Kenya's Cricket Wars postponed again?

There is growing uncertainty over the planned Cricket Wars tournament due to take place this weekend (February 1 to 3) at Nairobi Gymkhana with organisers still unwilling to confirm which cricketers are taking part or how to buy tickets in advance.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

East Asia Pacific awards announced

The ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) Region has announced the winners of the 2012 Pepsi ICC EAP Development Programme Annual Awards.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

ICC European Division 1 heading to England

ICC Europe has today announced the tournament schedule for 2013.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Cricket Kenya refuses to sanction unauthorised event

Cricket Kenya's new chairman Jackie Janmohammed is facing the first challenge of her tenure with her board refusing to sanction a planned three-day tournament in Nairobi

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Janmohammed faces uphill battle to arrest slide

The election of Jackie Janmohammed as Cricket Kenya chairman comes at a time when Kenyan cricket is not only at its lowest ebb since the heady days of the 2003 World Cup but is seemingly only heading in one direction

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Same old wall of silence from USACA

It is almost two months since the USA Cricket Association’s elections – enough has been said about those and the rows about the way they were conducted crumbles on – but, true to form, USACA has resumed the complete media shutdown which has been its

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Kenya's ghosts from the past

The court case resulting from disgraced former CEO Tom Tikolo’s bid to have Cricket Kenya’s delayed has been postponed, leaving the game in a state of ongoing limbo

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Ireland map out path to Tests

Cricket Ireland has set out its strategy to bring full Test status by 2020

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Two more Maryland counties add cricket

This week, PE teachers in Baltimore and Wicomico (Maryland) counties attended cricket training sessions in preparation for the start of the new school year

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

PNG and Fiji going for gold

Fiji and PNG have each booked a place in Friday's gold medal match after wins over Vanuatu and New Caledonia respectively at the Pacific Games Cricket Competition in Noumea.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

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