Martin Williamson

China outplays Taiwan

The USA’s ABC News reports how China has used the World Cup to score diplomatic points over rivals Taiwan

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Greed blinds ICC to right choice

In a no-holds-barred column in The Daily Telegraph , Mark Nicholas has launched a stinging broadside at the ICC and the way it handles the world game, which, he says, is based on greed overruling good sense.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Associates need more high-profile matches

Steve Tikolo, Kenya's captain, has pleaded for more international exposure for his side, as well as the other leading Associates.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

The ICC's Coke habit

The ICC are keeping a stern eye on ambush marketing, according to charlierandallcricket.com – not the brand of crisps spectators eat, but almost down to that sort of level

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Cricket never was the English Eden

Michael Henderson, never one to take the safe option, writes a long article in The Daily Telegraph on Pakistan cricket and its place in the modern game.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

In the grip of the Asian betting mafia

In The Daily Telegraph , Peter Foster looks at the bookmakers who still stalk cricket, seven years after the ICC set about rooting corruption out of the game.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

French ticket tout deported

A Frenchman has been fined and sent back to France after pleading guilty to attempting to sell World Cup tickets illegally in St Lucia

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Irish punters exploited upset

Australia have been cut to 7/4 to win the World Cup, and Ladbrokes admitted they lost money from Ireland’s upset win over Pakistan in Jamaica

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Thou shalt not knock the minnows

TV viewers might have noticed that commentators have been very chartable to the so-called minnows during this World Cup so far

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Thou shalt not knock the minnows

TV viewers might have noticed that commentators have been very chartable to the so-called minnows during this World Cup so far

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Indian fans turn on their idols

Furious Indian cricket fans stormed the home of national wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Sunday after the five-wicket defeat by Bangladesh

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Test return will harm Zimbabwe

Amid all the celebrations at Ireland’s fightback to tie with Zimbabwe last Thursday, what many overlooked was that the result was another major blow to Zimbabwean cricket

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Odumbe seeks new opportunities

Maurice Odumbe, the former golden boy of Kenyan cricket who was subsequently banned for five years for associating with known bookmakers, is now forging a new career on local television and radio

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Middlesex link up with Breakthrough

Charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer throughout the Twenty20 Cup competition in 2007

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Will Kenya's players never learn?

The Kenyan media has rounded on the country’s players after they stopped training in a dispute over non payment of match fees for the cancelled game against Canada in January

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

China ... the fragile reality

Matthew Pryor in The Times take a look at the reality behind stories that cricket is about to take off in China:-

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

China ... the fragile reality

Matthew Pryor in The Times take a look at the reality behind stories that cricket is about to take off in China:-

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Moores made merrier by Fletcher

Charles Randall, writing in The Daily Telegraph , interviews Peter Moores, the England A coach touted by many to be the successor to Duncan Fletcher

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Yorkshire chat with Donald

Allan Donald, the former South Africa fast bowler, has been interviewed in Cape Town for the job of director of cricket at Yorkshire.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Medical reports cast doubt on Steede's fitness

Ryan Steede, who was never considered for inclusion in Bermuda’s World Cup squad because of medical reports which indicated he was unfit to compete at that level, has insisted he never received a “fair” opportunity to prove himself fit for team

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

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