Martin Williamson

Mixed messages from Dubai

Martin Williamson looks at what message is being sent to the Associates by the ICC deciding to appoint Darrell Hair to officiate in their tournament ..

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Is Twenty20 now 50-50 proposition?

There’s a certain irony in that the latest broadside against Twenty20 cricket comes from Australia, the country which took one-day cricket, made it a modern product with coloured clothing, white balls and floodlights … and then flogged it to death

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Smoke and mirrors inside the USA?

There is now hardly anyone in USA cricket circles who believes that there ever was a Centrex deal negotiated by, and for, the USACA Cricket Association.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Absent Otieno ruled out of World Cup

Veteran Kenyan wicketkeeper-batsman Kennedy Otieno has been left out of the squad for the forthcoming World Cricket League after failing to make himself available for the national training camp

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Scots open their grand tour in heat of Sharjah

The Scotsman reports that Scotland’s cricketers set off on their longest-ever tour when they flew to Sharjah to prepare for a decisive Intercontinental Cup match against UAE.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Uganda and Bankstown building unlikely partnership

In The Australian , Mike Coward reflects that while the Ashes series has generated massive revenues, the story is different beyond the Test world

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Concern grows over marketing deal

The ongoing mystery over the marketing deal agreed by the USA Cricket Association and Centrex continues, with the USACA refusing to provide stakeholders or the media with any information.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Scotland keeper hints at retirement

Scotland’s wicketkeeper Colin Smith has told The Scotsman he could end a glittering career on a high by bowing out at the World Cup.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Keep the urn, but they can have Branson

Richard Branson, a man who has never knowingly missed an opportunity to self-publicise, stepped up and announced that the Ashes should stay in Australia

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Tests killed by marketing's clamour

John Coomber in The New Zealand Herald notes that Australian cricket’s marketing men risk destroying Test cricket because of their ignorance of the basic product

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Leverock named sports personality of the year

Dwayne Leverock, Bermuda’s supersized spinner, and Teresa Perozzi - the boxer who defended her world title twice while running a business and raising her son - are the Bermuda Sun's sports personalities of the year for 2006.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

What has everyone got to hide?

There is widespread confusion in US cricket circles over the almost secret marketing deal reportedly agreed last October between the USA Cricket Association and a company called Centrex

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Frindall queries Warne's 700th

While Shane Warne has been showered with accolades after taking his 700th Test wicket, the respected statistician Bill Frindall has bucked the trend and suggested that Warne is not quite there yet.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

China delighted with Rashid

The Cricket Association of China, in a letter sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board, has praised the services of former Test player Rashid Khan who has been working with it as coach for the last two months

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Breakaway in Oman over national selection

A group of Omani national cricketers are trying to form a breakaway group after the Oman Cricket Club, who run the game in the country, backed by the Sports Ministry, refused to bow to their demands for more representation in the national side.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Damned if they do ...

Our old friend Chris Tsuma has used the season of goodwill to all men to have another one of his digs at Cricket Kenya, although at least this time he has stopped short of saying that the return of Sharad Ghai would signal the dawn of a new era of

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Uganda to tour Kenya in January

Uganda kick of 2007 with a tour to Kenya in January where they will play a select Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA XI) side, Kenya, Canada and Bermuda.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Leaderless ship won't make waves

In The Observer , former England offspinner Vic Marks takes a look at the one-day squad … Harmison out, Panesar in - and all captained by..

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Bermuda delay picking World Cup squad

Bermuda have delayed naming their squad for the World Cup, citing " a number of factors" leading to the board waiting until February 11, just before the ICC's deadline, to name the final 15.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Freed prisoner given county membership

Mirza Tahir Hussain, who spent 18 years on death row in Pakistan, has received an early Christmas present from Yorkshire CCC

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

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