Martin Williamson

Simply marvellous

Fantastic news for fans of the highly irreverent 12th Man CDs – and that includes most of the editorial team – comes with the release this week of the seventh offering – and the first for five years - from Billy Bimingham

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Canada lose warm-up

Canada lost a warm-up one-day match against TUCS (the University of Pretoria) by seven wickets

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Sky off to a lousy start

Despite all the hype generated by Rupert Murdoch’s Sky TV before the start of the Ashes, they managed a spectacular cock-up before the series had started

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

No need for age concern

The Australian newspapers were – understandably – delighted with the second day at Brisbane, and it was Glenn McGrath who attracted the most column inches

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Elton don't stop there anymore

England's poor start to the Brisbane Test has prompted Sir Elton John to ditch plans to watch the action at the Gabba, according to ninemsn .

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

The blinkered world of the Canadian Cricket Association

In April 2006, Eddie Norfolk joined the Canadian Cricket Association as their marketing and communication manager

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Bascome calls for Bermuda to be given time

Bermuda's assistant coach Herbie Bascome believes that unless the players become mentally tougher then success will continue to elude them.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Better the devil you know

Steven Price in Harare

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Associates heading in opposite directions

Martin Williamson reviews the Kenya-Bermuda one-day series and looks at what the games mean for both sides

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Australia roll in the heavy artillery

Peter English

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Batting is no guessing game

A scientific study claims that top batsmen can predict the sort of ball a bowler is going to deliver before it even leaves his hand.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Out of Africa

The Royal Gazette carries a report about the troubles the Bermuda players have had in Kenya which include a man being gunned down outside their hotel in Nairobi, an umpire vomiting on the pitch in Mombasa and some cautionary tales about driving

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Hitting the jackpot

We are used to stories about local cricket clubs scrimping and saving to mend a leaky pavilion roof or buy a new motor mower

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

ICC grants USACA a final deadline extension

The ICC executive, which met in Mumbai last week, received a request from the USA Cricket Association for an extension towards the fulfillment of National Body elections under a new constitution.

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Same old Kenyan bias

This column has flagged on several occasions the slanted reporting of one or two journalists in Nairobi’s Nation newspaper, and that bias has again surfaced with quotes from Sharad Ghai, the larger than life former board chairman, following the

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Greece booted into the wilderness

The ICC has slapped Greece with a hefty punishment following breaches of rules and improper conduct during the ICC Europe World Cricket League (WCL) Division 2 Championships in Scotland in August 2006

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Channel Islands break new ground

Guernsey and Jersey in the Channel islands are set to host their first international tournaments in 2007

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Speed wanted to keep Hair

Ben Dorries and Robert Craddock, writing in The Courier-Mail , report Malcolm Speed wanted to save Darrell Hair from the axe .

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Pakistan appoint coach to help China

Rashid Khan, the former Pakistan fast bowler, has been appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board to train young cricketers in China

25-Feb-2013•Martin Williamson

Bermuda settle contract dispute with players

After months of bitter wrangling, contract negotiations between the national team and the Bermuda Cricket Board have concluded in a long-awaited agreement on the eve of the team’s departure for a tour of Kenya and South Africa.

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