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Tanya Aldred

Manchester's multicultural slice of life

There was disappointment for those Pakistan fans who made their way to Old Trafford but enjoyment nevertheless - especially for the newcomers

25-Jul-2016•Tanya Aldred at Old Trafford

The waste of cricket

Is cricket aware of its impact on the environment? No, and it seems to not even have started caring

02-May-2016•Tanya Aldred

Buttler's belief undimmed as he returns to T20 stage

Runs did not flow in the Ashes, but Jos Buttler has dazzled this season in his two T20 outings for Lancashire which have helped the county to another Finals Day

27-Aug-2015•Tanya Aldred

T'greatest that ever was

Fiery, difficult, outspoken, Fred Trueman belongs to a lost era. Fifty years on from his final Test, we look back at what he left behind

03-Jun-2015•Tanya Aldred

Chapple goes once more into the breach

Two decades and then some into his Lancashire career, Glen Chapple is on top of his game, skilled and motivated, and with the knowledge that only years on the job can bring

08-Apr-2014•Tanya Aldred

Test slows down, but remains exhausting

After the mayhem of the opening two days, Friday was a test of concentration and hydration. But an infinitely rewarding one

12-Jul-2013•Tanya Aldred at Trent Bridge

Agar lives a life-changing dream

The pressure of a Test debut. Your team in disarray. And you are 19 years old. What do you do? Stride out and hit a record-breaking 98, of course

11-Jul-2013•Tanya Aldred at Trent Bridge

My dad and Trueman

Learning more about her father's boyhood hero helps a cricket writer understand her father better

29-Apr-2013•Tanya Aldred

Freddie fights the dying of the limelight

Andrew Flintoff won his debut boxing bout and left the ring with body, mind and dignity intact. He doesn't need to do it again

01-Dec-2012•Tanya Aldred

James Kirtley's ecstasy and agony

For one Test in the summer of 2003 against South Africa, he was golden. Then everything went pear-shaped

27-Jul-2012•Tanya Aldred

What makes Moores tick

The Championship-winning Lancashire coach is always upbeat, full of ideas, forever analysing, in love with the nitty gritty of his job

09-May-2012•Tanya Aldred

Whites are right

They're evocative, they're old-timey, they're among cricket's few constants in an age of change

14-Jul-2011•Tanya Aldred

Addiction to intensity

Justin Langer may have oozed security as an Australian opener but off the pitch it was a different story

27-Feb-2011•Tanya Aldred

A WAG's life

Being the partner of a player can be as lonely as it rewarding. Five cricketing better halves reveal all

23-Jan-2011•Tanya Aldred

In the shadow of the Himalayas

Chandigarh may be no beauty but it has pretty bits, and the stadium is a standout

19-Nov-2010•Tanya Aldred

The class of 1998

England's World Cup-winning U-19 players went on to have very different lives. Some of glory and Tests, others of loneliness and broken dreams

28-Aug-2010•Tanya Aldred

So long, Shahid

If ever a cricketer has been delicious, it has been Afridi

21-Jul-2010•Tanya Aldred

England are shining but is anyone watching?

So they beat the old enemy, but did anyone notice in the noise of the football and the tennis?

04-Jul-2010•Tanya Aldred

Spare a tear for the underdog

Often the cricket fan's sympathy lies with the vanquished, not the victor

13-Jun-2010•Tanya Aldred

Hail Britannia, you dear old multicoloured thing

The England team full of players from other countries? Well, knock us down with a feather

21-May-2010•Tanya Aldred

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