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A return to normality

A return to normality

In the May 1976 issue of The Cricketer, EW Swanton looked back thirty years to the first full summer after the war

24-Jun-2004•EW Swanton

Shabbir's shock

Shabbir's shock

"There was lots of anticipation but he had a bit of an innocuous start." So says Mark Alleyne of Shabbir Ahmed, displaying the innate tact of a diplomat

23-Jun-2004•Rob Steen

The new Alan Knott

The new Alan Knott

The goblin-like features; the constant fidgeting; the pickpocket's stealth; the sshh-you-know-who effervescence

23-Jun-2004•Rob Steen

Brad goes big

Brad goes big

Brad Hodge may have endured a scratchy start to his stint at Grace Road in 2003 but since the middle of last season he has not looked back

23-Jun-2004•John Westerby

Derby ding-dong

Derby ding-dong

Sensing change after a decade as the second-best team in town, Middlesex seem to have enjoyed winding up Surrey in what one participating master of understatement called a "fairly niggly game"

23-Jun-2004•Rob Steen

Hildreth a big hit

Hildreth a big hit

What with Durham chasing down 451 and Worcestershire administering a whipping in the C&G, joy was easily confined in May, save James Hildreth's 101 and 72 on Championship debut, against an attack numbering Shoaib Akhtar

23-Jun-2004•Rob Steen

Pitch problems

Pitch problems

The sighs of relief felt when Warwickshire escaped censure for an Edgbaston pitch that was deemed `below average' could be heard as far away as Worcester, home of their defeated opponents

23-Jun-2004•John Westerby

Lawson gets leg up

Lawson gets leg up

The county does not go much on legspinners and has not picked one since Eddie (real name Edric) Leadbeater finished his career 48 years ago, so there was a buzz when Mark Lawson was selected in the squad for the Championship game at Essex

23-Jun-2004•Martin Searby

Usman on the up

Usman on the up

It may have been a small milestone but its significance will not have been lost on the club's supporters

23-Jun-2004•Nick Hoult

Tale of two keepers

Tale of two keepers

It is possible that the gauntlet-swapping of Matt Prior and Tim Ambrose will one day attract Hollywood - or, better still, Ealing

23-Jun-2004•Rob Steen

Tremlett's hip hooray

Tremlett's hip hooray

Unbeaten in the Championship by the start of June and riding high in the totesport League - there are plenty of smiling faces at the Rose Bowl

23-Jun-2004•Nick Hoult

`Pike' picking up

`Pike' picking up

It is four summers since Paul Franks made his one-day international debut against West Indies at Trent Bridge and many are wondering what happened to the raw talent which saw the allrounder claim a World Cup winners' medal at U19 level

23-Jun-2004•Martin Searby

Tough task

Tough task

Graduation to Division One was never likely to be straightforward but Worcestershire have been surprised by the quality of opposition they have faced on their first foray into the Championship's top flight

23-Jun-2004•John Westerby

Batty finding his feet

Batty finding his feet

"We don't have Bank Holidays," asserted Jon Batty in mock indignation after spending four hours training

23-Jun-2004•Rob Steen

Home sweet home

Home sweet home

The Racecourse ground, once the butt of cynical jokes, now looks a picture with the new pavilion ready for business and permanent floodlights due to be in use for the first time during the totesport League fixture with Leicestershire in early August

23-Jun-2004•Martin Searby

Pratt battles back

Pratt battles back

No matter how good you are as a wicketkeeper these days, there has to be a contribution with the bat and nobody knows that more than Andrew Pratt, rated the best gloveman in the country by good judges, notably Jack Russell

23-Jun-2004•Martin Searby

The other retirement

The other retirement

Nasser Hussain's retirement may have dominated cricket's column inches but another Essex batsman who made his England debut in the 1980s has left the club in quieter circumstances

23-Jun-2004•Daniel Brigham

Happy Harrison

Happy Harrison

Glamorgan deserve nothing but a hearty round of applause for not replacing Mike Kasprowicz with a cricket mercenary of doubtful pedigree when he went off to play for Australia in the one-day farce against Zimbabwe

23-Jun-2004•Martin Searby

Moving story

Moving story

The festering argument over whether the county should quit Old Trafford for a new green-field site rumbles on with little sign of resolution

23-Jun-2004•Martin Searby

Force with feeling

Force with feeling

Explosive and brutal on the field

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