Talking Cricket Column from the Lancashire Telegraph

Talking Cricket column: It's a new season of fresh hope

6:20pm Thursday 11th April 2013

A NEW season means new hope and new ambition as clubs dream of a glorious few sun-drenched months, huge crowds and silverware galore.

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Talking Cricket: Technology may not be the answer

7:35am Wednesday 27th June 2012

TECHNOLOGY is on the lips of most of the pundits just at the moment with those who profess to know all there is to know about football insisting that now is the time to change the face of the game and introduce aids for the officials.

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Matt Donlan cricket column: Ticket price should mirror Aussies

2:50pm Wednesday 20th June 2012

WATCHING Chris Gayle smash the England bowling attack around the Oval yesterday was a sight to behold as he played one of the most destructive 50s you will ever see.

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Rain is a pain - but the chat is good

10:50am Wednesday 13th June 2012

ANOTHER Saturday afternoon spent staring out of the windows of a cricket pavilion watching the rain fall on a sodden field.

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Talking Cricket: League will take 'rested' Anderson

8:01am Wednesday 6th June 2012

ENGLAND’S cricket team is developing a reputation as being extremely good – but lacking in off-the-field class.

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Talking Cricket: Pro shows mean the leagues stay strong

7:30am Wednesday 30th May 2012

SOME people insist there is no place in modern league cricket for the professionals.

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Talking Cricket: The Cup retains it's magic

8:00am Wednesday 23rd May 2012

THE Lancashire League’s historic Worsley Cup competition is known throughout cricket as a tournament to savour.

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Matt Donlan cricket column: It's a funny old game, whatever the weather

11:40am Wednesday 16th May 2012

IT’S a damp day at the end of a wet week and suddenly a ball pops and raps a batsman on the knuckles – and some players seem to think the world is going to end.

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Talking Cricket: Any change must be thought through

7:30am Wednesday 2nd May 2012

ANOTHER week and another washout and straight away two of the Lancashire League’s five fixed reserve dates have been taken up. That has led to frustration from players and spectators alike – and has opened up a debate that seems to come around on an annual basis.

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The year has not been a bad vintage

10:43am Wednesday 14th September 2011

SO that was the season that was. There have been highs and there have been lows – but I reckon that in years to come people will look back at 2011 as one of the good ones.

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Talking Cricket: Strauss switch is nothing but a farce

8:14am Thursday 23rd June 2011

CRICKET is too often mocked. Players in Test matches come off when the slightest spit of rain falls – and when it fines up they go and have their tea.

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Plaque’s the way I like it – but statue of Lord Learie is now due

2:30pm Wednesday 18th May 2011

IT was a nice touch of Pendle Council to finally honour the legendary Lord Learie Constantine by unveiling a blue plaque on his old house in Nelson...but it is the least they could do.

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Talking Cricket: Give the county stars a shot in the league

10:09am Wednesday 11th May 2011

SURREY batsman Michael Brown returned to his roots on Saturday as he turned out for Burnley CC in the Lancashire League against Rishton.

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Sports Blog: World Cup shows the leagues are strong

8:52am Friday 25th March 2011

THE lament is a familiar one, league cricket is dying. It ain't what it used to be. We don't see any good pros anymore.

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TALKING CRICKET: Red Rose mistakes can't be made again

9:44am Friday 11th March 2011

LANCASHIRE got the green light for their development of Old Trafford yesterday - and it is good news in the fact that the famous old ground can continue to stage international cricket.

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Talking Cricket Column: Gulf in class is a worry

10:34am Thursday 24th February 2011

CRICKET’S World Cup is well underway - and already the gulf between the big boys and the rest is being highlighted.

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The Ashes Blog: Get set for a cracker

10:41am Friday 24th December 2010

THERE cannot be a cricket fan not feeling the tension and excitement ahead of the fourth Ashes Test...and bring it on.

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Talking Cricket: Squad proves league still rules

8:44am Tuesday 16th November 2010

THE harbingers of doom say the Lancashire League is on its last legs. They say, almost with a joy in their voices, that the most famous cricket league on the planet is struggling and the days of good professionals are gone.

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Talking Cricket: It's not quite the full Monty

9:12am Friday 24th September 2010

IT’S 61 days until the start of the Ashes and yesterday’s announcement of the England squad, an announcement made with all the sort of pomp and false sense of over importance normally associated with naming the shortlist for the best middle manager of a middling local authority, sets the pulse racing ahead of the big winter.

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Talking Cricket: League four are what the game is about

11:34am Saturday 4th September 2010

CRICKET fans around the globe will all have felt the pain of deep sadness in the pits of their stomachs on Sunday morning when they heard the news of the allegations against the Pakistan cricket team.

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Talking Cricket: Lack of sell-out shows the price is wrong

3:30pm Wednesday 25th August 2010

SHOCK horror, Lord’s may not be full for the opening day of the Test match with Pakistan tomorrow – and I couldn’t be happier.

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Talking cricket column: Another year of misery

4:30pm Wednesday 18th August 2010

SO here we go yet again, another competition that Lancashire will not be winning this season after the capitulation at Somerset the other night in the CB40.

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Talking cricket column: Anwar is a great signing

1:50pm Wednesday 11th August 2010

SUNDAY’S Worsley Cup final proved just what everyone knows already – the quality of the profes-sionals in the Lancashire League are what make the game special.

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A fit Fred should spend a year as pro

11:30am Wednesday 4th August 2010

Matt Donlan's Talking Cricket column: So, Andrew Flintoff will not play cricket again this year.

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