March17 England players fined by: Neil Pickup England coach Duncan Fletcher has fined a number of players for a “breach of team discipline” following yesterday’s defeat
March17 Brother Act on St. Patrick’s Day by: Neil Pickup Contrasting innings from brothers Niall and Kevin O’Brien inspired Ireland to stun Pakistan in the biggest upset in ODI history.
March08 CW World Cup Countdown. Day 12 – Sri Lanka by: Neil Pickup The surprise champions eleven years ago as they came of International cricketing age in the subcontinent, Sri Lanka revolutionised one-day cricket.
March05 CW World Cup Countdown. Day 9 – England by: Neil Pickup Host of more World Cups than any other nation, inventors of the game and pioneers of the two limited-over forms of the game.
March05 Sanath leads Lankan cruise by: Neil Pickup A rapid 77 from veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya set up a comfortable Sri Lankan win over Scotland in their opening World Cup warmup
January05 After the Whitewash by: Neil Pickup What was so different between Vaughan’s Victors and Freddie’s Flops? Readers, I give you: How to lose the Ashes in six simple steps.
January02 Yardy to lead England A by: Neil Pickup Sussex all-rounder Michael Yardy has been named as captain of an experimental England A squad ahead of a six-match tour of Bangladesh
December05 Gutless, aimless… hopeless by: Neil Pickup I still can’t work out quite what happened last night in the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.
December01 Indians hold Pro20 debut nerves by: Neil Pickup Dinesh Karthik’s calm at the death in the Bullring brought India a six-wicket victory in their first ever Twenty20 International.
November30 Yousuf record puts Pak on top by: Neil Pickup Mohammad Yousuf’s ninth Test century of 2006 all but sealed series victory for Pakistan against the West Indies in Karachi.