Having returned to India’s Test and ODI squad following his battle with cancer, Yuvraj Singh tells Derek Pringle, from the Daily Telegraph, that cricket helped him beat the disease and get his life back on track. “Cricket is a great game, it teaches …
Derek Pringle, the cricketer-turned-cricket correspondent who, while at Cambridge, mastered the art of dividing time between books and bats (and balls), was left open-mouthed when he heard of Cook's decision. “I told him he'd probably made a …
The quality of West Indies’ fast bowlers in the 1980’s was a cut above the rest, with Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Joel Garner testing batsmen around the world. Derek Pringle, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says that as West Indies tour E…
Cricket has long favoured batsmen at the expense of bowlers. While batting continues to get easier with shorter boundaries, flatter pitches and favourable rules, a bowler’s job has been made increasingly difficult. But this year in county cricket, bats…
Ravi Bopara must add mental strength to abundant talent to make the most of his one-match chance against India, says Derek Pringle, writing in the Daily Telegraph. There is no doubting Bopara’s talent for hitting a cricket ball hard, often, and in wa…
Alastair Cook begins his stint as full time ODI captain when England face Sri Lanka but there’s much he needs to do in order to improve his record as a limited-overs batsman, says Derek Pringle in the Daily Telegraph. The notion that an opener should a…
With the retirement of Paul Collingwood, the No.6 spot in England’s Test batting line-up is up for grabs. While there are a few contenders, key among them are Ravi Bopara and Eoin Morgan. Derek Pringle in the Daily Telegraph writes that Bopara’s decisi…
England’s mission to rise to No 1 in the Test rankings by the end of the summer, restated recently as a priority by Andrew Strauss, has begun following a request that Middlesex play Saturday’s tour match against Sri Lanka at Uxbridge rather than Lo…
Sri Lanka have never won a Test series in England which has involved more than a single Test and will surely find it impossible to rectify that record without their bowling colossus Muttiah Muralitharan writes Derek Pringle in the Daily Telegraph. The …
By Derek Pringle 4:21PM BST 10 May 2011 One familiar face who won’t be coming is Muttiah Muralitharan, who has retired from Test and international one-day cricket. Sri Lanka have never won a Test series in England which has involved more than a single …