by Phil Dillon | Aug 11, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
IF EVER there was a case in point about the fickle nature of Test cricket then England’s victory over Pakistan at Old Trafford in the first Test of the three-match series was just that. England looked dead and buried after some quality swing and pace bowling and the...
by Phil Dillon | Jul 31, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
THE best wines, they say get better with age and Stuart Broad is proving that in cricketing terms he is maturing as well as a good drop of red. According to respected wine app Vivino, the Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon 2015, from Napa Valley in California, is the best...
by Phil Dillon | Jul 22, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
IT IS the age-old question for cricket fans. Who is the best all-rounder in the game’s history? The names of Sir Garfield Sobers, South African Jacques Kallis, Sir Ian Botham, Sir Richard Hadlee, Aussie Keith Miller, Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff, Indian hero Kapil Dev...
by Phil Dillon | Jul 16, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
CRICKET Australia has listened to the fans with this season’s Big Bash League more family friendly than ever before. The fixtures for the 2020-21 campaign were released this week, with the competition set to begin earlier than in any other season. There will also be...
by Phil Dillon | Jul 15, 2020 | The Slips Cordon
IT HAD been 117 days since the world had witnessed Test match cricket. England v West Indies might not have been everyone’s choice of viewing before play commenced at Southampton in the bio-security bubble caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But for five days,...
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