THE CRICVERSE with Simon Hughes and Derek Pringle

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BALANCED ON A KNIFE EDGE
Our video report of the second day of the Headingley Test, a riveting six hours of fluctuating fortunes
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Simon Hughes
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CAPTAIN'S DREAM
Our video review of the first day from Headingley
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Simon Hughes
25:11
FOSTERING AN ATTITUDE
Pring recalls a whippet-thin Essex and England team-mate who packed a punch with ball and tongue - a combination the current England seamers could…
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Derek Pringle
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THE FIRST WORLD CUP WINNERS
Sir Clive Lloyd relives the experience of captaining West Indies (and making 100) in the inaugural World Cup final in 1975, fifty years ago.
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Simon Hughes
BLACK MAGIC
West Indies triumph in the first World Cup in June 1975, exactly fifty years ago, heralded a decade of global dominance, aided by the presence of their…
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Simon Hughes

May 2025

2005: THE GREATEST ASHES
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Simon Hughes
ENGLAND BATTERS FILL THEIR BOOTS
Pring reports on the first day mismatch between England's eager batsmen and Zimbabwe's hapless bowlers
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Derek Pringle
GLORIOUS GLOUCESTER - EVENTUALLY
Gloucestershire, once the nursery of some of England's greatest cricketers, today celebrated a rare championship home win
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Simon Hughes
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A LIFE LESS ORDINARY
Ted Dexter's vast influence on modern cricket survives in many guises
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Simon Hughes
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FIT FOR A KING
Two former Indian batsmen highlight Kohli's amazing drive and physical prowess that made him a marketeer's dream
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Simon Hughes
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FIELD OF NIGHTMARES
Malcolm Nash, the man made famous by Garfield Sobers historic six-sixes assault, revisited the ground where it happened.
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Simon Hughes
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THE FOX RUNS WILD
Pring recalls life on tour with Graeme 'Foxy' Fowler, the first Englishman to make a double century in India, in 1985.
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Derek Pringle
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