Bill Frindall Column Each week cricketing stalwart Bill Frindall MBE will be writing a very special column on all kinds of topics relating to one of Britain's most popular sports, especially for the Gazette and Herald.
Keep abreast of the movers and shakers and hot topics in cricket by checking in below each week for his latest installment.
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 | Thank heavens for Sir Paul's ground | | 10:28am Thu 29 Nov 07 | | Back in June I revealed that Wormsley featured in my trio of favourite cricket grounds. Sadly its future had been cast into the hazard by the Chancellor's controversial moving of the capital gains tax goalposts. |
| A moving moment on my tour of India | | 9:45am Friday 16th November 2007 | | Few travel agencies have begun life as a long-established grocery and none has developed from fine wines and cheeses into the biggest sports tour operator in Britain. |
| Derby disasters | | 9:21am Tuesday 6th November 2007 | | Last week I was guest speaker at a Derbyshire Cricket Society Lunch at the County Ground. That venue had changed out of all recognition since my last visit about 20 years ago and it required an eight-mile tour of the city before I found it. |
| Johnners was a frustrated music hall comedian at heart | | 1:21pm Tuesday 30th October 2007 | | Last week's annual Johnners Club' Dinner in the Lord's Long Room attracted over 200 devotees of one of the best-loved voices on radio to a function that raised several thousand pounds for the Brian Johnston Memorial Trust. Founded by his widow, Pauline, The Truss' (as he would surely have dubbed it) has raised considerable sums to promote cricket in schools and youth clubs, to help young cricketers in need of financial support, and to further disabled cricket. |
 | Sri Lankan pitfalls | | 2:38pm Tue 23 Oct 07 | | Hilly, with lush vegetation and an abundance of tropical flowers and shrubs, Sri Lanka is a veritable island paradise when its natives are not killing each other. In 1981 I toured with The Guardian's cricket team and played in the hottest and most humid conditions I have encountered outside Malaysia. Twice on that tour, sweat washed a hard contact lens out of my eye as I bowled the ball. Each time there was a ten-minute delay while everyone crawled around the pitch, bums in air, searching for this tiny circle of plastic. Each time it was found and each time the batsman, probably having lost the will to live, was out to my next ball. A cunning ploy. |
 | Guest talks can be a nightmare | | 11:49am Thu 18 Oct 07 | | PERHAPS it was inevitable after an appalling summer when Sod's Law governed the weather, wrecked fixtures and, in some cases, obliterated grounds, last weekend's late impression of an Indian summer coincided with the start of the annual dinner season. |
| Legacy of Sri Lanka’s wounded hero | | 10:25am Thursday 4th October 2007 | | As England's beleaguered one-day team fight the boredom of being incarcerated in a remote hotel in central Sri Lanka's mountainous jungle, they should spare a thought for Dr Ajith Perera. |
 | My three greatest | | 9:42am Wed 19 Sep 07 | | It was no surprise that Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott headed the recent publication of listeners' favourite cricket broadcasters. |
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