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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Farewell to one-dayers 9:20am Monday 3rd March 2008 My worst nightmares involve having to score a cricket match from a box with a grotesquely restricted view of play. None has approached the scenario confronting me at Lancaster Park last Saturday. My parking idea caused chaos 9:49am Thursday 21st February 2008 England's breathtaking win in the third international last Saturday resurrected a tour that was on the brink of calamity. Hazards are part and parcel of the tour 9:34am Thu 14 Feb 08 Although my arrival in New Zealand has coincided with two of England's direst performances in instant cricket, it does seem to have ended the drought that has ravaged the North Island since Christmas. Land of the Long White Sheep 9:38am Thursday 7th February 2008 By the time this hits your cornflakes and toast, I should have completed a 30-hour flight to Auckland and begun an eight-hour drive to Wellington. There I will rejoin the Test Match Special radio team for the start of England's bundle of five limited-overs internationals and three Tests on a trek lasting until the end of March. Emirates Trophy report 10:00am Thu 24 Jan 08 Although my previous visits to Dubai had progressed no further than the airport's transit lounge, I was prepared for a vast modern city, obscene heat and a default of sand. In fact temperatures never rose above the early 20s and the main feature of a vast building site was a ten-lane motorway of clogged traffic. England must scrap their flawed 'keeper search 10:17am Thursday 10th January 2008 With its disastrous selection of wicket-keepers, umpires and sledging words, few cricketing years can have enjoyed a less auspicious start. Hooker's Christmas Day batting miracle 9:32am Thu 3 Jan 08 The world record last-wicket stand of 307 between Alan Kippax and Hal' Hooker is one of the most remarkable in the entire history of cricket. Forget bees, flying bombs and lions have stopped play 9:42am Thu 13 Dec 07 Photos of the fielding side flattened on the outfield of Kandy's Asgiriya Stadium to evade a large swarm of bees, during England's recent First Test against Sri Lanka, reminded me of a similar picture in the 1945 Wisden. Superfluous Test is confusing to Murali 10:02am Thursday 6th December 2007 Muthiah Muralitharan need not have had a sleepless night Sunday worrying if the Kandy storms would clear for him to break Shane Warne's world record when England's first innings continued the following morning. 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. More ...

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