Vale to the King
By Scott MacLean Shane Keith Warne, 1969-2022 In stunning and desperately sad news overnight, cricket has lost one of its all-time greats with Shane Warne gone at just 52, the[…]
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Shane Warne. In Pictures
So farewell then Shane Warne. Gone too early, but will never be forgotten. A life in pictures. Whether sitting in a box Selling gin with a friend Or selling aftershave[…]
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Alice Hoagland Obituary
By Jack Cottrell Alice Hoagland passed away at age 71 in December 2020. She is survived by her siblings, nieces and nephews, and over a thousand rugby-playing sons and daughters.[…]
Bruce Taylor’s Test Debut
By Andrew Dunford Bruce Taylor, who died in Lower Hutt yesterday at the age of 77, achieved a unique feat on his cricket Test debut in 1964/65. It seems reasonable[…]
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When Dean Jones came to Durham
By Andrew Dunford Durham’s first-ever match as a first-class cricket county was a Sunday League fixture against Lancashire at the Racecourse ground at Durham University on 19 April 1992. They[…]
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Obituaries are tough
And when someone passes away it is appropriate to focus on the positives. Andy Haden had a rich and varied life, with a lot of attached controversy, but also left[…]
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Kobe and Sports Envy
By Ryan Nixon If you’d asked me before the Kobe Bryant tragedy occurred how I might react to his passing, I’m not sure I could have come up with an[…]
