After that, he worked as the cricket correspondent of The Independent newspaper ( 2002 – 2009 ), until his appointment to the newly-created role of Managing Director of Cricket by Middlesex CCC in January 2009.

Cricket correspondent Colin Bateman noted, " Chris Broad pressed the self-destruct button on a career that promised so much.

Cricket correspondent Colin Bateman, commenting on his effectiveness, noted, "... when it all worked, it worked beautifully ".

* Vedam Jaishankar is an experienced Cricket correspondent.

Cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, noted Copson was, " a flame-haired pace bowler with a temper to match, became a cricketer by accident ".

Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE ( 24 December 19324 December 2000 ), better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976.

His father named him Michael Colin Cowdrey, to give him the same initials as cricket's most famous club the Marylebone Cricket Club.

The show gave a stage to nightclub and working men's club comedians of the era, including Russ Abbot, Lennie Bennett, Stan Boardman, Jim Bowen, Jimmy Bright, Duggie Brown, Mike Burton, Dave Butler, Brian Carroll, Frank Carson, Jimmy Cricket, Colin Crompton, Charlie Daze, Vince Earl, Steve Faye, Eddie Flanagan, Stu Francis, Ken Goodwin, Jackie Hamilton, Jerry Harris, George King, Bobby Knutt, Bernard Manning, Paul Melba, Mick Miller, Tom O ' Connor, Tom Pepper, Bryn Phillips, Mike Reid, Mike McCabe, George Roper, Harry Scott, Sammy Thomas, Johnny Wager, Roy Walker, Charlie Williams, Lee Wilson and Lenny Windsor.

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated, " talk of Gatting the batsman always evokes adjectives such as pugnacious, bold, brave and belligerent ".

In 1956 Blofeld was one of only three batsmen for Public Schools to score a century against Combined Services ( the others being Peter May and Colin Cowdrey ) and he was given the Cricket Society's award for the most promising young player of the season.

Cricket writer Colin Bateman noted, " it is a dull, practical structure which does little justice to their mercurial talents and indomitable spirits ".

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted, " Hollies was one of cricket's most extraordinary characters, whose meagre thirteen Tests in no way reflected his contribution to the game.

Cricket commentator Colin Bateman, in typical understatement, commented that Fraser was " a reliable, intelligent and hard-working bowler ".

Haslingden is the birthplace of the composer Alan Rawsthorne ( 1905 – 1971 ) and the Manchester City and England footballer Colin Bell ( b. 1946 ), was the home for many years of the Irish Republican leader, Michael Davitt ( 1846 – 1906 ), and Haslingden Cricket Club is a member of the noteworthy Lancashire League.

Codemasters have since continued to release titles for later generation systems, such as the TOCA Touring Car series, Colin McRae Rally series, Brian Lara Cricket series and Operation Flashpoint.

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, described Fairbrother as " an inventive, intelligent left-hander ".

Cricket writer Colin Bateman stated, " Cowdrey was fortunate to play Test cricket at all, but he did not deserve the shabby treatment which ended his brief England career ".

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman noted, concerning Emburey's participation in two South African rebel tours that it " cost him six lost years as far as Test cricket was concerned ... and, more significantly, probably an extended run as England captain, a job for which he was better suited than some who held the position post-Mike Brearley ".

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted " Fletcher was a tough cookie, a shrewd man who could bluff opponents like the most disarming of poker players.

* Colin Povey, chief executive of Warwickshire County Cricket Club and former chief executive of Carlsberg ;

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted, " Higgs was a fine medium-fast bowler with an impressive pedigree, who suddenly went out of fashion with the selectors after one Test of the 1968 Ashes series ".

Cricket writer Colin Bateman said, " a spinner who pushed Derek Underwood out of the England side had to be something special, and Norman Gifford was just that.

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated, " at 6ft 6in, with an ability to make the ball swing, Munton is at his best in English conditions ".

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted that " DeFreitas was an explosive hitter when the mood took him, an aggressive pace bowler, inclined to pitch everything short and a spectacular fielder ".

Cricket commentator, Colin Bateman, stated " Jack Birkenshaw was the epitome of a good all-round county cricketer: a probing off-spinner who used flight and guile, a handy batsman who could grind it out or go for the slog, a dependable fielder and great competitor ".

Colorado cricketers Colin McHattie ( Secretary ), C. Srinivasan ( Treasurer ) and Dan Ruparel ( President ), founded what is now known as the Colorado Cricket League.

*" Cricket Star " ( 1979, one sided flexi single recorded under Robert Calvert and the 1st XI )

The Vine Cricket Ground is one of the oldest cricket grounds in England, with the first recorded match having been played in 1734.

Cricket was first recorded in 1841, and the club was officially formed in 1896 at a meeting held in the Six Bells public house.

* Rickmansworth Cricket Club was founded in 1787 and is one of the oldest recorded clubs in England.

He recorded and performed those songs under the name of Cri-Cri: El Grillito Cantor (" Cri-Cri: The Little Singing Cricket ").

" Between Sun & Moon " was recorded at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion, Phoenix, Arizona, on September 27, 2002, and " Vital Signs " was recorded at the Colisée Pepsi, Quebec City, PQ, on October 19, 2002.

) Despite the differences in delivery action, the delivery speeds are similar for both sports with the fastest bowlers and pitchers propelling the ball in the region of: the fastest recorded cricket delivery is Indian Cricket Fever-The fastest legal bowlers in the world

Yalding has a cricket club, Yalding Cricket Club, that has existed since 1798 ( first recorded game ).

Favoured by pitches made receptive to his bowling by rain, he recorded impressive performances, earning selection for the Players against the Gentlemen at Lord's Cricket Ground, where he took five wickets in the Gentlemen's first innings.

On November 8, in a game against the St. George Cricket Club, he recorded baseball's first shutout.

During this period the village Cricket Club was founded on its original location to the west of the brewery, however the first recorded cricket match in the village was a decade earlier between the Gentlemen of Essex and the Gentlemen of Norfolk played over three days commencing on 15 July 1831.

Only one week after the advertisement was published, Cliftonville played its first recorded game on the third ground of Cliftonville Cricket Club off Oldpark Avenue against a selection of rugby players known as Quidnunces, the game took place on 29 September 1879.

The sport was introduced to Hong Kong by the English, with the first recorded game taking place in 1841, and the Hong Kong Cricket Club being founded ten years later.

Originally it was a hunting and cricket club, and Thomas Assheton Smith II is recorded as having batted for the Bullingdon against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1796.

Fall Out Boy recorded their live album, Live in Phoenix, at Cricket Pavilion in June 22, 2007.

The first recorded match on the school cricket ground came in 1879 when the school played the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Frederick Powlett ( 1811-1865 ) was a founding member in 1838 as well as being a founding member and the first recorded president of the Melbourne Cricket Club in 1838.

Cricket is recorded as having first been played in Europe by Admiral Nelson's troops and sailors whilst they were stationed in Naples in 1793.

In the 1983 Cricket World Cup, Mendis recorded his third One Day International fifty ( the previous two came in the 1979 World Cup and on tour to Pakistan in 1982 ).

He returned for the Fifth and final Test, where he recorded his highest Test innings of 170 on his home ground, the Sydney Cricket Ground.

He also appeared in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, playing for Moratuwa Sports Club, where he recorded his best first-class innings bowling figures with 6-51 against Galle in 1989-90, one game for Colombo Cricket Club, and finally one season for Colts Cricket Club in 1993-94.

Possibly the largest attendance at a state of origin match was recorded in 1989, when a crowd of 91, 960 people attended a game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Victoria, featuring greats of the game such as Gary Ablett, Tony Lockett, Jason Dunstall and Terry Daniher, and South Australia, featuring Andrew Jarman, Stephen Kernahan and Craig Bradley.