An Evening with Dennis's Amiss and Ann Jones

Edit Skiddle 11 Feb 2016
An Evening with Dennis's Amiss and Ann Jones on Thu 11th February 2016 ... of former England and Warwickshire cricketer Dennis Amiss and Wimbledon winner Ann Jones....

Jack Bannister: Warwickshire cricketer, pioneer of players' rights and admired journalist and broadcaster

Edit The Independent 25 Jan 2016
Bannister's long relationship with Warwickshire also ended on a sour note when he resigned as an honorary life member in 2009, taking a principled stance over the county's continuing support for Giles Clarke, Dennis Amiss and David Collier, respectively the chairman, vice-chairman and chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, despite ......

Root: Captain Cook our key man

Edit Sporting Life 22 Dec 2015
Both batsmen limbered up for the four-Test series by posting impressive centuries on the penultimate day of their warm-up match against South Africa A, and look in good order ahead of the Boxing Day opener ... Indeed, no England skipper has ever scored more than Cook's current mark of 1,357 in a calendar year and only two England batsmen - Michael Vaughan and Dennis Amiss - have topped that ... "You want him out there as long as you can ... ....

Stats: Slowest 50s in terms of time and balls faced in Test cricket

Edit Yahoo Daily News 09 Dec 2015
Little MasterSunil Gavaskar once played a patient innings of 326 minutes to make his fifty against Sri Lanka. No format of the game tests the skills of a cricketer more than Test cricket. Apart from skills, the longest format of cricket also pushes cricketers to show some amount of resolve and have bundles of patience too ... (More than 275 minutes) ... 204 Dennis Amiss England India Mumbai 1976/77 ... ....

Cricket: Pinkball, wot? Now that just is cricket...

Edit Otago Daily Times 26 Nov 2015
Overhand bowling, six-ball overs, coloured clothing, reverse sweeps, DRS - cricket sure has changed. What's next - pink balls and day-night tests? Surely not. Sports writer Adrian Seconi takes a light-hearted look at how far the game has come. Dark Ages. No-one knows for sure but cricket probably got its start during this time ... 1598 ... 1744 ... 1771 ... 1774 ... 1836 ... 1858 ... 1910 ... 1930 ... Dennis Amiss puts his thinking cap on and opts for a motorcycle helmet ... ....

Cricket: Pink ball, wot? Now that just is cricket...

Edit Otago Daily Times 26 Nov 2015
Overhand bowling, six-ball overs, coloured clothing, reverse sweeps, DRS - cricket sure has changed. What's next - pink balls and day-night tests? Surely not. Sports writer Adrian Seconi takes a light-hearted look at how far the game has come. Dark Ages. No-one knows for sure but cricket probably got its start during this time ... 1598 ... 1744 ... 1771 ... 1774 ... 1836 ... 1858 ... 1910 ... 1930 ... Dennis Amiss puts his thinking cap on and opts for a motorcycle helmet ... ....

Pakistan-England series — an overview

Edit Dawn 12 Oct 2015
THE Pakistan-England cricket relationship that kicked off back with the tour of the MCC in 1951-52 has seen many ups and downs. Cricket itself has changed from a sport into a hugely popular money-making industry ... No other touring side had managed to win a Test on their first visit ... —1954 in England ... —1961-62 in Pakistan ... And Dennis Amiss, seeking his third hundred in successive Tests, fell at the same score as England totalled 386 ... ....

Remembering the Waca Ground: a Test track that was a highway to hell

Edit The Guardian 10 Sep 2015
Then there was Perth’s favourite son Dennis Lillee, watching on in horror as his ... Having already lost John Edrich and Dennis Amiss to broken hands at Brisbane courtesy of Lillee and Thomson’s blitzkrieg, they had to issue an emergency call to 41-year-old Colin Cowdrey, who abandoned his Christmas turkey to face the fearsome duo in harsh surrounds....

Only Chris Rogers and Ian Bell give bowlers pause for thought

Edit The Guardian 29 Jul 2015
There were two half‑centurions, as contrasting as Corbett and Cleese, on the opening day of the third Ashes Test. This content is sponsored. It was a bowler’s day. So let’s dwell upon the batsmen who managed to score some runs ... They are cut from different cloth ... Rogers is the artisan ... This was a special occasion for both of them ... Neither Dennis Amiss nor Mike Smith could match that – in fact they failed to reach double figures ... Related ... ....

Ashes 2015: Another Meg Lanning century keeps her on path to greatness

Edit Canberra Times 24 Jul 2015
Lanning's 104 on Thursday in Bristol took the Southern Stars, who she captains, to a series-levelling victory in the women's Ashes ... She is scoring a century once in every 6.33 innings ... England's Dennis Amiss with one every 4.5 innings (admittedly he only played 22 one-dayers before retirement), South Africa's serene Hashim Amla with one every 5.75 innings ... Here is her wagon wheel ... 22.22% - Dennis Amiss (Eng, 4 from 18 inns, 1 every 4.5)....

Warwickshire: Colin Povey to retire as Bears chief executive

Edit BBC News 24 Jul 2015
Povey, 54, succeeded former Warwickshire and England opening batsman Dennis Amiss in the senior Bears role in January 2006. His time at the helm has seen the £32m reconstruction of Edgbaston. He also struck the deal to rebrand the county's Twenty20 team, the Birmingham Bears, two years ago. "We will shortly begin the search for Colin's successor as chief executive," said county chairman Norman Gascoigne ... ... print. ....

Ashes 2015: Pitch selection plays into Australia’s hands

Edit BBC News 17 Jul 2015
Bowling full, fast and with just a hint of swing on a pitch that was still as benign as when England bowled on it, they blew away the top order to leave the hosts in a desperate position on 85-4, still 282 runs short of avoiding the follow-on. With runs behind them, Johnson and Starc were different bowlers from Australia's 169-run defeat in Wales ... Johnson was at his devastating best ... Derek Randall and Dennis Amiss were similar ... ....

The Joy of Six: Ashes quotes

Edit The Guardian 03 Jul 2015
From 58 beers to burnt toast via the promise of a broken arm, here are half-a-dozen memorable Ashes quotes. • The Guardian bookshop ... Photograph ... Rob Smyth ... Dennis Lillee didn’t have a face like thunder; he had a face like the apocalypse ... Dennis Amiss had his thumb cracked by Thomson and John Edrich’s hand was broken by Lillee ... By then, Dennis Lillee and Rodney Marsh had famously bet against their own team, putting a small wager on England....
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