Another phrase you might hear to describe a bowler is “beyond the perpendicular”. Again, using the clock face, a bowler with an over-the-top action would, from behind, have it pointing to the number 12, directly above their head. A bowler with a round arm would be at one or two. If a bowler goes beyond...
Dundee have appointed former Falkirk and Coventry City manager Steven Pressley as the Scottish Premiership club’s new head coach. The 51-year-old former Scotland centre-half last week left Brentford, where he had spent four years as the Premier League club’s head of individual player development, saying it was time for a “new challenge”. Dundee say Pressley...
Northern Ireland first team coach Steven Davis says recent successes enjoyed by members of Michael O’Neill’s squad at club level should help their progress in the international game. A number of players were part of crucial occasions for their teams in recent weeks ahead of Northern Ireland’s forthcoming friendlies away to Denmark on 7 June...
Former Rangers midfielder Steven Davis says it is “hard to envisage himself not being back at the club in some capacity in the future” amid speculation linking him with a backroom role with the Scottish Premiership giants. The 140-times capped Northern Ireland international has been mooted as part of a potential coaching ticket should former...
As jubilant Livingston supporters engulfed the Dingwall pitch, there was no hiding the sorrow on the faces of their dejected hosts. The hurt was visible on local boy Cowie’s face as he watched the elated visitors celebrate on their turf, a pain according to Ferguson that will be felt throughout the club and wider community....
Fletcher had been considering retiring when Wrexham’s approach prompted his arrival at the Stok Cae Ras on a free in September 2023. A former Premier League frontman for Burnley, Wolves and Sunderland, Fletcher proved his worth as Wrexham won promotion from League Two, earning a one-year contract-extension last summer. Fletcher admitted in March he had...
Bowling to Kohli was tough. You never wanted to engage him too much, because you knew that it would bring out the best in him. At the same time, you never wanted to back down so much that he didn’t respect you. If you bowled too full, he could punish you on both sides of...
Former Northern Ireland winger Stuart Dallas, who won 62 caps for his country, was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday alongside Davis. He believes that O’Neill is “building something special” with the current crop of players prior to the World Cup qualifying campaign starting in September, where the side will face Germany, Slovakia...
I see bowlers in the domestic game who have the raw materials to be international players. Sonny Baker and John Turner are two of them, both of Hampshire (although Turner has been on loan at Lancashire), and have been identified by England despite having almost no first-class cricket behind them. Baker, Turner and others who...
That approach did not work so well in the home leg against Fenerbahce, or the first half of their league game at Dundee, when they were perhaps expected to take the game to the opposition. But for Thursday’s encounter with Athletic Bilbao, I feel the first leg being at home should suit Rangers. Most European...
As Wrexham toiled against Burton’s 10 men in Saturday’s lunchtime sunshine, Fletcher’s 71st minute opener from the spot put Wrexham on course for a victory that opened up a six-point gap between themselves and third-placed Wycombe Wanderers. It was his eighth goal of a campaign that he had not anticipated, matching his total from last...