Cricket Comment: Pack leader Jimmy can rack up 500 wickets April 8, 2015 ENGLAND seamer Jimmy Anderson is a class act. He got a bit of stick over the winter in the one-day format but he is one of the best bowlers this country has ever produced, if not the best. He has taken 380 Test wickets and only needs another three to equal Sir Ian Botham’s all-time [...]
Chris Tremlett: Restructuring might spell end for under-fire Moores May 6, 2015 I wouldn't be surprised if there were to be changes within the England set-up and a change in the head coach. By all accounts the mood in the camp is good and the players are training well. That’s great, but at the end of the day it’s about results and it has been a poor [...]
RBS shortlists international groups for Queen’s bank sale January 14, 2015 J SAFRA Sarasin and a consortium comprising Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings are among banks shortlisted for the second round sale process of Coutts International, people familiar with the matter said yesterday. The sale of the private bank of Royal Bank of Scotland has attracted about 10 suitors in the initial round, and could fetch about [...]
Investec profits as economy’s resurgence cuts bad loan levels May 22, 2014 BRITISH and South African bank Investec has posted surging profits for the last year, yesterday revealing bad loans had fallen sharply. The lender is recovering from the financial crisis, winding down its back book of loans and building up its wealth management business. Pre-tax operating profits came in at £452m in the year to March, [...]
Chris Tremlett on Ashes 2015: Squads are evenly matched in all areas but I see tourists going unbeaten and retaining the urn July 8, 2015 OPENERS An outstanding issue for Australia is who partners David Warner: Chris Rogers or Shaun Marsh. I expect Rogers to get the nod because he is well versed in opening the innings in English conditions, where the ball tends to swing, after spells with Middlesex and Derbyshire. It could be vital having someone used to [...]
Quicker ground will be no problem for Shifting Power April 23, 2015 ALTHOUGH all the attention this weekend is on AP McCoy, there is some cracking flat action at Sandown Park this afternoon. The place to start is the bet365 Mile (2.30pm) and the bookies are struggling to split the leading contenders, with the sponsors offering 4/1 co-favourites of four. I actually think it is a little [...]
Cricket Comment: Morgan should prioritise England over IPL duties April 29, 2015 In the long term it is not a massive issue but Eoin Morgan is England’s one-day captain and he should be there for his side’s first 50-over clash since their disastrous World Cup campaign, against Ireland in Dublin on 8 May. Morgan has been given dispensation by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to [...]
City Moves for 27 January 2015 | Who’s switching jobs January 26, 2015 Linklaters Nicola Rabson (pictured) has been appointed global head of the law firm’s employment and incentives practice. She succeeds Ruth Goldman, who will remain global head of Linklaters’ pensions teams. Rabson has extensive experience in all areas of employment law. British Business Bank Christopher Fox has been appointed chief financial officer at the bank for [...]
Fabre to prove he is the master of all Territories April 30, 2015 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS NEWMARKET’S QIPCO GUINEAS MEETING THERE are very few trainers that command such high respect as the French master handler Andre Fabre. He has trained an astonishing seven winners of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and has also been hugely successful on his forays across the English Channel. A winner of tomorrow’s [...]
Cricket Comment: England in need of a spin doctor April 22, 2015 KENT’S James Tredwell did a good job in the first Test against the West Indies in Antigua and gave England a chance of victory with five wickets in the match but I understand the decision to recall off-spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali. He has looked a bit rusty so far in the second Test in Grenada [...]