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1. 11. Over to Evans: Freddie is heir apparent

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 August 2005 ANDY FLINTOFF is a more popular figure than Ian Botham ever was,& writes Colin Evans.&  & And he might be a better cricketer. But he is not more successful - and won't be until he is an Ashes winner. <BR>

2. 12. Over to Evans: Sajid's big test

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 April 2005 SAJID Mahmood has just finished a tough training session, but as he eases his 6ft 4in frame into a chair in the Old Trafford Long Room, he looks the essence of cool, writes Colin Evans.

3. 13. Over to Evans: Championship needs a rethink

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 09 September 2004 WHAT a messed-up, sub-standard championship race we have seen this season, writes Colin Evans. Lancashire's performances have plunged from majestic to pathetic, Warwickshire have triumphed despite winning only five games so far, and the invasion of non- England qualified players has grown into the game's biggest crisis in years.

4. 14. Colin Evans column

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 14 June 2007 FREDDIE Flintoff is feeling the pain. If it's not a surgeon's scalpel digging into his ankle, it's a stab in the back. And then he sees an Old Trafford crowd rising to acclaim the nation's new No 1 cricket star.

5. 15. Colin Evans column

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 23 June 2007 PAUL Collingwood must have cost the bookies in his home town of Consett a pretty penny or two.

6. 16. Colin Evans column

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 July 2007 THERE'S no more depressing sight, in the middle of an English summer, than a wet, deserted cricket ground.

7. 17. Colin Evans column

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 May 2007 BOMBED again in the Eurovision Song Contest, I see, with Scooch's `Flying the Flag' ending up at half mast. It's time we did something different - and cricket could cash in.

8. 18. Colin Evans column

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 28 June 2007 ENGLAND'S decision to ignore Mal Loye is an absolute disgrace. What does he have to do to convince them that he is worth a place in the one-day squad?

9. 19. Talking cricket with Colin Evans

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 May 2007 ENGLAND'S selectors get a lot of stick, most of it fully deserved, but right now they are proving a canny lot.

10. 20. Brian Statham to join ICC Hall of Fame

    Manchester Evening News, Saturday 29 August 2009 FORMER M.E.N. cricket writer Colin Evans pays tribute to Lancashire legend Brian Statham who joins the ICC Hall of Fame.

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