Results tagged “Sir Ian Botham”
It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
The Canary Wharf crease has been getting used to top cricketers opening up here in recent years and its not over yet.
Sir Ian Botham and current England captain Andrew Strauss have both been here in recent weeks and now they are being followed by former test skipper Michael Vaughan.
England need to forget their Ashes euphoria and prove a point this winter according to one of cricket's all-time greats.
Sir Ian Botham, who was in Canary Wharf on Monday, thinks the forthcoming tour to South Africa is a bigger test for Andrew Strauss's team than Australia were in the summer, and he's expecting big things.
Rain didn't stop play for Sir Ian Botham when he put in an appearance in Canary Wharf today.
The ex-England cricketer was putting pen to paper to sign copies of his latest book, My Sporting Heroes, at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall, with plenty of Wharfers queueing up to meet him.
England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has had his Canary Wharf book signing next week cancelled.
Strauss was due at the Waterstone's store in Jubilee Place mall next Tuesday but England's progress in the Champions Trophy has put paid to that.
Cricket fans hoping to meet Andrew Strauss next week need to check their diaries.
England's Ashes winning captain is heading to Canary Wharf to promote his new book, Testing Times: On and Off the Field, but the signing has been moved to next Tuesday at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall.
Waterstone's have netted one of Britain's best-known cooks as part of a shoal of signings this autumn.
Rick Stein, famed for his fish and seafood cookery, will be at the store in Jubilee Place Mall to sign copies of his latest book Far Eastern Odyssey on Monday, September 14.
