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James Marsh
Thu, May 09 2013
Sir Alex Ferguson steps down after intense lobbying against him by BCCI!
After intense lobbying by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sir Alex Ferguson stood down as manager of Manchester United on Wednesday, to be replaced by former Indian leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan.
Wed, April 17 2013
IPL is no place for the weak minded
Compared to a few other members of the Test Match Special (TMS) commentary team, Geoffrey Boycott is a renaissance man when it comes to knowledge of world cricket. Listening, as is strongly recommended, to his regular ESPN podcast Bowl at Boycs; he exhibits an appreciation of the global game and its foibles which goes well beyond the often somewhat parochial confines of TMS and, at times, Sky broadcasts.
Sun, March 31 2013
Matt Prior — drawing comparisons with the great Allan Knott
For some, Matt Prior used to be harder to warm to than an iceberg in the shape of Jimmy Savile. Perceived as brash and mouthy, the once fumbling ’keeper came close to being regarded as almost a proxy Kevin Pietersen, a South African import whose mucky aggression simply wasn't on within the gentler confines of the English game.
Thu, February 07 2013
South Africa vs Pakistan: The dark art of captaincy
The toss for the first-ever Test match between South Africa and Pakistan at Johannesburg just over 18 years ago was ostensibly a noble affair.
Fri, December 14 2012
Ian Bell burns his bat in protest against India
Shortly after former New Zealand star batsman Martin Crowe protested against Ross Taylor's sacking by setting fire to his New Zealand Test blazer, another incident of what is already being termed "Crimation" occurred on Thursday when Ian Bell reportedly burnt his bat in protest at "the completely unacceptable treatment I've received at the hands of India's bowlers throughout this tour".
Wed, September 10 2014
England’s win over India in Mumbai is one of their finest on the road
Home may be where the heart is, but it's an away win against the odds which truly stirs the soul. England came into this match being written off in all quarters and given less chance of levelling the series than Stuart Broad has of appearing in the Third Test.
Thu, November 22 2012
England to skip One-Day International series against India!
After a disappointing display in the First Test in Ahmedabad, it was late on Wednesday announced that the increasingly bedraggled England side would be sitting out the One-Day International (ODI) series against India in January.
Wed, August 08 2012
On the ECB Titanic, Kevin Pietersen is only the tip of the iceberg
Above and beyond the dubious and inconsistent whims of Kevin Pietersen, it is the ECB's failure to manage those whims and its contractual inflexibility with regard to the changing financial complexities of the game that has left all fans asking how on earth we are potentially no longer going to be able to watch one of the most exotic and destructive batsmen ever play international cricket.
Sat, June 23 2012
Andrew Flintoff generates heat…. and it’s ‘prickly heat’, for Ather’s sake!
Cricket and celebrity collided like a rhino's balls as weekly uber culture gossip site Popbitch included an item it its weekly email claiming that renowned leather and willow nut, Mick Jagger, owned a life-size cardboard cut-out of a cricketer.
Sat, March 10 2012
Humour: The ‘real’ reason why Rahul Dravid announced his retirement
In a widely-predicted move, Rahul Dravid announced on Friday he would be retiring from Test cricket in order to come out of T20 International retirement. Arriving at the Vodafone-sponsored press conference on a Gatorade segway and demanding the assembled media now refer to him as 'The DLF Wall’, the batting legend said he was looking forward to finally gaining some respect as a player, a feat he said could only be achieved by mastering Jade Dernbach’s death bowling variations in the shortest form of the game.