The short and the long game

Test Cricket, eh ? It may be a difficult sell to some broadcasters – long game, periods of fallow play Continue reading →

Ashes set alight by no11 Agar

I have a picture at home by a local artist, Roy Perry, called “the last batsman”. It shows a village Continue reading →

Holding back the years

I’ve been in the company of cricketing royalty this week. Two men from different parts of the world, but who Continue reading →

Injuries can steer a career

Being injured is part and parcel of professional sport. Some pain is a minor affair and little more than an Continue reading →

Specialist work is a must for Taylor

Cricketer Jack Taylor is 21, but he’d be forgiven for thinking his career is at an important junction. An England Continue reading →

Klinger : Dent has huge potential

At the start of the season I picked out Chris Dent as the Gloucestershire player to watch this summer. Now Continue reading →

Padding up……

The chairman of The Cricketer, Neil Davidson, certainly got on his soapbox during the May issue of the magazine, criticising Continue reading →