The Blog from The Cricketer

February 19, 2012 - Comments
The date March 19 has a special place in military history as it was on this day in 1982 that Argentinian troops landed on the South Atlantic island of South Georgia, precipitating the start of the ...

February 09, 2012 - Comments
Interim England rugby coach Stuart Lancaster wants to put the pride back into the national shirt by copying cricket’s respect for lineage. Lancaster has proposed the sewing of players’ individual cap ...

February 09, 2012 - Comments
PODCAST: Mick Newell, the Nottinghamshire director of cricket, insists to Dave Bracegirdle that domestic cricket’s Twenty20 Cup should always be played in a short block of games Listen to what ...

February 01, 2012 - Comments
PODCAST: Peter Baxter with his next instalment from ‘down under’, continuing his ‘Letters from Australia’ series [and includes an update on the progress of the Ned Flanders ...

January 30, 2012 - Comments
Paul Collingwood is no longer wanted by England but he is certainly in demand when it comes to Twenty20 cricket around the globe. A beaten finalist with Perth Scorchers in Australia’s inaugural Big ...

January 29, 2012 - Comments
The English winter of 2011-12 has witnessed some topsy-turvy batting displays around the world, such as the one by Australia in the second Test against India at Sydney as the home side went from 37 ...

January 19, 2012 - Comments
Saeed Ajmal’s Teesra is the ball that’s got the whole world talking – and now other cricketers are making a bid to bring their signature delivery to a wider audience. Eyes peeled (and elbows ...

January 18, 2012 - Comments
WG Grace would have been ‘gutted’, according to his successor as Gloucestershire captain Alex Gidman, at the blow dealt to the club after plans to turn the Nevil Road ground Grace himself purchased ...