It’s Really not Cricket

I mentioned before the possible death of county cricket, it would appear that perhaps Scykd Berry was correct to say that county cricket was soon to die, as new plans the ECB have unveiled may mark the death of the county game as we know it.
As it stands the county cricket championship is split into [...]

The Death of County Cricket?

It has been a while since I made a post about cricket, but today the new editor of Wisden, Scyld Berry, had a piece in The Times regarding the effect that the new 20 over game may well have on the county game.
Now, I will admit that T20 cricket has been a good element in [...]

Woolmer was not murdered

Having gone from murder, by a fan or the mafia, to possibly not murder, we now have the official report on the death of Bob Woolmer.
Woolmer died of natural causes on 18th March after The Pakistani loss to Ireland at the World Cup. There were calls for the World Cup to be stopped as [...]

Even less Lara, less Fletcher, more Moores

As I reported here Brian Lara, that great entertainer of cricket, announced his retirement from the one day game earlier this month. And the news came yesterday, whilst I was at a music recital, that Lara will actually end his whole international cricket career at this world cup.
Brian Lara will, come Saturday, cease to be [...]

Less Lara

Ooo, two posts in one day, aren’t you all very lucky. This time not Star Wars, but cricket news.
After an astounding 297 on day matches, 10,354 one day runs, including 19 centuries, the highest single total being 169, Brian Lara, the West Indian captain has announced that this World Cup will see the last of [...]

So should we stop the World Cup?

I haven’t really mentioned the death of Bob Woolmer here, but I suspect most people are aware of it by now. Bob Woolmer is an ex-Kent and England player, ex-South African coach, and ex-Pakistan coach. An astounding career and one that has meant his death has struck deep in the heart of cricket.
Coaching Pakistan had [...]