TPL (Test Premier League)
Finally some cricket: a couple of days at Edgbaston firstly a bit of a work day which allowed me to catch up with George Dobell (@GeorgeDobell1) which is always a …
T12B The Next Cricket Franchise
I have been trying to watch the IPL whilst I continue my rehab. In theory it should have been a perfect break in the day: breakfast, walk the dogs, rehab, …
Product Review: Gray-Nicolls Hypernova 2000 Batting Gloves
I know, yet another pair of cricket batting gloves, the fifth pair of Gray-Nicolls gloves I have reviewed. If I use these at all it will be with my T20 …
Has BazBall Saved The County Game?
I doubt many would disagree that in recent years the ECB’s thinking has been somewhat difficult to understand and the phrase “can’t see the wood from the trees’ has been …
Off Season Plans: Fitness, Rehab & Training
Here we go again another off season that starts with the need to rehab an injury I have been carrying since the second game of the season and which I …
Yorkshire County Cricket Club NED’s: My Thoughts
At the Yorkshire County Cricket Club AGM on May 28th members will be asked to vote on a number of new Independent NED appointments, a few ‘housekeeping tasks’ but not …
What Next For ECB & Team England
I have been trying to write this post for a while but every time I thought it was ready England and/or the ECB shot themselves in the foot again. Mens …
Time to restructure County Cricket Membership
I am a Full Member at both Yorkshire and Warwickshire County Cricket Cub and from that fact alone you would get extremely good odds on me being white, the wrong …
View From The Boundary Edge
I mentioned in my recent post confirming the return of my Cricket Diary in 2022 that it would be concentrating on my life on the field – over the white …
Cricket Diary
Returning to play cricket in 2021 aged 57 following a 33 year absence from the game was one of the best (and worst) decisions that I have made. Neither my …
Late Cuts
Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket by Vic Mark was highly recommended by a friend who is a Somerset fan through and through and eagerly anticipated by myself, a big fan …
Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket
Racism throughout cricket, incompetent and rudderless leadership from those responsible for English Cricket, and concerns over the increased focus on the short format of the game. Welcome to the 1960s …
Time to stop selecting and start building the Test Team
The background to this post is the not unexpected early finish to the first test in Australia for the England Team. Well I say not unexpected, and I am pretty …
What Next 4 Yorkshire County Cricket Club Members
What started off as a potentially explosive week for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and cricket in general in England, fast became a highly emotive week for Cricket in general. Still …
What Next @ Yorkshire County Cricket Club
I write this the day before the Digital, Culture Media and Sport Select Committee formal meeting, chaired by Julian Knight, on Tuesday 16 November which will hear oral evidence on …
Product Review: Masuri E Line Batting Pads
For reasons I can not even start to justify I now own five (5) pairs of perfectly adequate and useable batting pads!! The Gray-Nicolls Select 600 are in my ‘museum’ …