Archive for 'Serious'
Leadership Vs Captaincy
Duncan Fletcher extolling the virtues of Michael Vaughan as the greatest captain on the planet has encouraged me to write this post that has been knocking around in my skull for a while.
Good captaincy (by my own traditional definition) has forever been synonymous with tactical superiority, with mental dominance, and often with nuggety rearguard [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2005 under England, Serious.
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Lost in the middle?
For me, the One Day International in danger of occupying shaky middle ground as a viewing event.
The Twenty20 game is gaining momentum in global presence and credibility as an established entrée into a touring season. Most of the Twenty20 games I have seen televised over the last year or so are being played in [...]
Posted: October 25th, 2005 under Serious.
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Bangladesh & Zimbabwe in Test Cricket Poll
Cricinfo is running a poll on the future of test cricket focussing largely on the viability of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe retaining test status and whether some form of two tiered approach would be in the interests of the game.
Posted: September 21st, 2005 under Bangladesh, Serious, Zimbabwe.
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Batting the future of the game into safe hands?
By all accounts every child in England now owns a spanking new Woodworm and will be committing the rest of their natural lives to playing cricket. The future of the game is assured because…. of England’s Ashes Heroes! Hurrah.
What tosh! I bought a tennis racquet when Jimmy Connors first won Wimbledon and it was [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2005 under Ashes 2005, England, Serious.
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