Danny Pugsley (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
There was a very interesting piece from David Hopps in The Guardian , who suggested that the annointment of Alastair Cook as 'captain in waiting' was happening seemingly without challenge. It is certainly true that since reports surfaced that Andrew Strauss may sit out the tour of Bangladesh, there have been no other candidates put forward (apart from Jimmy Anderson ) than Cook. Hopps makes a very...
Dipz Cricket World (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Congratulations to 19 year-old James Taylor, voted the 2009 Young Cricketer of the Year (YCY) by the Cricket Writers' Club. Aged just 19, the Leicestershire middle-order batsman has shone in a fankly mediocre side this summer, breaking various records along the way. He became the county's youngest player to score 1000 Championship runs in a season, to score a double-century (207 not out) and to hit...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Scanning the county scorecards won't be the same again after a generation of England cricketers ducked out of the game "If you're hanging on to a rising balloon, you're presented with a difficult decision – let go before it's too late or hang on and keep getting higher, posing the question: how long can you keep a grip on the rope?" Andy Caddick is a tall man. It's no surprise he managed...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
Press F5 for the latest updates. Or follow the latest with our enhanced desktop scoreboard and why not immerse yourself in our new Hawk-Eye tool . Send your Ashes emails to rob.smyth@guardian.co.uk . Still not done? Pop over to our OBO merchandise site to spend some cash in a good cause A precedent to keep Australians warm Anyone remember this magnificent game of Test cricket ? South Africa were effectively...
The Writers Lounge (Free subscription) | 21/08/2009
The cricket Quiz will be posted every Friday and the answers to the quiz must be sent to me via email (christopherdavid007@gmail.com) on or before Wednesday. Therefore the last day for this quiz is 26th of August . Please write in the subject cricket quiz. The answers will be published every Friday with another set of questions along with the winners of previous quiz. Answers to Cricket Quiz - 1 ....
The Corridor (a cricket blog) (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
There’re some fun photos on Jonathan Agnew’s Twitter of Graham Onions and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president. All sorts of witty suggestions, including this one of Onions discussing tactics with Nasser Hussain: Mad and silly is good. We like good.
Cigarette Break for the 21st Century (Free subscription) | 15/07/2009
It's been an interesting experience so far following the fortunes of the England cricket team from deep in enemy territory. On the one hand, I will get to see far more of this Ashes series than I would have done had I been in the UK, as the time difference turns something that would otherwise have happened while I was at work into prime evening viewing--the 11AM start for the first test translates...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
The 5-0 whitewash by Australia in the last Ashes series has been glossed over but revenge should be the motivation Andrew Strauss must be ruing the fact that secret Ashes bonding sessions aren't more, well, secret. It's all very well taking your squad to Ypres to strengthen the team unit, but when it then emerges that you didn't even manage to get them all on the same bus, you suspect your opponents...
Dipz Cricket World (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
Michael Vaughan’s will be remembered as one of the best captains the game has seen . In terms of the world game he is one of the top five captains which include Steve Waugh, Stephen Fleming, Sourav Ganguly, and Graeme Smith. Looking at England captains prior to Michael Vaughan are Nasser Hussain who was a commanding leader Michael Atherton the countries favourite who will always be loved for...
The Corridor (a cricket blog) (Free subscription) | 28/06/2009
To steal Nasser Hussain’s comment today: Vaughan, a wonderful timer of a cricket ball, appears to have timed this announcement rather well too. Ignored by the England selectors last week, it seemed highly likely he’d call it a day, and we can expect a formal announcement this week to end the career of England’s greatest-ever [...]
My two cents... (Free subscription) | 15/06/2009
as they were thoroughly outplayed by the West Indies in a must win game at the Kensington Oval. England inability to play a lofted shot with any degree of conviction came to bite them in the rear as they were outclassed by the West Indies in a must win game for both teams. Over the top? I thought so. But given that I have been hearing Nasser Hussain grate on and on about "India's traditional weakness...
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | 04/03/2009
Waking yesterday in the Caribbean, I was greeted by news that I never wanted to hear: that terrorists had attacked a cricket team - international sportsmen on their way to work.
The Corridor (a cricket blog) (Free subscription) | 08/02/2009
Ian Ward: player-turned-anchorman © Getty Images As England slumped yesterday, Sky’s commentary team sprung into fervent action. Its coverage of events in Jamaica was excellent, led by Ian Ward (Wardy) in the studio, whose questions to Nick Knight (Knighty), Bob Willis (Bob) and Nasser Hussain (Nass) were akin to floaty half-volleys, the like of which England’s [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
It's almost 20 years since a student team containing Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain and, er, Treherne Parker made history — and struggled to get into nightclubs
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
London: Urging the English cricket team to return to India for next week's Test series, former England captain Nasser Hussain said by doing so Kevin Pietersen and his men can help the hosts limp back to normalcy after the Mumbai terror strikes.
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