A Day at the Test Match
2020 what a year! Due to the Covid-19 global pandemic we have all missed out on many of life’s great pleasures this year - holidays, day trips, meals out, catching up with friends/family and of [...]
Survive and Grow: the increasing need for pragmatism in club cricket administration
It is impossible to know how recreational cricket will emerge from Covid-19 interruption. Regardless, it is essential that the cricketing community acknowledges the need for pragmatism in a time of administrational struggle. Club finances face [...]
The Covid Season in Review
For most, the 2020 UK club cricket season has now come to an abrupt and premature conclusion less than 2 months after it started due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The fact us club cricketers got [...]
Jonny Tiley – Dare to Dream
“It’s the only time I feel equal to everyone else. For a short time, when I’m on that pitch, nobody gives me special treatment. And that’s the way I want it to be.” The words [...]
CRICKET’S COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH RACE
Interspersed with discussions about coronavirus, contemporary public conversation is dominated by issues of racial inequality. The callous and avoidable death of George Floyd has become a globally recognised event that has helped highlight racial injustice [...]
The Ground We Stand On
I struggle to think of many sports that can be so influenced by the ground it is played on. Not a stadium or arena, but the 10 millimetres of matter between your feet and the [...]
It’s a Barmy Time: 25 Years of the Barmy Army
England’s recent tour of South Africa saw their world-renowned independent fanbase celebrate their 25th anniversary. Since being affectionately labeled ‘The Barmy Army’ by the media during the 1994-95 Ashes, a once small number of England [...]
Chasing the Centurion Ghost
The beauty of cricket is there is no ‘end’. We strive towards goals but will always leave the pitch with things we could have done better. I could have scored more runs, I should have [...]
No silly shots – it’ll flatten out!
Last season, I played in and have since suitably complained about playing in the most disgracefully cold cricket match I have ever been a part of. I’d give my vintage Woodworm Wand to play in [...]
Who’ve we got Saturday Skip? Who’s their pro?
These are 2 questions every 1st XI captain gets asked at least a thousand times a season. There are certain club pro’s guaranteed to cause sleepless nights to us club cricketers because they’re just a [...]