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Being Outside Cricket
3w ago
England have crashed out of a second ICC white ball tournament in just eight months. Whilst reaching the semi finals in this T20 World Cup looks a lot better than finishing seventh in last year’s ODI World Cup, the performance ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
4M ago
The ECB has been encouraging children as young as five to play with their balls over the course of seven years, and recently discovered that it may have been illegal to do so. There’s probably a better way to put ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
4M ago
Today is International Women’s Day. Considering that the ECB have yet again posted their usual self-congratulatory social media posts patting themselves on the back, it seems worth examining why they consistently pay women a lot less than men. The ECB ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
5M ago
“By any measure, The Hundred has been a huge success” – Glamorgan CCC chair Mark Rhydderch-Roberts “The reality is The Hundred has been a huge success both from a ticketing and TV perspective. It is also an extremely important revenue ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
5M ago
I have taken the unmitigated liberty of posting on this, my old home, but which I have not contributed for a couple of years. It’s been a while of mad transition in my life, moving out of London, devoting my ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
6M ago
I don’t think I’ll be making any predictions in this post. England went into the last match against possibly the best team in the world with a debutant spinner, another spinner with one Test under his belt, an injury-prone bowler ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
6M ago
After almost six months of exclusively white ball cricket for England, and a decidedly lacklustre six months at that, it is time for the England Test team to once again grace our televisions. Well, some of our televisions. If subscribing ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
1y ago
It’s been over a year since Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes took charge of the England Test team, and it’s fair to say that it has been a success. Won 13, Lost 4, Drew 1. It is a historically good ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
1y ago
So there we go, 2-2, honours shared but Australia return home still hanging on to the urn by their fingertips. Not quite a classic series, but only because the Old Trafford rain ruined the possibility of a denouement, and as ..read more
Being Outside Cricket
1y ago
I had intended that my next post would be about Bazball, what worked from it and what didn’t. Then Yorkshire CCC’s ‘punishments’ were announced and that really needs an immediate response. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet ..read more