This article was originally published on All Out Cricket on November 14th 2013. The roguish left-arm spinner-turned TMS man talks to Ed Kemp about the defining moments of his career. BECOMING A TWIRLERMiddlesex Colts | 1977 Jack Robertson, who played for Middlesex and England, was the coach, and showed me when I was very young, about 11, how to spin the …
This post was originally published on All Out Cricket on July 15th 2015. He’s the most notorious cricketer of his era. A short-form archetype turned ferocious Test opener. A puncher, scrapper, designated attack dog, and now one half of a celebrity Australian couple. David Warner writes his own scripts, perhaps even literally, in the case …
This article was originally published on All Out Cricket on 14th October 2016. It started with a honey-trap. Alec Stewart, at his home ground of The Oval, was opening the innings in the deciding Test of the 1992 summer. The foes were Pakistan, whose trickery with the ball had caused sniffiness and snobbery to spread …
This article was originally published on All Out Cricket on January 16th 2015. Alex Bowden picks the “legitimately terrifying” and oft misunderstood Steve Harmison as his next King of Cricket. Has any fast bowler better suited the term ‘loose limbed’ than Steve Harmison? Watching him run in, it was like every joint was crying out …
This article was originally published on All Out Cricket on November 14th 2014. Following Brian Lara and Wasim Akram, who else could it be but Paul Collingwood? A great of the game? A King of Cricket? Well it’s a funny thing – on the rare occasions when I have a serious point to make about …
This article was originally published on All Out Cricket on 13th February 2013. The most prolific run-scorer we’re ever likely to see in international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is the complete batsman: majestic through the off side, devastating though leg, and the owner of a drive to die for. The Little Master’s records will stand unbroken …
This article was originally published on All Out Cricket on 16th January 2013. The first man since Bradman to rack up huge scores for fun, the iconic Trinidadian left-hander is revered all over the world, not just in the Caribbean. More often than not, the bedrock of the West Indies batting line-up, Brian Lara accumulated …
This post was originally published on 8th January 2014. Australia is carving out a new identity for itself based uncannily on one we’ve seen before, led by a fragile moustachioed warrior who doesn’t do dull moments. Australian writer Geoff Lemon has witnessed at close-hand the return of pre-eminent pace to the epic Ashes story. There …
This article was originally published on All Out Cricket on September 9th 2016. Bright, expressive and preternaturally mature, Lancashire’s teenage sensation Haseeb Hameed is set to be named in England’s winter touring party next Friday. It would take some guts, but then it didn’t do Cook or Root much harm. Phil Walker spoke to the …
This post was originally published on All Out Cricket on October 5th 2015. Graham Thorpe speaks to Will Macpherson about his playing career, his coaching ethos and overcoming personal issues to become a more relaxed and open person. Graham Thorpe speaks brightly and breezily, with the carefree air of a man content with his lot. …
