Twenty20
Sep 18, 2012
| The Surfer
On his blog, A Cricketing View , Kartikeya Date argues that 20 overs is too short a duration to maintain the fine balance between bat and ball, which has helped Test cricket endure for so long
Twenty20
Jul 1, 2012
| The Surfer
It is with great pain that Robert Shrimsley, writing for Financial Times , calls a Twenty20 match a game of cricket, as his boy loves it, untouched by the absorbing potential of the 'real game'
Jun 15, 2012
| The Surfer
Former Pakistan batsman Ramiz Raja, writing in the Dawn , says that a majority of players around the world are treating international matches as a springboard to be picked for a T20 league.
Twenty20
Jun 14, 2012
| The Surfer
Former England allrounder David Lloyd, writing in the Manchester Evening News , says that while the Twenty20 format has great entertainment value, it isn’t really cricket.
Twenty20
May 18, 2012
| The Surfer
If not Twenty20's Bradman, then Chris Gayle is its WG Grace, its Ranjitsinhji, says the Old Batsman, in his blog : in the format's infant years, Gayle is a conceptual force, its vision of the future.
Gayle
Nov 30, 2011
| The Long Handle
Hello and welcome to the animal farm that is our glorious game
May 18, 2011
| The Long Handle
This is it for Shane Warne then
Twenty20
Apr 10, 2011
| The Surfer
The recent emergence of the Twenty20 game has confronted traditional cricket with the equivalent of a reverse swinging yorker, writes Greg Dyer in the Sunday Herald
England
Aug 18, 2010
| The Long Handle
And you thought Long Handle was just a fan's diary
Aug 4, 2010
| The Long Handle
More musings and observations from the last few days gone by