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Sportswriter and senior lecturer in sports journalism at the University of Brighton
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The perils of scoffing at failure

May 22, 2013: Excessive success can destroy inhibition, and hence the capacity for shame

Rob Steen

A classic turns fifty

May 9, 2013: A passionate expression of CLR James' love for an imperialist game, the book was rooted in a quest to rid the world of racism and class oppression

Rob Steen

Where do we draw the line on Twitter outbursts?

Apr 24, 2013: Increasingly, if a tad incongruously, words are arousing as much fury as misdeeds

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Are we in a golden age of cricket writing?

Apr 3, 2013: There are no Carduses around, but that's no bad thing. There's more variety and perspective in coverage today

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Were the good old days really better?

Mar 20, 2013: Let's break it down to a few parameters and try to make an objective analysis

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Time for Pup to unleash the mongrel

Mar 6, 2013: Come the English summer and the Ashes, Michael Clarke could do worse than look back to 1989 and get some of that Border-Waugh mojo working

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Sarah Taylor, superstar

Feb 20, 2013: The time will come for female cricketers. Just you wait and see

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Frank Keating and the art of grace and affection

Feb 6, 2013: They don't make them like him anymore; blame the nature of modern sports media

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What pop music can teach cricket

Jan 23, 2013: Is the paying public interested in the cricket the ICC is putting out?

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My 2013 wishlist

Jan 9, 2013: More Tests, a better New Zealand, more power to Kallis, and Dravid for ICC chairman

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Being undroppable

Dec 12, 2012: A legend agonises over his life's quandaries

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Homage to catatonia

Nov 29, 2012: In praise of epic solo batting efforts - the ultimate acts of invidualism in a team cause

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India's board flexes its muscles because it can

Nov 15, 2012: How else to explain its lack of consistency over granting accreditation to the press?

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Just how wrong is the BCCI?

Oct 31, 2012: The Indian board is easily - often deservedly - painted as a villain, but often it is all too convenient to do so

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What to do with cheats

Oct 17, 2012: Erasing their stats from the records isn't feasible, but another sanction may be possible

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The A to Z of the World Twenty20

Oct 3, 2012: Two weeks into the tournament, a look at the highs and lows

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Cricketer sons: is it in their blood?

Sep 20, 2012: Choosing to stand in the long shadow of a famous parent takes courage. Emerging out of it takes something even more special

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ODIs: still necessary, no longer evil

Sep 5, 2012: How much of the backbone England currently show can be traced to the benefits of one-day cricket?

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KP's story: the next chapter

Aug 22, 2012: How Pietersen turned his career around after the fall of summer 2012: a view from the future

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This one's for Jamaica

Aug 8, 2012: The people of that nation have been radical and creative, and now through Bolt and Blake and Gayle and Samuels, they are enjoying plenty of enviable success

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A talent that didn't know its own worth

Sreesanth wasn't the most likeable team-mate or opponent, but he had skill beyond doubt, which we might have seen the last of

All fizz, no kick

Mumbai Indians still have a better head-to-head record against Chennai Super Kings, but once again on the big occasion, they came second

A time for anger, a time for action

Out of the shattered lives of three young men caught up in allegations of fraud, newer and stronger players must emerge

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