Alex Bowden

What England can learn from Pakistan

What England can learn from Pakistan

To start with, they can take lessons in parenting, screaming, and not quite being there

13-Feb-2012•Alex Bowden

Sunil Gavaskar 36 not out

Sunil Gavaskar 36 not out

Our commentary team sits through a World Cup classic, but they won't stand for it

24-Jan-2012•Alex Bowden

How is five-day cricket so damn popular?

How is five-day cricket so damn popular?

Has the least-marketed cricket format pulled off the sort of sales coup they haven't heard of at business school?

19-Jan-2012•Alex Bowden

Test cricket: always new

Test cricket: always new

The five-day format survives with its small band of followers, in part four of our sports administration saga

08-Jan-2012•Alex Bowden

The axeing of New Zealand

The axeing of New Zealand

In part three of our sports administration saga, cricket gets streamlined

02-Jan-2012•Alex Bowden

Test cricket's finished. What next?

Test cricket's finished. What next?

Part two of our sports administration saga. Some tough decisions must be made

26-Dec-2011•Alex Bowden

How to deal with too much cricket

How to deal with too much cricket

Part one of an episodic story about the thrilling world of sports administration

23-Dec-2011•Alex Bowden

Gordon Greenidge 214 not out

Gordon Greenidge 214 not out

Is murderously fast scoring really the way to approach Test cricket?

19-Dec-2011•Alex Bowden

SR Tendulkar 200 not out

SR Tendulkar 200 not out

Yes, it was a first in the game but he could have done better, couldn't he?

13-Dec-2011•Alex Bowden

Yuvraj Singh c Collingwood b Flintoff 58

Yuvraj Singh c Collingwood b Flintoff 58

Our intrepid commentary duo were in the box when Yuvraj let fly in Durban

28-Nov-2011•Alex Bowden

Australia 47 all out

Australia 47 all out

Things could have gotten a lot worse at Newlands if it hadn't been for some good old Australian honesty. Our commentators explain

21-Nov-2011•Alex Bowden

Lamb b Akram 31, Lewis b Akram 0

Lamb b Akram 31, Lewis b Akram 0

Unlike others, our commentary duo weren't at a loss for words as they watched England being bamboozled by Akram in 1992

10-Nov-2011•Alex Bowden

BC Lara not out 400

BC Lara not out 400

Our intrepid commentary duo were in St John's when the record for the individual score in Test cricket was broken

28-Oct-2011•Alex Bowden

MW Gatting b Warne 4

MW Gatting b Warne 4

In the first of a new series that revisits iconic cricket moments, we bring you the ball of the century

24-Oct-2011•Alex Bowden

Why are Somerset playing the Champions League?

Why are Somerset playing the Champions League?

The BCCI goes into damage-control mode by placing a call to Taunton

07-Oct-2011•Alex Bowden

Look on the bright side, India

Look on the bright side, India

There are always positives to be taken. Even from a tour as dismal as the England one

22-Sep-2011•Alex Bowden

Seeing things the Hayden way

Seeing things the Hayden way

ICCBod, a cricket administration insider, on how Haydos is the best thing to have happened to the business side of cricket

25-Aug-2011•Alex Bowden

The lemon-flavoured joy of being No. 1

The lemon-flavoured joy of being No. 1

Two England players bask in the delight of their new-found status. Or not

19-Aug-2011•Alex Bowden

England decide to get more Australian

England decide to get more Australian

The team's think tank has realised they have slipped in not imitating the old enemy, and planned to make amends

05-Aug-2011•Alex Bowden

Frank Higginbotham's 100th Test

Frank Higginbotham's 100th Test

Lots of milestones at Lord's. Spare a thought for this little-known one

24-Jul-2011•Alex Bowden

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