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Gideon Haigh

Gideon Haigh

The great black hope

The great black hope

The Atlas of West Indian cricket was a colossus among modest talents

03-Oct-2009•Gideon Haigh
A giant of his time

A giant of his time

A colossus, both as a player and a personality, he was a barracker's delight and Australia's MVP

19-Sep-2009•Gideon Haigh
A prince among batsmen

A prince among batsmen

Over a century ago, the English game was transformed by an Indian who went on to become the most popular cricketer in the Empire

24-Aug-2009•Gideon Haigh
The wise old king

The wise old king

If we don't remember him as an elite legspinner, a thinking captain or one of cricket's true professionals, it's because of the phenomenal work he has done as a commentator, writer and observer

01-Aug-2009•Gideon Haigh
Out of our comfort zone

Out of our comfort zone

The most prolific Test bowler of them all has made a case for tackling cricket by one's own lights, and forced a generation of players and cricket watchers to reassess their conceptions of the game

18-Jul-2009•Gideon Haigh
Agent provocateur

Agent provocateur

He was the main event both on and off the field - sledging, jesting, fighting, winning, and getting up people's noses most of all

04-Jul-2009•Gideon Haigh
For love (and money)

For love (and money)

A "professional who batted just like an amateur", he was perceived as businesslike, but was actually a brilliant, spontaneous, original player

20-Jun-2009•Gideon Haigh
Its own worst enemy

Its own worst enemy

A hundred years into its existence, the ICC finds itself presiding over the means of its obsolescence

15-Jun-2009•Gideon Haigh
Un-Indian idol

Un-Indian idol

Kapil Dev bowled fast at a time when his country didn't produce fast bowlers; his spirit lives on through the style and aggression of modern Indian teams

30-May-2009•Gideon Haigh
Who needs first-class cricket?

Who needs first-class cricket?

Why the success of the IPL may mean that domestic cricket could lose its value as a stepping stone to the Test platform

26-May-2009
Gayle spake as he saw

Gayle spake as he saw

Why the West Indies captain's pronouncements reflect the actions of cricket's administrators

18-May-2009
Man and superman

Man and superman

Off the field he may have been an awkward hero, on it Garry Sobers was "evolution's ultimate specimen"

16-May-2009•Gideon Haigh
Nannes for president

Nannes for president

Modern cricket needs more players whose life is not just the game

06-May-2009
Night of the screamers

Night of the screamers

Why the commentators' desperate hawking of the IPL may have started to work against the tournament

27-Apr-2009
An opportunity missed

An opportunity missed

The IPL could have used the move to South Africa to globalise itself, but it has come across as an imperialist enterprise instead

26-Mar-2009
Murder, suicide, cricket

Murder, suicide, cricket

Gideon Haigh on the biography of Australia's first significant cricketer

20-Mar-2009•Gideon Haigh
Vive le new boys

Vive le new boys

The likes of Phil Hughes and Marcus North have made a case for blooding fresh talent

11-Mar-2009
The meltdown that was in the stars

The meltdown that was in the stars

The likes of the ECB should have seen the latest Stanford developments coming

18-Feb-2009
Cricket at the crunch

Cricket at the crunch

Recent events have shown that the game is not immune to the global economic meltdown

17-Feb-2009
A century of dysfunction

A century of dysfunction

Approaching its centenary, the ICC finds itself in a state of perhaps terminal decline

23-Jan-2009
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