Ivo Tennant

Empowered or undermined?

Umpires do not wish to become obsolete, but they know they cannot stand in the way of all-embracing progress

22-Mar-2011•Ivo Tennant

He who loved the game

Bob Woolmer died in desperately sad circumstances, but it's his innocence and integrity that he will be remembered for

18-Mar-2011•Ivo Tennant

Heavier, higher, longer

Batsmen are becoming stronger and fitter. Their bats - bigger, with huge edges and enhanced sweet spots, seem to be following suit

15-Mar-2011•Ivo Tennant

A sport for the fast-food generation

The governing body of English cricket will forever be in credit for the laborious if costly research it carried out to bring us the monster that is Twenty20 cricket

08-Mar-2011•Ivo Tennant

The tentacles of TV

Sky's much lauded coverage now extends to seven sports in 3D in addition to acting virtually as an extra umpire in cricket

01-Mar-2011•Ivo Tennant

The umpire isn't always right

It started with the use of television replays to adjudicate on run-outs, but now the third umpire can be involved in all decisions via the UDRS

22-Feb-2011•Ivo Tennant

Cricket in a new light

When the World Series started playing cricket under lights people laughed it off, but now it's a key part of the game at domestic and international level

15-Feb-2011•Ivo Tennant

Sticky Wicket becomes a wearing track

Fellow inmates beat him up in jail, creditors seek to regain their investments, and the ECB quietly expunges him and his wretched helicopter from any annals and annuals at Lord's. Yet there is one significant individual who claims he should return to his

03-Feb-2011•Ivo Tennant

Six balls, six sixes, one fascinating book

Grahame Lloyd tells, grippingly, the story of one of the most celebrated overs in cricket

30-Nov-2008•Ivo Tennant

Writer to director

Old Middlesex alumnus Angus Fraser will have plenty on his plate when he takes over as head of operations at the club soon

08-Nov-2008•Ivo Tennant

A restless tycoon

Ivo Tennant previews the Stanford Super Series which gets underway on Saturday

25-Oct-2008•Ivo Tennant

Championship shows it can survive new age

The instigation of two divisions in the County Championship has been a blessing of sorts. In terms of maintaining interest until the very end

29-Sep-2008•Ivo Tennant

Excellence exhausted

Whither cricket at Fenner's and in the Parks and at the other four centres of excellence, asks Ivo Tennant

04-Sep-2008•Ivo Tennant

Big name needed to fill big boots

Hampshire have struggled since the departure of Shane Warne and need to focus on young local talent

21-Aug-2008•Ivo Tennant

Rebooting the English game

Ivo Tennant on measures to reinvigorate the next tier of English cricket

07-Aug-2008•Ivo Tennant

Canterbury feels the crunch

The St Lawrence at Canterbury, the ground on which Colin Cowdrey once wrote that he would choose to spend his last moments on earth, hosts the oldest cricket festival in the country this week

28-Jul-2008•Ivo Tennant

Twenty20 expansion on the cards

No sooner has Giles Clarke arrived back from draining discussions about Zimbabwe with the ICC in Dubai than he is having to revert to dealing with all issues Twenty20 this week

08-Jul-2008•Ivo Tennant

Middlesex's timing awry

At Lord's on July 22, Middlesex will hold a special general meeting. But with the club now finding their form, their timing is all awry, argues Ivo Tennant

24-Jun-2008•Ivo Tennant

Oval held hostage by Health and Safety

The Health and Safety Executive has objected to the proposed erection of a four-star 168-bedroom hotel and nearly 2000 seats some 150 yards from the gas-holders at The Oval

28-May-2008

The coach's coaching manual

Ivo Tennant looks ahead to Bob Woolmer's coaching manual, The Art and Science of Cricket

14-May-2008•Ivo Tennant

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