Jon Hotten

The 3-2-1 scale

How about a measure of excellence that rates players' skills across the international formats?

29-Oct-2015•Jon Hotten

The fastest bowler? It depends

It varies from spell to spell, and it also has to do with the perception of the men facing

12-Oct-2015•Jon Hotten

The river of cricket

If there is such a thing as a cricketing life, it is one that plunges into the water and rides along the current

02-Oct-2015•Jon Hotten

What is the X-factor in cricket?

It's hard to pin down, particularly in statistics. You could say it's an aesthetic, an impression that what players who have it are doing is innate to them

25-Sep-2015•Jon Hotten

Technology and the amateur cricketer

Having your game dissected can be disconcerting but fun if you're not a serious cricketer. Professionals, though, have no choice but to live with it

09-Sep-2015•Jon Hotten

What will Ian Bell's legacy be?

He always made the difficult look easy and rarely got the recognition his batting deserved. The difficulty of replacing him may determine his worth

26-Aug-2015•Jon Hotten

Should Cook think of quitting now?

Modern captains get only fleeting moments when they can leave the game on their own terms before the pressure is back again

12-Aug-2015•Jon Hotten

Is it time to rethink the toss?

Why not let captains decide what batting or bowling first is worth and use runs to buy the advantage?

31-Jul-2015•Jon Hotten

The pain of the discarded England opener

Facing the new ball acts like a can-opener on a candidate's game and his psyche. Also, failure in the role is harder to deal with than for other players

22-Jul-2015•Jon Hotten

The post-Gilchrist effect

We don't know how change will manifest itself, but it is certain that Test cricket will soon feel the shiver that has run up through T20 to ODIs

29-Jun-2015•Jon Hotten

Can England find their Steven Smith?

The Australian's success story is a fine example of why a team must stick with a player it believes to be talented

17-Jun-2015•Jon Hotten

Being McCullum

He has found a way of keeping his instincts free and fearless while offering real gravitas, and that is quite something to behold

27-May-2015•Jon Hotten

Is England falling out of love with cricket?

Much of the game still runs to the timescales of a different, distant age. Nothing about the way we live now suggests these ideas still work

12-May-2015•Jon Hotten

The beast that is batting

Even for those blessed with great skill, it is a hard, unforgiving craft - as Jonathan Trott will be able to testify

04-May-2015•Jon Hotten

The wrecking ball and the subtle knife

Ian Botham will soon be overtaken by James Anderson as England's leading Test leading wicket-taker. The two couldn't be more different from each other

15-Apr-2015•Jon Hotten

Fifty-over cricket, I was wrong

This World Cup gave us driven, vibrant, electric ODI cricket, played at the limit of current ability, and it was magnificent

30-Mar-2015•Jon Hotten

Is Root right for England?

He is a success story of the English system, but his kind of batting is going to be outdated in the next four years

20-Mar-2015•Jon Hotten

The future of ODIs as seen through this World Cup

Stats and trends that are more than six months old are redundant. A revolution is coming

04-Mar-2015•Jon Hotten

Chris Gayle is alive and great

Whatever his persona and supposed attitude towards the game, Gayle has had a huge impact on cricket

25-Feb-2015•Jon Hotten

Let's embrace all of cricket's ages

Peter Willey and George Sharp's dispute with the ECB highlights how we tend to look at what people can't do after a certain age rather than what they can do better

17-Feb-2015•Jon Hotten

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