Jon Hotten

A strange, brutal magic

As Ishant Sharma showed at Lord's, short-pitched bowling can open old wounds and create sudden uncertainty

23-Jul-2014•Jon Hotten

Ishant lurches from hero to villain

Disaster may lurk and comedy may come, but Ishant Sharma brings a wholeheartedness to his team that should be valued above stats

16-Jul-2014•Jon Hotten

The Victorian-pitch blues

Occasionally these days, at the lower levels, we're brought face to face with the kind of cricket conditions our ancestors lived with

09-Jul-2014•Jon Hotten

Ponting's pull

The former Australia captain's recent dissection of his meat-and-potatoes shot made for fascinating viewing

01-Jul-2014•Jon Hotten

The importance of England v India

Why the upcoming series has all the makings of a historic turning point

24-Jun-2014•Jon Hotten

There's a new columnist in town

Kevin Pietersen has both reach and voice, and he has a cause to unite around too

12-Jun-2014•Jon Hotten

How best can England use Buttler?

In England, a country yet to embrace the increasingly porous boundaries between formats, Jos Buttler could be the next star

04-Jun-2014•Jon Hotten

A crossroads for Joe Root

Long hailed for his extraordinary talent, Root is still to quite make good. And England can't afford to give him the time they gave a young Ian Bell to blossom

28-May-2014•Jon Hotten

England and the IPL: a thaw will come

It's clear now that T20 cricket will not exist in isolation from the rest of the game, and the sooner the ECB realises it, the better

14-May-2014•Jon Hotten

The last of the long run-up

The sight of a fast bowler running in from a distance, sometimes starting in a position only vaguely related to the position of the wicket, is a thrilling one. And it's increasingly rare now

07-May-2014•Jon Hotten

Never another like Geoffrey

Boycott represented a peak moment in the evolution of the game - the natural conclusion of a long era

06-May-2014•Jon Hotten

The player England will miss the most

In the new era, England will find it hard to fill the huge hole left by Graeme Swann's retirement, on the field and off it

30-Apr-2014•Jon Hotten

Moores and the shadow of the past

His second spell as England coach might be nothing like his first, but memories of it will hover nevertheless

24-Apr-2014•Jon Hotten

You can't control talent, only channel it

Cricket runs the risk of going down the route of over-coaching, like in some other sports - which is not ideal in a game that is as much about art as about science

15-Apr-2014•Jon Hotten

Were England complacent?

Giles and Broad used the word to describe the team's performance in the World T20, but what it really describes is the attitude of their bosses

02-Apr-2014•Jon Hotten

Can bowling line-ups collapse?

It's a phenomenon that the T20 game is uniquely geared to produce, as the Ireland-Netherlands clash showed

26-Mar-2014•Jon Hotten

Coached by Goochie

How many of us can claim to have attended a masterclass with England's most prolific run scorer?

18-Mar-2014•Jon Hotten

Can Flower bring art to the science of coaching?

Great coaches understand the fluidity of technique, the role of imagination, the constant forward momentum of the game

04-Mar-2014•Jon Hotten

The psychological dominance of Mitchell Johnson

The hold he has is not just on batsmen, it is on the collective imagination of everyone watching him bow

20-Feb-2014•Jon Hotten

Cricket's constantly unfolding narrative

It may feel as though the game is at the peak of its evolution but it's only a matter of time before current events seem dated

13-Feb-2014•Jon Hotten

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