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Liam Cromar

Freelance cricket writer

@LiamCromar

The small-scale pleasures of Oxbridge matches

Traditionally the season openers, the university matches are now in danger of being cut from a schedule that favours T20 glitz

03-May-2017•Liam Cromar

Zero off zero

Out without facing a ball? What does that feel like? A look at five of the most memorable diamond ducks in history

01-May-2017•Liam Cromar

How do you feel about artificial pitches?

Unless they can exhibit the variety that turf pitches have, they risk devaluing the game by stripping away subtlety

20-Mar-2017•Liam Cromar

Murder on the square

Cricket was the backdrop for two recent murder mysteries on television, but why weren't the motives related to the game?

19-Feb-2017•Liam Cromar

Seven reasons why the English summer will be special

A date with Ireland, a day-night Test, and a Women's World Cup are among the mouth-watering fixtures in a packed season of cricket

27-Jan-2017•Liam Cromar

How's that, Jennings?

No, not that one. It is time to tip our hats to a much-loved schoolboy series of books

30-Dec-2016•Liam Cromar

The joys of (not) watching cricket

Few other games lend themselves to taking your eyes off the action as much as ours does

03-Dec-2016•Liam Cromar

Is it worth considering dropping the toss in Test cricket?

The move has succeeded to some extent in the County Championship but extending it to the five-day game might not be the best idea

07-Nov-2016•Liam Cromar

How I stopped worrying and learned to love declaration bowling

Why the captains' arrangement in the Middlesex-Yorkshire Championship game didn't feel unsporting

20-Oct-2016•Liam Cromar

We need to reinterpret the wide down leg side

Why are bowlers in limited-overs cricket expected to perform the contradictory actions of preventing run-scoring and enabling it?

26-Sep-2016•Liam Cromar

The particular pleasures of a 2-2 series

Aka the Desmond: always leaving you asking for more

02-Sep-2016•Liam Cromar

Why we need in-game penalties for slow over rates

If the paying public isn't to feel short-changed, administrators need to consider effective ways of disciplining teams

02-Aug-2016•Liam Cromar

The five-step model for Pakistan fans

It's hard not to be moved by a team that gives equal parts joy and sorrow, and is never for a moment dull

16-Jul-2016•Liam Cromar

How super is the Super Series?

Is the splitting of points across formats in a series a good idea? Not quite, given the way it's being implemented

20-Jun-2016•Liam Cromar

Thank God it's not the Ashes

A year without England v Australia contests makes for a nice change of pace

19-May-2016•Liam Cromar

What is nets?

Practice can mean a whole lot of things

27-Apr-2016•Liam Cromar

The problem with West Indies' siege mentality

We've heard that it's them against the world, but is it really that way?

07-Apr-2016•Liam Cromar

Does sledging drive people away from the recreational game?

It would be illogical to say it is the sole reason, but it definitely contributes - and that's a pity

21-Mar-2016•Liam Cromar

Indoor cricket at the Olympics?

If the collisions don't leave you befuddled, the rules will

29-Feb-2016•Liam Cromar

The mark Chanderpaul left on me

His retirement has not only marked the end of an era in batting, it marks for some of us the snapping of the final link to childhood

09-Feb-2016•Liam Cromar

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