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Mike Holmans

'Enjoying' cricket at Lord's

'Enjoying' cricket at Lord's

My companions and I agreed that enjoyment would have been entirely inappropriate, anyway

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
How do you define "class"?

How do you define "class"?

What it then amounts to is class prejudice: the selectors favour those who bat like aristocrats rather than artisans – and snobbery is a recipe for decadent failure.

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
The Wright road to follow

The Wright road to follow

The gentleman who sat next to me on Sunday morning was also pleasantly surprised by how good Wright's bowling now is

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Old timers Twenty20 XI- Part 2

Old timers Twenty20 XI- Part 2

We will have a leg-spinning all-rounder as captain, but I change my mind hourly on whether it should be the great South African Aubrey Faulkner or Richie Benaud

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Old-timers Twenty20 - I

Old-timers Twenty20 - I

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Right for the wrong reasons

Right for the wrong reasons

Playing 50-over cricket domestically in England does not do anything to train people for the international 50-over game

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Investing in England

Investing in England

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Investing in Australia

Investing in Australia

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
The disadvantage of consistency

The disadvantage of consistency

A constant complaint about England's players is that they are too inconsistent

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Re: Joyce

Re: Joyce

I have no quarrel with the selectors for picking Trott, but his selection creates a vacancy for the heir-apparent: my contention is that Joyce was the baby thrown out with Duncan Fletcher's bathwater and deserves serious reconsideration.

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
No time for Ramps romance

No time for Ramps romance

Thinking about calling him up as the knight in shining armour to save the Ashes would be a triumph of hope over experience, and there would not even be the compensation of feeling that a new player had been blooded who might profit from the

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Three cricket conundrums

Three cricket conundrums

There are always mysteries in cricket, though they change from decade to decade and even from year to year

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Andy Caddick, the second-innings demon

Andy Caddick, the second-innings demon

The great mystery about Caddick was the enormous disparity between his performances in the first innings, which were usually insipid, and those in the second, which were often devastating.

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
The lost greats

The lost greats

Flintoff is one of those poignant characters we might call the lost greats

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Who is the weakest link?

Who is the weakest link?

At 23, Broad is still young enough to be classed as a promising up-and-coming player who has not yet mastered his trade, whereas Johnson is 27 and should be approaching his best

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
OK, Matt Prior, you win

OK, Matt Prior, you win

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
A thriller on an unfit pitch

A thriller on an unfit pitch

England have made their best start to an Ashes series this century

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Cricket's brief time in the spotlight

Cricket's brief time in the spotlight

The bulk of the English public have the same attitude to cricket that I have to swimming: most of the time I couldn’t care less about it, but when the Olympics come round, I’ll be as glued to the TV as anyone else

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
Of cemeteries and cricket - another view

Of cemeteries and cricket - another view

I cannot bring myself to condemn the trips: the players who have been have spoken of the humbling and thought-provoking nature of the experiences, and they may well have benefited in wholly laudable ways

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
We are the champions

We are the champions

Being honest, though, one must admit that the women’s game is never likely to be spectacular

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans
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