Rob Steen

Sports writer and senior lecturer in sports journalism at the University of Brighton

Play it again, Allen

This could be the latest step on the road to winning back the love of these unbrotherly islands for a game that once defined them and, much more important, united them.

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

In search of wisdom

The current economic crisis assailing the wider world was born of short-termism and greed

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

A tide in sore need of turning

England needs spinners who spin rather than roll, who give it a real tweak, who put revolutions on the ball

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The sweet taste of humble pie

If Durham land their first Championship pennant, Steve Harmison will be able to spend at least the next couple of months blowing enthusiastic raspberries in the general vicinity of the press box.

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Championing the cause

Last week, glory be, the ECB, not always the fount of all wisdom, got something wonderfully right

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The pain of Dwayne

The prospect of seeing Smith in England colours one day is by no means an unattractive one

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Of winners and nice guys

Both Hick and Gough deserve our respect and gratitude

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Stop shopping at Tresco

Whether Kevin Pietersen’s powers of persuasion are extensive enough to compel a change of heart remains to be seen, but, for now, the prospect of translating domestic form to the international arena still appears to fill Trescothick with about as

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Yes please, Prime Minister

Labour won the 2005 General Election on the back of an Ashes triumph

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Rob the Key to renewal

The biggest factor in Robert Key’s favour is that he played no part whatsoever in the 2005 A****

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

New regime on Stats Island

Averages have long held sway in the first-class fray, but the right and proper accent on economy- and strike-rates means that runs per innings and wicket are no longer sufficient as arbiters of quality

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

A tale of two pities

By failing sundry drugs tests, Mohammad Asif was the one who actually broke some written rules, rather than merely ignored the urgings of a spiritual manifesto

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

In praise of quotas

Without quotas, would one of the most successful fast bowlers of all time have ever scaled such heights, paving the way for a Cape Coloured and a grandson of Indians to follow?

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

For the good of the game

Test cricket should be added to the burgeoning heritage industry, as a living, breathing, vibrant slice of 21st-Century culture that also encompasses a sense of history

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Forgive H***** C*****? Not me

In the background was a shot of a barely-occupied South African ground in the middle of a Test

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Simon says – Aussies beware!

If, come July and August, the fire of Messrs Steyn, Ntini and Nel is to be returned with anything approaching interest, the temptation to draft Jones and Flintoff back ahead of schedule may prove far too strong

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The Spirit of Cricket 2008

A Welshman is due to take over as president and a black South African as CEO

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The Trouble With Freddie

To pick Flintoff now would send out the wrong signal

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Taking The Lord’s name in vain

As things stand, the best, purest, most destructive striker of a cricket ball this country has produced since Ian Botham will never be permitted a proper run on a stage worthy of his talents.

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The new Murali?

To steal shamelessly from Jon Landau, the man entrusted with selling a scraggy wannabe Bob Dylan by the name of Bruce Springsteen to the planet in 1975, I have just seen the future of spin bowling – and his name is Ajantha Mendis.

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

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