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Rob Steen
Rob Steen

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

Dunkin’ Duncan

Dunkin’ Duncan

Here was the perfect subject: a scorned public figure with a year’s salary and a hefty publisher’s advance in his pocket, nothing to lose and an axe or 50 to grind.

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Both v Chappelli (Part 31)

Both v Chappelli (Part 31)

On the other hand, this is a grave time in our planet’s history

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
When the Law is an ass

When the Law is an ass

How reassuring, then, to read the comments of Syd Millar, chairman of the International Rugby Board, who believes his sport should be “freed up a bit” and “produce more options for players”

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
England's Brave New World (Chapter 382)

England's Brave New World (Chapter 382)

Despite the drubbing in the final ODI, England have a lot of positives to take from the series win in Sri Lanka

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Goodbye ugly duckling, hello Swann

Goodbye ugly duckling, hello Swann

He still needs no encouragement to open those slim shoulders and clout balls to all parts but now, as today’s innings underlined, he can place and flick, pace and judge

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Time to forgive Ramprakash

Time to forgive Ramprakash

How can an England team without Ramprakash be truly representative of the nation’s cricketing talent

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Time to crunch more numbers

Time to crunch more numbers

Now, thanks primarily to the broadcasters’ thirst for the telling stat, we have a whole new ball game: longest six, most dot-balls, even speed off the bat

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Reality bites for Flintoff

Reality bites for Flintoff

Two years ago, when comparisons with Ian Botham were all the rage, most Poms were convinced that Our Fred’s career graph would maintain its inverse relationship to that of His Beefiness

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Ten positives of the ICC World Twenty20

Ten positives of the ICC World Twenty20

Four days into the first major event to showcase cricket at its most bastardised and most, if not quite all, the signs are encouraging

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
And on the seventh day...

And on the seventh day...

Contrary to received wisdom, humble pie doesn’t actually taste that awful

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Five jewels for Wisden

Five jewels for Wisden

He should be extra careful and avoid getting excited while playing, else, it may dampen his game.” So says astrologer Bejan Daruwalla’s Tarot card reading for Guyana’s gutsiest

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Warne remains at his entertaining best

Warne remains at his entertaining best

Shane Warne’s list of his 50 finest flannelled fools, published in the Times over the past few days was delightful on so many counts, most notably the irate reactions

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
The heavy price of cost-cutting

The heavy price of cost-cutting

It didn’t have to be this way

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
The Bell Curve

The Bell Curve

In the first ODI against India, Ian Bell scored his maiden one-day century and turned the corner separating boys from men

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Muralitharan v Bedi

Muralitharan v Bedi

Of course nobody wants to see such a case come to court, especially those of us who recall Bedi’s maverick spirit and unmatchably gorgeous action with huge affection and heartfelt gratitude

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Schofield, Schofield give us a twirl

Schofield, Schofield give us a twirl

But the suspicion remains that the traditional English mindset – cautious, pragmatic, proud, more fearful of embarrassment than failure - is at odds with the art of spin

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
Of sticks and stones

Of sticks and stones

But let’s not confuse the pros and cons of all this with ethics

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
The most over-rated sin

The most over-rated sin

If you went to a day’s play in a Test that featured 320 runs, eight wickets and a couple of dazzling catches, would it bother you that “only” 80 overs were served up for your delectation

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
To walk or not to walk

To walk or not to walk

One member of the Walking Lobby expressed the view that the pursuit of money – in individual and collective terms - lies at the heart of the dishonesty that underpins the philosophy of the Non-Walkers

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
The ballad of Murali and Barry

The ballad of Murali and Barry

Racism and jealousy: does it really matter which comes first

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen
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