Jon Hotten

The post-Gilchrist effect

We don't know how change will manifest itself, but it is certain that Test cricket will soon feel the shiver that has run up through T20 to ODIs

29-Jun-2015•Jon Hotten

Can England find their Steven Smith?

The Australian's success story is a fine example of why a team must stick with a player it believes to be talented

17-Jun-2015•Jon Hotten

Being McCullum

He has found a way of keeping his instincts free and fearless while offering real gravitas, and that is quite something to behold

27-May-2015•Jon Hotten

Is England falling out of love with cricket?

Much of the game still runs to the timescales of a different, distant age. Nothing about the way we live now suggests these ideas still work

12-May-2015•Jon Hotten

The beast that is batting

Even for those blessed with great skill, it is a hard, unforgiving craft - as Jonathan Trott will be able to testify

04-May-2015•Jon Hotten

The wrecking ball and the subtle knife

Ian Botham will soon be overtaken by James Anderson as England's leading Test leading wicket-taker. The two couldn't be more different from each other

15-Apr-2015•Jon Hotten

Fifty-over cricket, I was wrong

This World Cup gave us driven, vibrant, electric ODI cricket, played at the limit of current ability, and it was magnificent

30-Mar-2015•Jon Hotten

Is Root right for England?

He is a success story of the English system, but his kind of batting is going to be outdated in the next four years

20-Mar-2015•Jon Hotten

The future of ODIs as seen through this World Cup

Stats and trends that are more than six months old are redundant. A revolution is coming

04-Mar-2015•Jon Hotten

Chris Gayle is alive and great

Whatever his persona and supposed attitude towards the game, Gayle has had a huge impact on cricket

25-Feb-2015•Jon Hotten

Let's embrace all of cricket's ages

Peter Willey and George Sharp's dispute with the ECB highlights how we tend to look at what people can't do after a certain age rather than what they can do better

17-Feb-2015•Jon Hotten

I saw Richards in his prime

Watching Garner, Richards and King punish England left a young fan awestruck at Lord's

04-Feb-2015•Jon Hotten

When will we see the first truly freelance cricketer?

Will the likes of Pietersen become guns for hire in the full sense of the term, offering a complete package of services to the highest bidder?

28-Jan-2015•Jon Hotten

The importance of cricket punditry

It may have started out as a bit of televisual fluff but it now is crucial in shaping perceptions of the sport

12-Jan-2015•Jon Hotten

It's all in the arm angle

Baseball teaches us that deliveries that make the batsman rethink premeditated responses will succeed more often than not

07-Jan-2015•Jon Hotten

What cricket can take from darts

It's simple, it's TV-friendly and it has a promoter who can tailor the product for its audience

24-Dec-2014•Jon Hotten

All Sehwag's children

Batsmen like David Warner will lead the game into the next generation. One man heralded the trend

14-Dec-2014•Jon Hotten

The joy of the excuse

They help you forget the fact that you're not a very good player

02-Dec-2014•Jon Hotten

England's problem with attacking batsmanship

It has taken the country ages to get over its obsession with defensive batting and appreciate that the ball is there to be smashed

26-Nov-2014•Jon Hotten

England need to wake up to ODI reality

If England are to keep abreast of more explosive sides like India, they need a radical change in approach, as Eoin Morgan recently stated

18-Nov-2014•Jon Hotten

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