Rob's Lobs

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

When averages strike out

When averages strike out

Strike rates tell us how often a bowler achieves his aim; averages tell us the price he has to pay for every success

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The beauty of ugly

The beauty of ugly

Chanderpaul seems oblivious to it all, disdainful of such niceties, and, crucially, wholly un-self-conscious

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Of necessary evils

Of necessary evils

All today’s antics achieved, for this less than dispassionate observer, was to underline why this town ain’t big enough for two necessary evils.

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Double the fun

Double the fun

If the almighty US cultural dollar is valued as much as it seems to be, they could always go the whole hog and trim XIs to Xs and have nine alternate innings per side a la baseball, each expiring with the fall of a wicket

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Why Twenty20 vision is impaired

Why Twenty20 vision is impaired

Much as I’d love to see such games played over two innings per side – cricket without second chances is like a BLT sandwich without the B - I have few quibbles with the philosophy or the format

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

Saluting the equivocal Englishmen

Saluting the equivocal Englishmen

One is generally regarded as a byword for nerdiness and prima donnaesque truculence, the other as the flat-track bully who couldn’t stop Australians kicking sand in his face, the underachievers’ underachiever

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The man who should have been king

The man who should have been king

Adam Hollioake led a star-deprived, profoundly maverick but one-for-all XI to victory in the 1997-98 Champions Trophy, the only one-day pot England have won in a tournament featuring more than three sides

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

From Stan to Ollie

From Stan to Ollie

The first time I saw him bat for England, I saw Stan Laurel in him, the same rebellious tufts of hair, the same vaguely bemused expression, the same understated command of his craft

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The Bob Marley Test

The Bob Marley Test

Cricket with an uninspiring West Indies is akin to soccer blighted by a charmless, defensive-minded Brazil – a sport incapable of fulfilling its potential

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

The downside of heroism

The downside of heroism

Had it not been for the torpor and ennui instigated by May and Cowdrey in 1957, it is tempting to wonder whether the clamour for the limited-overs revolution would have been so fervent

25-Feb-2013•Rob Steen

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