Rob Steen

The age of player power

Players, emboldened by free agency, agents and endorsements, are now asserting their rights as never before - and management doesn't like it

29-Oct-2014•Rob Steen

KP and the green-eyed monster

Individual rivalries in team sports can be productive or destructive. Jealousy may have spurred Pietersen the batsman, but at the cost of the team's image

15-Oct-2014•Rob Steen

Why Norman Tebbit was wrong

So long as people's sporting affiliations do not assume racially abusive or violent form, who does it harm whether they support their national side or not?

01-Oct-2014•Rob Steen

Does Yorkshire's win bode well for England?

Historically a strong Yorkshire has acted as a supply line for the Test team, and the current crop hints at longevity and substance

17-Sep-2014•Rob Steen

Why crowd support matters

A factor in improved away records in recent years, particularly in ODIs, is the presence of fans from the diaspora cheering for visiting teams

03-Sep-2014•Rob Steen

The importance of being insatiable

Careers tend to blossom or fizzle out depending on a sportsman's craving for success

20-Aug-2014•Rob Steen

Moeen Ali's wristy business

He deserves acclaim for daring to wear those wristbands, but the ECB should have known better than to approve his actions

07-Aug-2014•Rob Steen

What good is a nightwatchman?

In modern times, there have been a few valuable innings by tailenders bumped up the order, but the psychological advantage it gives the opposition can't be discounted

23-Jul-2014•Rob Steen

When the big boys cry

Nothing could have prepared us for James Anderson's sudden outpouring of grief at Leeds, a reaction both spontaneous and moving

09-Jul-2014•Rob Steen

'It's hard being me,' says DRS

Cricket's unholy offspring tries to explain the benefits and challenges of the review system to Americans (and fails)

25-Jun-2014•Rob Steen

Let us now praise Beefy

Forty years since he announced his arrival on the cricket stage, Ian Botham remains a symbol of home-grown guts for glory that the current England team lacks

11-Jun-2014•Rob Steen

Time to give fielders their due

The standards of fielding, particularly catching, have improved out of sight, but there are still no proper numerical measures of its value

28-May-2014•Rob Steen

Maxwell's golden hammer

Despite T20's ceaseless urgency, Maxwell never appears to be in a rush. Could he, like David Warner, flourish in the Test arena?

14-May-2014•Rob Steen

Has cricket finally embraced wicketkeeper-captains?

Dhoni, de Villiers and a few others may finally be putting an end to one of the game's most robust blind spots. Or are they?

30-Apr-2014•Rob Steen

Still plenty of ifs for Butt

Salman Butt appears to think that redemption will be his by insisting that players should refrain from "wrongdoing". That shouldn't gain him back the trust of those he duped

16-Apr-2014•Rob Steen

The World T20 roller coaster

Tantalising finishes, technicolor extravaganzas, and sport as opera - notes from an armchair

02-Apr-2014•Rob Steen

The importance of failure

Success can dazzle, even blind. It's in failure that those like Jonathan Trott can address their weaknesses

19-Mar-2014•Rob Steen

The icing on the season's cake

Test cricket is in roaring health and there has been no proof more ringing than the enthralling South Africa v Australia series

05-Mar-2014•Rob Steen

All hail the Man of the Series

In modern times, the most accurate method of anointing the best of the best is surely an analysis of those who have been voted top performers in series most often

19-Feb-2014•Rob Steen

The good, the bad and the Greigy

Remembering English cricket's favourite punching bag, who didn't always do the right thing, but had unbridled passion for the game

05-Feb-2014•Rob Steen

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