Rob Steen

Pietersen for vice-captain?

Pietersen for vice-captain?

Instead of demonising him again, maybe it's time to give him some of the love he patently craves

22-Jan-2014•Rob Steen

Never another like Kallis

Never another like Kallis

It's hard to see anyone maintaining such discipline, efficiency, focus and fitness for close to two decades

08-Jan-2014•Rob Steen

Fiery Syd

Fiery Syd

Sydney Barnes, the most feared bowler of them all, was a colourful, forbidding and often misunderstood character who wouldn't have been out of place in the modern game

18-Dec-2013•Rob Steen

Pump up the volume

Pump up the volume

It's time to turn the stump mikes all the way up, and leave them that way

04-Dec-2013•Rob Steen

Harder to get to the top or to stay there?

Harder to get to the top or to stay there?

And what are we to make of the inimitable Mitchell Johnson then?

06-Nov-2013•Rob Steen

Quotas: less black and white than ever

Quotas: less black and white than ever

Affirmative action is among the most bitterly divisive issues of the age. Particularly in sport, which depends on fairness, which in turn begins with equality of opportunity

23-Oct-2013•Rob Steen

Honest, simple, Harmy

Honest, simple, Harmy

Steve Harmison was a standard-bearer for a new breed of sporting hero: understated, self-effacing, unafraid to non-conform or to reveal vulnerability

09-Oct-2013•Rob Steen

Despicable Stu

Despicable Stu

Stuart Broad may revel in the Australian fans' hatred for him, but he should know that becoming a better person won't make him a lesser player

25-Sep-2013•Rob Steen

The red badge of courage

There are several reasons for sporting success but it's possible that bravery exerts the foremost influence

11-Sep-2013•Rob Steen

Being Monty

Being Monty

There have been many players before Panesar who had to deal with prejudice of all sorts. One way to counter it is to celebrate your difference

28-Aug-2013•Rob Steen

England's Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon

England's Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon

For all their blatant differences, Bell and Pietersen are a duet as melodious in deed as in sound

14-Aug-2013•Rob Steen

The Phoenix factor

The Phoenix factor

Do Michael Clarke's beleaguered company have it in their loins and hearts to call on the spirit of 1937?

31-Jul-2013•Rob Steen

Unassuming Bell begins to growl

Unassuming Bell begins to growl

He has always possessed skill and style but his recent success is owed to cussedness and patience

17-Jul-2013•Rob Steen

Bopara and the cultural conundrum

Bopara and the cultural conundrum

Why does Britain still await its first batting star of Asian stock?

03-Jul-2013•Rob Steen

Contempt and disrespect

Contempt and disrespect

They're the flavour of the season in cricket, but while players are pulled up for various deeds of misconduct, administrators get away

19-Jun-2013•Rob Steen

Farewell, Tim May

Farewell, Tim May

May's greatest achievement in his decade at FICA was to oblige administrators to take some of the players' concerns seriously

06-Jun-2013•Rob Steen

Let's copy the women, shall we?

Let's copy the women, shall we?

Women's Ashes will be contested over three formats this year. Why not base a men's championship along those lines?

05-Jun-2013•Rob Steen

The perils of scoffing at failure

The perils of scoffing at failure

Excessive success can destroy inhibition, and hence the capacity for shame

22-May-2013•Rob Steen

A classic turns fifty

A classic turns fifty

A passionate expression of CLR James' love for an imperialist game, the book was rooted in a quest to rid the world of racism and class oppression

08-May-2013•Rob Steen

Where do we draw the line on Twitter outbursts?

Increasingly, if a tad incongruously, words are arousing as much fury as misdeeds

24-Apr-2013•Rob Steen

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