Scott Oliver

I saw Footy before he became the real deal

Rookie England left-armer Mark Footitt began as a wayward tearaway in his early years, but he has since blossomed into a wicket-taking bowler

03-Dec-2015•Scott Oliver

The slow withering of English club cricket

The ECB's drive to improve recreational cricket may have imposed unrealistic expectations on many clubs

09-Nov-2015•Scott Oliver

How do you manage a leggie in Asia?

It's an art full of possibilities, and one that reveals much about a captain

14-Oct-2015•Scott Oliver

Reliving Gloucestershire's limited-overs glory days

Silverware has eluded the county for more than a decade, but their upcoming one-day final brings back memories of their domination from 1999 to 2004

17-Sep-2015•Scott Oliver

Herath's cold summer at Staffs

An unremarkable English league stint in 2009 was hardly an indication of his impending rebirth as an international bowler

27-Aug-2015•Scott Oliver

Do professionals raise the standard of club cricket?

Or does the practice of employing them encourage clubs to take shortcuts?

29-Jul-2015•Scott Oliver

The return of the merciless Mitchells

Even as England are tested by Australia's twin left-arm menaces, they must wonder why they can't regularly produce genuine pacemen themselves

27-Jun-2015•Scott Oliver

Playing alongside Adam Sanford

Eleven Tests and 30 wickets for West Indies, and a stand at Windsor Park named after him. And he now plays club cricket in the USA

25-May-2015•Scott Oliver

Once upon a Caribbean cricket holiday

Twenty years ago, 16 British university students discovered the joys of watching and playing cricket in the West Indies

19-Apr-2015•Scott Oliver

Data-obsessed England need reality check

They are lagging behind in ODIs because their habit of taking refuge in stats to explain defeat has lost its relevance

12-Mar-2015•Scott Oliver

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