Tanya's Take

So long, Shahid

So long, Shahid

If ever a cricketer has been delicious, it has been Afridi

21-Jul-2010•Tanya Aldred

England are shining but is anyone watching?

England are shining but is anyone watching?

So they beat the old enemy, but did anyone notice in the noise of the football and the tennis?

04-Jul-2010•Tanya Aldred

Spare a tear for the underdog

Spare a tear for the underdog

Often the cricket fan's sympathy lies with the vanquished, not the victor

13-Jun-2010•Tanya Aldred

Hail Britannia, you dear old multicoloured thing

Hail Britannia, you dear old multicoloured thing

The England team full of players from other countries? Well, knock us down with a feather

21-May-2010•Tanya Aldred

Delighting in the Modi mess

Delighting in the Modi mess

Breathes there a fan with soul so dead who hasn't taken joy from cricket controversies?

02-May-2010•Tanya Aldred

Oh for a spot of fixing

Oh for a spot of fixing

Some bowlers are accused of involvement in irregularities; for others there's no such excuse. And who knew bookies watched county cricket?

16-Apr-2010•Tanya Aldred

Greedy or good?

Greedy or good?

There's plenty of over-the-top excess in the IPL, but there's a fair bit to like as well

25-Mar-2010•Tanya Aldred

No more the rocker

No more the rocker

The thrill of watching Brett Lee at the top of his run-up in a Test match was something else

04-Mar-2010•Tanya Aldred

Here's to Gibson

Here's to Gibson

It's good to see a West Indian at the helm of this once-great side

10-Feb-2010•Tanya Aldred

Good on you, Graeme

Good on you, Graeme

He's a crowd pleaser, an effortless charmer, a top-drawer spinner and better than a lower-order biffer. If the IPL doesn't want Swann, it's their loss, really

26-Jan-2010•Tanya Aldred

Vaughan behind the mike

Vaughan behind the mike

The former England captain is, somewhat surprisingly, good on radio: funny, articulate, shrewd and insightful

07-Jan-2010•Tanya Aldred

What cricket can do for the environment

What cricket can do for the environment

Players need to travel to play, but do they need to play so frequently?

14-Dec-2009•Tanya Aldred

Three from Tendulkar

Three from Tendulkar

There's something about the passion Sachin inspires that makes cricket worth it

27-Nov-2009•Tanya Aldred

The terrible treachery of Jonathan Trott

The terrible treachery of Jonathan Trott

England's newest South African-born batting star a traitor? Oh the humanity!

07-Nov-2009•Tanya Aldred

Manchester United Cricket Club?

Manchester United Cricket Club?

What if the football behemoth took to cricket? It might be the only way England could produce a winner in Champions League Twenty20

22-Oct-2009•Tanya Aldred

Where have all the villains gone?

Where have all the villains gone?

Australia's clean-cut, ever-smiling pack of current cricketers makes you long for the scowling grouches of old

06-Oct-2009•Tanya Aldred

Damn the bloat

Damn the bloat

Day-nighters in autumn? English cricket has crossed a certain line with this one

21-Sep-2009•Tanya Aldred

A giant leap for womankind

A giant leap for womankind

This tournament has been a fine evangelical exercise for the women's game

22-Jun-2009•Tanya Aldred

Sixteen again

Sixteen again

In which Shahid Afridi rediscovers his old self

19-Jun-2009•Tanya Aldred

Green, mean and dreary

Green, mean and dreary

South Africa should be crowd favourites but it seems their fate to be boring as England - only better

17-Jun-2009•Tanya Aldred

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