Cricket

Are The Players Totally to Blame?

There is more money in sport today, and athletes play more games, and as a result many records from the past tumble on a regular basis. However are these records beaten by players with higher levels of skill or simply

Statistics What do They Really Mean?

The Ashes is all about rivalry, but the article by Fox Sports Anthony Pinshaw went a little too far in trying to stir up Aussie pride. Yes England were diabolical in the recent Lords Test, but so too was his

The Cost of Fast Food Sport

Every sports fan knows that at the elite level sport needs television. It is the television deals that inject the finances to keep the game afloat at the highest level. Yet in many cases those funds do not filter down

Should Clubs Take More Care?

There has obviously been a great deal made of late about sports stars behaviour once their careers have come to an end. Boorish behaviour, as well as addictions to alcohol or drugs. To many it is hard to comprehend, as

Retired at 19

It was sad to read that the youngest ever first-class player in the history of English county cricket retired at the age of just 19. Yorkshire wicketkeeper-batsman Barney Gibson hit the headlines in 2011 when he made his first-class debut