John Arlott

The Greatest Gift

The Greatest Gift

My introduction to the game of cricket was through my dad. He played the game for the local village, Purton in Wiltshire, – the oldest club in the county – and like many families we would go and watch him

Is The Centralised Contract The Cause Of England’s Cricketing Woes?

Cricket has always been seen as being quintessentially English. England has however evolved, and that belief, if it were ever true, is now more questionable than ever. If cricket was seen as the sport that defined a country, the English

The Decline of The Sports Report

The newspaper industry was without doubt one of the slowest to react to the dawn of the digital age. While some have now caught up and have a business model that not only works and is bringing in money, many

Do India Have The Firepower to Make History?

The Australian domestic cricket season is just around the corner, and with a Test series against India and Sri Lanka on the horizon the Big Bash League may well prove the focal point of the summer ahead; that or Fox

How Do You Like Your Cricket?

This Summer Cricket fans have been lucky to have a choice of broadcasters to choose from to listen to the Ashes series on radio. There has been as always the ABC, then we have had access to the BBC online