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A survey by the ECB, England cricket’s governing body, at the end of 2014 revealed that participatio...

Team of the year 2014
Kumar Sangakkara has added The Cricket Blog's Player of the year to his list of prestigious awardsAngelo Mathews was in fine fettle at Headingley as Sri Lanka secured a famous series win in EnglandSteve Smith cemented his place for Australia before assuming the captaincy at the year's end

Alastair Cook had the look of a dead horse still being flogged as he trudged off the pitch in Colombo having made 32 runs fro... England’s gamble the only route to success

Kumar Sangakkara has added The Cricket Blog's Player of the year to his list of prestigious awards

Team of the year 2014

January 4, 2015 2 comments
A happy new year to you all from The Cricket Blog! There’s plenty to look forward to, not least in the form a World Cup and an Ashes series. There will, of course, be plenty more besides. 2014 was an...
Alastair Cook's position as England's ODI captain had become untenable and the only choice left was to remove him.

England’s gamble the only route to success

December 22, 2014
Alastair Cook had the look of a dead horse still being flogged as he trudged off the pitch in Colombo having made 32 runs from 49 balls as his side chased down a lofty target of 303. When chasing suc...
Cage4All is introducing cricket to new environments

Cage4All – street cricket in the UK

November 24, 2014
“To be honest, I’m worried about the future of the game,” says Colin Salmon, chairman of Cage4All, a community interest company involved in promoting cricket at a grassroots level. “It’s too long; to...
Younis Khan has been a rock for Pakistan for 14 years. Recently, he has been a rock for the sport, showing that some things remain constant during a turbulent time for the sport.

The cricket world just keeps on spinning

October 28, 2014
It would be easy to conclude after the past couple of months that cricket had stopped. There was an explosive autobiography, a host of bowlers were banned and the West Indian Cricket Board has damn n...
The hair, the earring, the attitude, the swagger... It was obvious from the start that KP was not cut from the same cloth as the usual England cricketer

The quintessentially un-English Englishman

October 14, 2014
You don’t need to hear Kevin Pietersen speak, about himself or anyone else, and you don’t need to hear a single story about him from his legion of fans or from his many detractors. You just needed to...
Sunil Narine's action has led to him being banned. Does it really need removing from the game?

Bent arms and broad bats

October 3, 2014
The recent spate of bowlers who have been called for, and subsequently banned for, ‘chucking’ the ball in their action has brought to mind the fairness in the battle between bat and ball; the battle ...