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If I Ran The World...

If I Ran The World...

I have an irrational hatred of the leg-bye, the only unearned run in cricket. If I ran the world, ridding it of leg-byes would be my second act.

Thanks For Everything, Vaughany

Thanks For Everything, Vaughany

Thanks, Vaughany. You've provided some of my greatest sporting memories and, as your dad so rightly said, you can walk away a proud lad.

Test snobbery helps no-one

Test snobbery helps no-one

Test cricket remains the game's pinnacle but to pretend all is rosy in the five-day garden is naive and dangerous.

Red Faces All Round

Red Faces All Round

With an England Test making a rare trip outside London, I took the chance to go and see some live action at Headingley.