Opinion - Page 5

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‘The Club: Empire, Power and the Governance of World Cricket’ is an unsparing look into the ills of global cricket governance

Tim Brooks - 25th March 2025

Men's T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup Preview: T20 comes of age

Tom Grunshaw - 2nd June 2024

Commonwealth Games: An Associate Opportunity?

News 17th October 2020

Cricket returns to the Commonwealth Games at the 2022 edition in Birmingham. When teams take to the field at the imposing Edgbaston ground, the...

All we are saying is, give youth a chance!

Opinion 4th October 2020

On 20 July 2003 a youngster named Paul Stirling made 65 not out as Ireland beat the Netherlands by seven wickets in Copenhagen. Also playing...

A ‘Test’ by any other name would smell as sweet?

Opinion 3rd September 2020

It’s fourteen years since Dave Richardson, then ICC general manager, floated an imaginative scheme for a three-tier, 20-team structure for Test cricket. There would be...

Cricket: lost in translation?

Opinion 2nd September 2020

As cricket seeks to extend its reach to wider communities, to expand in countries where English is not the first language, the issue of...

Does Masakadza hold the key for Zimbabwe?

Opinion 31st August 2020

Hamilton Masakadza is a name that is synonymous with Zimbabwean cricket. After being an active player for his county over a 19-year-period, scoring over...

Do players from Associate nations gain deserved respect?

Opinion 28th August 2020

Steve Tikolo, one of Africa’s greatest ever players, averages 14.00 with the ball in T20Is, has taken 94 ODI wickets, and has a first-class...

Quality over Quantity and Associate Cricket Reporting

Opinion 26th August 2020

While still not getting the deserved attention, it can be said that there are more articles being written about the fascinating and often enthralling...