Cricket is more then just twenty two men and two umpires.
Up and down the county a lot of people put a lot of time and effort into the game at many different levels.
From the Scorer to the guy who sells the programme everyone plays a vital part in the community of a county cricket club.
At start of the county season I went "behind the scenes" for BBC Radio Somerset to speak to the people who Somerset County Cricket Club can't do with out...
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Sunday, 26 April 2009
Freddie's Fight
So Andrew Flintoff's IPL adventure has come to a premature end, and he will miss the beginning of England's summer at least.
A lot of criticism has been banned around to the ECB for allowing 'Freddie' to go to South Africa in the first place.
They had to let him go, they needed to let him go.
The IPL so far has shown how far behind England players are behind the rest of the world when it come to Twenty20 cricket. I am afraid to say Twenty20 is the future of the game and English international players do not play enough of it.
KP and 'Freddie' have both struggled in South Africa which is a worrying fact ahead of this summers World Twenty20 in England, which i fear the host will struggle in big time. England tend to play Twenty20 cricket like they do one dayers - too conservative. And when they do try and play attacking cricket they almost always fail under the pressure.
Sending "Freddie" to the IPL was a risk, but it was a necessary one!
A lot of criticism has been banned around to the ECB for allowing 'Freddie' to go to South Africa in the first place.
They had to let him go, they needed to let him go.
The IPL so far has shown how far behind England players are behind the rest of the world when it come to Twenty20 cricket. I am afraid to say Twenty20 is the future of the game and English international players do not play enough of it.
KP and 'Freddie' have both struggled in South Africa which is a worrying fact ahead of this summers World Twenty20 in England, which i fear the host will struggle in big time. England tend to play Twenty20 cricket like they do one dayers - too conservative. And when they do try and play attacking cricket they almost always fail under the pressure.
Sending "Freddie" to the IPL was a risk, but it was a necessary one!
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
It's Just Not Cricket Launch
Welcome to a new cricket season and a new cricket blog.
"It's Just Not Cricket" is a UK based cricket blog that will talk all things cricket, from the international to the UK county scene.
I am a cricket fan, cricketer and a freelance broadcast journalist with a degree of access to the professional game.
Anyone's contribution is welcome. Debate and opinion are encouraged!
Have a good season.
Chris
"It's Just Not Cricket" is a UK based cricket blog that will talk all things cricket, from the international to the UK county scene.
I am a cricket fan, cricketer and a freelance broadcast journalist with a degree of access to the professional game.
Anyone's contribution is welcome. Debate and opinion are encouraged!
Have a good season.
Chris
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