November 13th, 2009 by
John Stern in
Test cricket
This is not a clear-cut argument. I don’t believe that there is some moral imperative that demands everyone has the right to watch Test cricket, or the Ashes or whatever, on free-to-air television. It’s about what is best for cricket.
And the idea of Government intervention to enforce this seems outdated. It seems outdated in 2009. What will it feel like in 2016, the first home Ashes series to be affected by David Davies’ recommendations.
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November 13th, 2009 by
Sam Collins in
England,
South Africa,
Twenty20
Graeme Smith summed it up, “He is a leader who is trying to stamp his authority on the environment so it is interesting why he has decided to take a week off.”
Andrew Strauss should be leading England into the Twenty20 matches against South Africa that start today. Instead, after a successful first fortnight in South Africa under Strauss, Paul Collingwood is back in charge. The same Paul Collingwood who proved himself a horrible one-day captain for England and plumbed further depths in the World Twenty20 last summer.
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