Tag: Ashes

Peter Hayter: This Is How You Could End The ODI Shambles

Ah, the innocence of youth. Lord knows what Alastair Cook, Peter Moores, James Whitaker and Paul Downton would have made of such thoughts, but it took the teenage progeny of a colleague to put in a nutshell what many currently feel about England’s 50 over performances.

Bumble’s Guide To Cardiff!

After a hectic Test series I’m not on the schedule for the first two ODIs and that means missing a trip to one of my favourite cities, Cardiff. Before that the teams head to Bristol on Monday and I’d love to give some tips about where to head to but I’ve simply not spent enough time in the city.

Peter Hayter: It’s Time To Loosen The Gag And Tell The Truth

Some years ago it was my task, on behalf of a group of reporters covering a county cricket match at the Oval, to approach one of the umpires after close of play to ask why he had felt it necessary to step in when one of the Surrey batsmen squared up to a couple of the Gloucestershire players that afternoon.