Tag: Kevin Pietersen

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.

England Lions Roaring For World Cup Places!

Not that Alex Hales, James Vince, Jason Roy and their Lions colleagues need it spelled out, but England selector Mick Newell sees no point in trying to minimise the size of the prize up for grabs in the current tri-series against their Sri Lanka and New Zealand counterparts.

Aaron Finch Can Blast Yorkshire To T20 Glory

The general consensus is that 2014 is a big year for t20 cricket in England and Wales. Despite inventing the format in 2003 we’ve had to look on enviously as more glamorous tournaments in India and Australia have stolen the limelight.

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.