Category Archives: Sport

How foreign imports sabotaged English cricket

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson The  governing body of English cricket the ECB  is concerned about the number of foreign players playing in English cricket.  So is David Letherdale, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association. “It is hugely disappointing that some … Continue reading →

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The 2016 County Championship goes down to the last day.

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson To Lords for the  fourth day of the Middlesex vs Yorkshire match to decide where the  County Championship went  with both these counties and Somerset all starting day as possible winners., The crowd grew throughout the day. The … Continue reading →

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The British success at the Rio Olympics should be no surprise

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson UK’s success in the Rio Olympics  where they came second in the medal table (and second in the Paralympics medal count) has resulted in  a monumental gnashing of teeth by  the politically correct ranging from  squealing expressions of … Continue reading →

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The danger the County Championship is in and how to save it

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson The most plausible explanation for the ECB’s systematic marginalisation of the County Championship is that it is a deliberate plan to reduce the competition to a state where it can either be abolished or at least left in … Continue reading →

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The uglification of cricket

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson I started watching English  first class  cricket in the mid-1950s. At the time  limited overs  games did not exist. There were three day matches for   teams below Test level and five day matches for Tests.  Players wore white … Continue reading →

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The decline of batting technique and other modern cricketing ills

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson The batting of the 2015 Australian side on anything other than a featherbed pitch  has been shockingly inept,  not least because for  twenty years or so from the late 1980s  Australia had top class batsmen coming out of … Continue reading →

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Don’t let the elf and safety  fanatics emasculate cricket

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson There is a very real danger of  a knee-jerk health and safety reaction to  the tragic death of the Australian batsman Phil Hughes emasculating cricket.  Hughes was hit on the back of the neck  trying to hook when … Continue reading →

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What is wrong with English cricket?

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Robert Henderson

I have been watching English first class cricket  since the 1950s. During the  2014 season I  watched  eight days of county cricket. The matches  involved  ten of the eighteen counties . These counties  were evenly drawn from the first and … Continue reading →

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The BBC and “coloured players“

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson Twice in the past few days  two  interviewees from the football world  on Radio 5 have used the word coloured in connection with  black players  when discussing the possible introduction of the Rooney Rule into English football. The … Continue reading →

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How to get larger crowds for County Championship cricket matches

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson In 2001 I put forward a plan  to improve interest in and attendance at County Championship matches to  the  then Chief Executive of the ECB Tim Lamb. The proposal was to allow anyone who purchased a ticket for … Continue reading →

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