Blog posts – cricket and football

A new blog post “Dudley Sports Centre – a memory” – when Worcestershire won the John Player 40 over competition in 1971 (14^th July 2023)

The World Test Championship – some thoughts on how a cricket world test championship could be structured to make it accessible and understandable to followers of the game (February 8^th 2022)

Football leagues – development sides and lower divisions. A discussion of how development sides could be incorporated into standard league systems without damaging the integrity of the competition (February 8^th 2022)

The English domestic cricket schedule. A reflection on how the English domestic cricket season might be reorganised in the light of the abysmally poor performance by the Test team to give greater emphasis to the red ball, two innings game. (January 3rd 2022)

The oldest world record – Robert Percival’s 1881 cricket ball throw This post describes what is possibly the oldest world record in sport, from both a historical and a technical perspective. (May 18th 2020)