February12

Away in India

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I flew out to India on 11th February for a week long batting clinic in Mohali with the other batsmen from the Yorkshire squad.

February12

Short or Long Term Plan to Fill Gilly

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The Australian Cricket Team, in all forms of the game is bursting with both talent and experience. So one would assume the task of filling the vice captaincy role (made vacant by a retiring Adam Gilchrist) would be a no brainer.

February10

Cricket’s Latest Heavyweight

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New Zealand’s call-up of the aptly-named Jesse ‘Wider’ Ryder to their one-day squad to face England may have been a surprise to some, but he follows in the knee-deep footsteps of a number of players of equally epic proportions who have made a considerable impact on the game – and on the ground when they landed on it.

February10

Confidence and Hypocrisy

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It’s remarkable how two miles and two weeks can spin your life around on its axis, thrusting you from one side of a situation into the other, and forcing you to question everything you think, and everything you believe in.

February04

Ask the Spider #2

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In the second edition of Ask the Spider, we bring you the most successful wicketkeepers, the lbw record, the inflated averages, and the truths about the myths of bowling speed

February03

A Winter’s Tale

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Sometimes I feel sorry for Eddie – not often, of course, but every now and again I’m really broken up for the poor old git. Winter time is a terrible time for him and he mopes around the house all day shivering, just waiting for the new cricket season to arrive.

February03

So, who the heck are you?

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It occurred to me this afternoon that I’d never bothered to properly introduce myself in last week’s column. So for those of you who’ve never found yourself being triggered by my right index finger, here’s the first draft of my autobiography.