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May 19, 2011

Graham Napier goes mental against Surrey

Potential is a wonderful thing, but it’s downside is that it often remains that when it ought to be morphing into “achievement”. Graham Napier is one such cricketer who has long been held to have potential without ever taking it to the top level. Today, he showed it again.

May 5, 2010

Captain Bligh of the ECB

Giles Clarke always seems to have the expression of a man who has just reversed his car over the family dog. Now that some of the county ranks are threatening mutiny, he’s threatening to get very cross indeed.

April 28, 2010

Real Surrey Projekt: a slow start

I’ll be tracking the progress of Chris Adams’ Real Surrey Projekt this summer. Here’s some thoughts on a slow start to the season.

October 21, 2009

Chawla signs for Surrey

Piyush Chawla will be Surrey’s overseas player for 2010, as they continue to try and hoover up the better county performers from last season.

October 15, 2009

Key shuts the door on Surrey

Rob Key has signed a new contract and will continue as Kent captain, despite rumours that he was to up for Surrey’s cricketer relocation project. This is good news.

October 9, 2009

Why English cricket needs a transfer system

The ECB are considering whether county cricket needs a transfer system. The move of Steven Davies from Worcestershire to Surrey highlights the problems for smaller counties who develop talented young players from an early age. This is one area where cricket could learn a valuable lesson from football.

May 8, 2009

The cricket bat: a weapon of mass destruction?

This might be the feeling of the Surrey bowlers this evening after Philip Hughes marmalised them all over south London. A club cricketer from Lancashire has found himself at the mercy of customs, who decided that his order of new cricket bats might pose a terrorist threat.

May 6, 2009

Ramps continues Middlesex vendetta

This is the story of a man named Ramps and his insatiable desire to punish his former employers. Most of us dream about what we’d like to do to our employers on our last day. But that wasn’t enough for Ramps. He’s been getting his own back for the best part of a whole decade, and shows no sign of finding closure.

March 22, 2009

Michael Vaughan returns

The 2009 County season will soon be upon us, and a number of teams are warming up in the UAE with the Pro ARCH 50-over tournament

August 31, 2008

Surrey look for Express fix

With Surrey languishing at the bottom of Division 1 of the County Championship, news today reveals they are attempting to sign Shoaib Akhtar for the final three matches as part of a last ditch effort to escape relegation.

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