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Aged six, I remember wondering why TV commentators kept saying that Doug Walters was a genius. He never scored many runs when I watched him bat.
Many years later I got to ask some of his former team mates about it, in an article I wrote for the Nightwatchman.
It all started when Ian Chappell's Australians took on England's Dad's Army in 1975! Ever since, I've watched cricket, read about it, played it, and later taught it in schools, coached the game in clubs. Now I write about it!
That deep familiarity gives my writing authenticity, insight, and a feel for the game that goes beyond the obvious.
I write cricket pieces that are smart, accessible, and human - whether that's a profile, commentary, essay or feature.
- For a Somerset and Australia supporter in the 1970s and '80s, Viv Richards was problematic - Cricinfo
- Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores on running between the wickets with additional comments from the late Dean Jones and Graham Thorpe.
- Barry Richards interview - Wisden Cricket Monthly
- David Boon interview - Cricinfo
- All my Cricinfo articles here
What's that famous old quote about there being more to cricket than cricket itself?
- From nosh to nutrition - cricketers have to watch what they eat these days - Cricinfo
- Australian engineers devise technology to bring fans closer to the action - with comments from Greg Chappell
- What can cricketers do about mental illness? - Cricinfo
- When Hitler and the Second World War (almost) stopped Cricket - Military History Magazine
- Rain rules, luck and the algorithms that try and predict them - Engineering and Technology Magazine
- Kevin Pietersen on cricket for underprivileged kids - Sports Management Magazine
Other credits include: The Cricketer, The Nightwatchman,Daily Telegraph (Australia) The Independent, Inside Cricket, Inside Sport, SA Cricket, the Cricket Paper, Readers Digest, Community Care, Times Educational Supplement, Sec-Ed, Coaching Edge, Surrey Life, Sussex Life, Best of British
Jack Hobbs vs S.F. Barnes during the First World War - the Cricketer
I interviewed Ian Bell ahead of the 2013 Ashes Series - Inside Cricket
Tim Paine, spent a year playing for Banbury Cricket Club in England - Daily Telegraph
A Two Finger Salute to the Stuffed Shirts.....How Ian Chappell's Australians got me into cricket - the Cricketer
