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Eoin Morgan spoke of his pride after answering concerns over his technique and temperament at Test level with a stunning, unbeaten 125. Morgan became only the second Irish-born batsman to score a Test hundred for England after Fred Fane achieved the feat in 1906, and insisted he had never doubted his ability to translate his sparkling one-day form into the Test arena. Read More

Welcome to the fifth issue of my Chief Executive’s blog, your regular update from me, aiming to keep you informed of just some of the things that have been going on behind the scenes at the club in the run up to the new season. Important announcement regarding Yuvraj Singh Read More

Day Eight It’s another warm one and we’ve got a very tough day ahead, which we’ll be spending the entirety of out in the middle in 40 degree plus heat! As we near the end of this trip, I can’t help myself wondering what the weather is doing back home and sneak a quick glance at the BBC weather site online for the Lord’s area. Read More

Day Four We awake to another fine, sunny and gloriously hot day. Following a healthy breakfast that consists of omelette on toast at the hotel, we’re off to the ground to play in our first competitive game out here; a 10am start for a forty over match against a very keen looking local eleven. Read More

So, it’s goodnight Brett Lee, and Test cricket loses one of it’s few genuine box-office bowlers. His Test career was an odd one. He finishes as Australia’s fourth highest wicket-taker with 310 wickets in 76 Tests – more than Benaud, Lindwall, Thomson, Hughes and Miller. Yet for the English, Lee will be remembered primarily for his pace, and as an inconsistent nearly man, despite opening the b Read More

We haven’t had a weird obsession with a trivial element of cricket in ages. Luckily Danny Morrison’s bizarrely beguiling intonation has stepped into the breach Read More

Like Andrew Flintoff, Brett Lee’s had to jack in proper cricket because his body’s had it. Fast bowling’s a mug’s game, but anyone who’s seen our Too Cool mug or our robot mug knows that we love mugs. In many ways, Brett Lee was the perfect Australian fast bowler. He was a proper, 96mph, charge-to-the-crease, rip-your-shoulder-out-of-its-socket fast bowler who was stunning to watch, yet when h Read More

Once bowling over his opponents at Lords, former Middlesex CCC seam bowler Tim Bloomfield is now equipping himself for his latest test by ironing out the ceases at one of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s best local eateries, the Union Inn. Read More

Welcome to issue two of my Chief Executive’s blog. A regular update aiming to give you an insight into a few of the things going on at the club that you mightn’t necessarily be aware of. Read More

Earlier this week, we wrote about England’s back-up bowlers for The Wisden Cricketer, saying they were all a bit samey. The one guy we didn’t mention was our former One To Watch, Steven Finn. Finn actually got picked to make his Test debut against Bangladesh and it’s the fact that he’s not an 85mph swing bowler and lower-order batsman that got him the nod. Read More

Don’t be alarmed, but we’re taking a stance on something. It’s to do with semantics though, so we’re not overstretching ourself. In cricket, what people describe as a good pitch is invariably one that is good for batting. It is flat, offers even bounce and little spin. Batsmen score hundreds with ease and the cricket is boring. Read More