IT’S BEEN A SUMMER WE CAN SAVOUR 19 September 2021 0 comments PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketAn international season that ends the way this 2021 summer version has done cannot be described as vintage […]
AN ACTION TO MAKE PURISTS SCREAM 12 September 2021 0 comments PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketIn the aftermath of defeat by India in the fourth Test at The Oval, England captain Joe Root […]
THE MILKY BAR KID HAD ME FOOLED! 5 September 2021 0 comments PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketAn apology: along with no other newspapers or media outlets this column recently suggested that England had little […]
PONGOING IS JUST NOT TEST CRICKET 29 August 2021 0 comments PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketThe debt England cricket owes to Sir Andrew Strauss is huge. As a Test batsman the Middlesex man […]
Virat Kohli is a friend for life | Peter Hayter 22 August 2021 0 comments Donald Trump is not renowned for his love of cricket, but the great manipulator has always known how to play […]
No disgusted colonels this time, only sympathy | Peter Hayter 15 August 2021 0 comments Reaction to the news that England’s Ashes tour might be under threat from players ruling themselves out of selection if […]
Demons choose random victims | Peter Hayter 8 August 2021 0 comments HOW long after the news of Ben Stokes’ decision to take a break from cricket did it take for the […]
Alex Hales is a symbol of wrong decisions | Peter Hayter 1 August 2021 0 comments Judging solely by the look on Alex Hales’ face at the end of The Hundred match between Trent Rockets and […]
HISTORIC 100 TIE WAS LIKE MINI T20 25 July 2021 0 comments PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketTHERE’S NO BLOCKING! IT’S BISH! BASH! BOSH!” Eyes fixed behind Michael Caine’s spare pair of specs from Alfie, […]
Goose made the whole world gander | Peter Hayter 18 July 2021 0 comments Edgbaston, England, Pakistan and Sky TV all did Bob Willis proud this week, hosting, playing and presenting an absorbing match […]
Could Ben Stokes by the root of change? | Peter Hayter 11 July 2021 0 comments Currently level with Michael Vaughan on 26, Joe Root may be one victory away from becoming the England captain with […]
A TRUE TALENT, BUT SO BEAUTIFULLY BONKERS 4 July 2021 0 comments PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketFor the most obvious reason the summer of 1981 will be regarded forever as one of the landmarks […]
It was all in a day’s work for Beefy | Peter Hayter 27 June 2021 0 comments For those who lived through the extraordinary, nation-changing cricketing events of the summer of 1981 commonly known as Botham’s Ashes, […]
Panic is no bad thing for Joe Root | Peter Hayter 20 June 2021 0 comments @phaytercricket Joe Root reckons that, despite his England’s side abject display against New Zealand at Edgbaston, this is not the […]
JIMMY’S PASSION IS FIERCE AS EVER 13 June 2021 0 comments PETER HAYTER @phaytercricketI thought Jimmy Anderson was joking but as it turned out he could not have been more serious.We were […]