This blog is dedicated to better cricket — how to play and (especially) coach the game.
My definition of “better” might differ from yours, and has certainly changed over the years. From “technically” more competent, via “better for you“, to simply playing and enjoying cricket.
For more on “the teesra” – Saqlain Mushtaq’s mysterious “third one” – see The Teesra or A question of spin.
Latest posts
- Review — “Something in the Water: The Story of England’s Football Talent Hotbeds”. And some thoughts on “natural” talent development environments.Interesting conversation on Xtter last week on talent development in English football, and the next generation of superstars. So Callum Murray’s Something in the Water: The Story of England’s Football Talent Hotbeds provided some very timely background reading, with a case-study of the emergence of south London as a hotbed …
- Review — Beastly Fury: The Strange Birth of English Football — be careful what you wish for!In the continuing debate about the future of professional cricket in England, there is an iconoclastic strand that would see the end of the “First Class” system — a big “no” to the elitist, closed shop of the MCC and the Counties. One repeated theme has been the need for …
The Teesra — what’s it all about, then?
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The Teesra 