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Rob Steen
Rob Steen

Sports writer and senior lecturer in sports journalism at the University of Brighton

What is it? Swann'll take it

What is it? Swann'll take it

England's best offspinner in ages is a man filled with burning ambition, a desire for responsibility and the spotlight, and the ability to produce fantastic punchlines

29-Sep-2010•Rob Steen
It's a sad, mad yet glad season

It's a sad, mad yet glad season

Corruption and allegations may have soured this English summer but the success of youngsters on the county circuit warms the heart

15-Sep-2010•Rob Steen
Sport's greatest evil

Sport's greatest evil

Match-fixing erodes the basis on which sport is founded, because it undermines uncertainty; which is why it is a bigger crime than the use of performance-enhancing drugs

02-Sep-2010•Rob Steen
Selectors, sins and bins

Selectors, sins and bins

Cook could return to form if he lets his hair down, while Broad could return to cricket lovers' good books if he keeps his shirt on

18-Aug-2010•Rob Steen
The ultimate MVP

The ultimate MVP

Murali was so far ahead of the rest, and so vital to his team's cause, it's astounding. The numbers tell the story

04-Aug-2010•Rob Steen
Hurry up with the World Test Championship

Hurry up with the World Test Championship

It's going to be hard to squeeze it into the schedule, but cricket needs the context provided by a definitive tournament to crown the top Test team in the world

22-Jul-2010•Rob Steen
The joy of neutrality

The joy of neutrality

The trick is to find a balance between caring too much about your team and so little as to be unable to appreciate context and plot

07-Jul-2010•Rob Steen
A midsummer's daydream

A midsummer's daydream

What if, decades from now, long-form cricket - with no time limitations - is bigger than football?

23-Jun-2010•Rob Steen
Done in one day

Done in one day

Fifty years ago a county side was bowled out twice in a day. Compared to that, Bangladesh's Old Trafford loss doesn't seem so bad

09-Jun-2010•Rob Steen
Headingley revisited?

Headingley revisited?

Dissent in the ranks and divisive captains? The parallels with a legendary series from three decades ago are inescapable

26-May-2010•Rob Steen
Willow patterns

Willow patterns

The World Twenty20 has had high scores, good bowling, close finishes and impressive individual performances

12-May-2010•Rob Steen
The importance of Misbah

The importance of Misbah

Would Indian cricket be under a cloud if their side hadn't won the first World Twenty20? Maybe not, but it's not as if the IPL has been all bad either

28-Apr-2010•Rob Steen
When the brand's bigger than the player

When the brand's bigger than the player

Yuvraj Singh's celebrity is disproportionate to his achievements on the field, and his recent sulk brought that truth into focus

14-Apr-2010•Rob Steen
Reconstitutional crisis

Reconstitutional crisis

There is merit in converting the County Championship into conferences, like in the NBA; the ECB must consider it along with a compromise with the Champions League over scheduling

31-Mar-2010•Rob Steen
The fine art of Bumbling

The fine art of Bumbling

Coverage of the IPL and ICC events has become tedious in the extreme, with banal, cliché-ridden, hyperbolic commentary. More reason why we ought to treasure the likes of David Lloyd

17-Mar-2010•Rob Steen
The perils of promise

The perils of promise

Plenty of players have been doomed over the years by the burden of expectation. Here's hoping Shakib Al Hasan does not become a member of the club

04-Mar-2010•Rob Steen
Aura Australialis

Aura Australialis

Reports of Australia's descent into mortality have been greatly exaggerated

17-Feb-2010•Rob Steen
Make the third umpire proactive

Make the third umpire proactive

It may disempower the two men on the field but failing to do so could make them unbending, self-protecting not-outers instead

03-Feb-2010•Rob Steen
Why all the doom and gloom?

Why all the doom and gloom?

England have done surprisingly well over the season just past. It's not the end of the world for them by a long chalk

20-Jan-2010•Rob Steen
What can we expect from the 2010s?

What can we expect from the 2010s?

City-based franchises or a world Test championship? Best- and worst-case scenarios for the new decade

11-Jan-2010•Rob Steen
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