The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
• Somerset sign batsman to replace retired Justin Langer • Compton leaves shadow of legendary grandfather Denis Denis Compton famously played his entire career for Middlesex and England but history will not relate the same of his grandson. Now Nick Compton has become one of the winter's most high-profile transfers, having turned down an improved two-year contract with Middlesex to try to...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Only two men who have played Test cricket in the last 25 years are included in Cricinfo's team, Kevin Pietersen intriguingly being one of them Test cricket may have sexed itself up to a barely recognisable degree in the 21st century, but the announcement of an all-time England XI on Cricinfo, the world's largest cricket website, shows that the memories of a golden age of unsullied flannels, undemonstrative...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
Featuring Robbie Fowler's ninja kick, a man hugging Emre's left peg and more ghost goals feature in this week's round-up 1) Those who think Robbie Fowler headed Down Under for one last payday with North Queensland Fury on the grounds that he's not as fit and athletic as he used to be should think again. Admire the acrobatic agility as Fowler is sent tumbling to the ground, only to use the momentum...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Long ago, in 1987, a 17-year-old batsman called Mark Ramprakash made what Wisden described as "a glowing impression" on his debut for Middlesex. Watchers compared the schoolboy with Denis Compton as he smashed the Yorkshire attack around Lord's. Now, 22 years on, comparisons between Ramprakash and Compton are in fashion again, as selectors come under pressure to restore the most prolific...
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