Archive for June, 2005


Hit and giggle, but England pass the first test

Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie hadn’t even had a chance to get off the field before Ricky Ponting and Michael Vaughan hurriedly told everyone who’d listen that the Twenty20 match meant nothing.
 
Garbage.
 
It’s true that Kevin Pietersen’s quickfire 34 will not necessarily translate into a run feast in the Ashes. He might not even be there. [...]

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TV rights of passage

Published in Inside Sport July 2005 

Television rights. Fascinating stuff, isn’t it? By fascinating, I mean in the same way watching a Mark Webber interview while loaded up on tranquilizers is fascinating. Wait. That’s unfair. To tranquilizers.
 
Quick story: I had lunch the other day. A business meeting actually. Nutted out a terrific deal. Yep, I get [...]

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