Garbage & Class: Hugh Morris & Andrew Strauss
There has been some utter garbage written about the ongoing situation between Kevin Pietersen and the ECB, much of it from the newspapers, whose “journalists” seem more intent on simple attempts at...
View ArticleThe Feckless Five
If there is any element of truth in Nick Hoult’s article in today’s Telegraph, it goes to show that Yates was wrong about the Three Stooges. It is The Feckless Five – Hugh Morris, Giles Clarke, David...
View ArticleVerbal Diarrhoea From The ECB
You wouldn’t have gotten any more faeces out of Seedy Giles Clarke if you’d have given him a double dose of Picolax twenty minutes before yesterday’s press conference. Are the ECB now sponsored by...
View ArticlePCB Go One Up On The ECB
When the Pakistan Cricket Board can be said to have more professional intent than you then you really are in deep doo-doo. But that is exactly what has happened today with ESPNCricinfo’s exclusive...
View ArticleShut Up Jabba!
David “Jabba The Hutt” Collier reckons that, although he hasn’t seen any of the BBM messages, the whole KPGate incident was an attempt by the South African team to provoke Kevin Pietersen and disrupt...
View ArticleEric Simons Gets It, Why Don’t The ECB?
With David Collier’s senseless outburst yesterday, Yates has spent much of the day wondering what Collier thought he would be able to achieve. An answer is as far away now as it ever was. So it was a...
View ArticleProfessionalism in Sports Governance
Today’s announcement by the ECB that Brit Insurance has chosen not to extend its sponsorship of the England Cricket Team has again highlighted the need for professionalism, transparency and consistency...
View ArticleTMS v TMS
It sounds like some kind of WWE tag team grudge match. In one corner is Test Match Special’s Jonathan “The Assassin” Agnew and his partner Christopher “Cool Man Jiving” Martin-Jenkins, in the other...
View ArticleWhat If…?
Any tour of India is a challenge. It becomes even more so when the perception is that the touring batsmen generally haven’t a clue against spin bowling on turning pitches along with the well documented...
View ArticleThe Tech Doesn’t Work!
For the last two nights Yates has tried in vain to watch live coverage of the New Zealand v England test match. The operative phrase here is in vain. Yates’ family has a Virgin Media subscription,...
View ArticleECB Greedy Buggers
By taking such an approach the ECB is coming across as greedy control freaks like the BCCI. If they are determined to take that path then it follows that the love of money is a motivating factor, just...
View ArticleConduct Unbecoming Of A QC
There is no place for vindictiveness in any disciplinary or judicial proceedings. The ECB would do well to seek sensible advice on due process and principles of Justice and to appoint someone...
View ArticleECB England – A Devalued Team
There’s a cancer at the top of English cricket. Its leadership is ineffective and self-serving. It has no interest in building a truly top performing team comprised of the most talented individuals. It...
View ArticleTeam Waitrose Or Team BBC? Agnew Must Decide
The job of BBC cricket correspondent is one requiring impartiality, the ability to educate and inform BBC listeners through challenging the ECB and holding them to account. How can Agnew voicing an...
View ArticleSaying The Wrong And Right Things
Yates has encountered some extremely poor managers over time yet none of them would have matched Downton's brazen ignorance of the confidential agreement with KP in speaking negatively of him in an...
View ArticleThe K-Word
“Not racist for me. Racism is a hideous evil that has killed millions. It reduces racism as a crime if Kolpak is included.”
View Article2014 Season Commentary Feedback
At a time where the ECB continues to show itself to be out of touch and toff heavy, the BBC should be looking to make sure it steers the opposite course, bringing cricket to the masses. If you have...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Colin Graves And Tom Harrison
The ECB brand is tainted like a pair of shit stained underwear. Even though you wash it repeatedly you can't get the sight and smell of the stain out of your mind.
View ArticleBrand Toxicity
If England lose to Bangladesh and/or Afghanistan the ECB brand may become just too toxic for Graves and Tom Harrison to endure. Yorkshire players know what it is to have the sound of Colin Graves’...
View ArticleThe Parable Of The Poor Director
Top level sportsmen and women deserve top level management. The national summer sport needs top level leadership. These won’t come from Paul Downton, Peter Moores or David Saker. Channeling mediocrity,...
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