BBC launches cricket comedy. Don’t all rush
May 6, 2009 by The Third Umpire
Filed under Features, The Third Umpire
Exciting news – or maybe not – of a new cricket comedy show on Five Live this summer.
The ire brigade: Bob Willis v Nasser Hussain
April 6, 2009 by The Third Umpire
Filed under Features, Opinion
Who’s angrier: Bob Willis or Nasser Hussain? asks the Third Umpire
England fans: look away now
April 3, 2009 by The Third Umpire
Filed under Opinion
Whether Stuart Clark gets a warm-up in county cricket for the Ashes is irrelevant, when England can’t even give the team at the bottom of the ICC table a decent game.
Duckworth-Lewis madness: an easy solution
April 3, 2009 by The Third Umpire
Filed under Opinion
Windies coach John Dyson’s D-L surrender changed the course of the England-West Indies ODI series. But it need not happen again…
Stanford v Murdoch: who damages cricket more?
April 3, 2009 by The Third Umpire
Filed under Opinion
In its quest for big money, the ECB has compromised the game. But not in the way too many pundits suppose…
Why Athers should consider keeping schtum, and other stories
March 19, 2009 by The Third Umpire
Filed under The Third Umpire
How can Michael Atherton discuss Allen Stanford with a straight face? Plus other ‘highlights’ of the last 12 months in cricket media
Review of 2008
February 13, 2009 by The Third Umpire
Filed under The Third Umpire
The Third Umpire looks back at some of the more memorable events of 2008, including Stanford, Sky and Selvey.
Tale of the tape: ICC Cricket World
August 15, 2008 by The Third Umpire
Filed under The Third Umpire
The tape doesn’t lie – and nor does the Third Umpire, as he dissects an episode of ICC Cricket World.
Carrying the flame
April 10, 2008 by The Third Umpire
Filed under The Third Umpire
Breaking news from 1956, bulging mail sacks and carrying the Olympic flame: a month in the life of the Third Umpire.
Mark Nicholas crosses over
December 1, 2007 by The Third Umpire
Filed under The Third Umpire
December 2007: Cricket smoothie Mark Nicholas seeks to expand his TV range by presenting a teatime cookery show. How does it work out for him?
