1. Open Letter to David Collier, CEO of England Cricket Board

    Dear Mr. Collier, It seems that you feel you have no reason to resign over the "Stanford debacle" and that Giles Clarke and the rest of the England Cricket Board support you; Well they would ...

    Paddy Briggs Written by Paddy Briggs about almost 3 years ago 55 reads 2 comments

  2. The Lions Tour: Logic Defeated By Sentiment and The Mighty Dollar

    The replica Lions shirt in the RFU shop costs £99.99—a mark-up, I suspect, of perhaps £95 over the production costs...

    Paddy Briggs Written by Paddy Briggs about 3 years ago 53 reads 3 comments

  3. Inzy's Languid Duck

    Let's go back to England vs. Pakistan at Newlands Cape Town. Cricket World Cup. Feb. 22, 2003. England bat first and scored a respectable 246. Pakistan followed, but had to bat under lights—never easy as the dew rises and darkness falls...

    Paddy Briggs Written by Paddy Briggs about 3 years ago 27 reads 0 comments

  4. The Luck Runs Spurs Way at Turf Moor

    It was an inspiring and moving experience to be present at both of the Carling Cup semifinal matches between Burnley and Tottenham Hotspur and whilst as a Spurs supporter I was of course ...

    Paddy Briggs Written by Paddy Briggs about 3 years ago 30 reads 0 comments

  5. We Haven't Seen the Last Of Ron Dennis by Any Means!

    Formula One is a pretty ego driven business. The drivers and, especially, the team owners breathe pretty rarefied air and many of them probably think that they can walk on water as ...

    Paddy Briggs Written by Paddy Briggs about 3 years ago 112 reads 5 comments

  6. The Aussies Are Sent to Cardiff for Ashes Opener

    In the last home Ashes series in 2005, England had two matches to remember at Trent Bridge and Old Trafford...

    Paddy Briggs Written by Paddy Briggs about 3 years ago 58 reads 6 comments

  7. Michael Brearley's Time Has Come to Lead England Cricket

    Cometh the hour cometh the man. And for England cricket, could there be any doubt that the hour is nigh and that there is a desperate need for capable and moral leadership at the top? Under the ...

    Paddy Briggs Written by Paddy Briggs about 3 years ago 94 reads 3 comments

  8. Kevin Pietersen: The England and Wales Cricket Board Failed to Manage Him

    In those increasingly distant days when I was corporate man (sort of) management training courses often liked to characterise management style in shorthand...

    Paddy Briggs Written by Paddy Briggs about 3 years ago 65 reads 1 comments