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Rob Steen
Rob Steen

Sports writer and senior lecturer in sports journalism at the University of Brighton

'It's hard being me,' says DRS

'It's hard being me,' says DRS

Cricket's unholy offspring tries to explain the benefits and challenges of the review system to Americans (and fails)

25-Jun-2014•Rob Steen
Let us now praise Beefy

Let us now praise Beefy

Forty years since he announced his arrival on the cricket stage, Ian Botham remains a symbol of home-grown guts for glory that the current England team lacks

11-Jun-2014•Rob Steen
Time to give fielders their due

Time to give fielders their due

The standards of fielding, particularly catching, have improved out of sight, but there are still no proper numerical measures of its value

28-May-2014•Rob Steen
Maxwell's golden hammer

Maxwell's golden hammer

Despite T20's ceaseless urgency, Maxwell never appears to be in a rush. Could he, like David Warner, flourish in the Test arena?

14-May-2014•Rob Steen
Has cricket finally embraced wicketkeeper-captains?

Has cricket finally embraced wicketkeeper-captains?

Dhoni, de Villiers and a few others may finally be putting an end to one of the game's most robust blind spots. Or are they?

30-Apr-2014•Rob Steen
Still plenty of ifs for Butt

Still plenty of ifs for Butt

Salman Butt appears to think that redemption will be his by insisting that players should refrain from "wrongdoing". That shouldn't gain him back the trust of those he duped

16-Apr-2014•Rob Steen
The World T20 roller coaster

The World T20 roller coaster

Tantalising finishes, technicolor extravaganzas, and sport as opera - notes from an armchair

02-Apr-2014•Rob Steen
The importance of failure

The importance of failure

Success can dazzle, even blind. It's in failure that those like Jonathan Trott can address their weaknesses

19-Mar-2014•Rob Steen
The icing on the season's cake

The icing on the season's cake

Test cricket is in roaring health and there has been no proof more ringing than the enthralling South Africa v Australia series

05-Mar-2014•Rob Steen
All hail the Man of the Series

All hail the Man of the Series

In modern times, the most accurate method of anointing the best of the best is surely an analysis of those who have been voted top performers in series most often

19-Feb-2014•Rob Steen
The good, the bad and the Greigy

The good, the bad and the Greigy

Remembering English cricket's favourite punching bag, who didn't always do the right thing, but had unbridled passion for the game

05-Feb-2014•Rob Steen
Pietersen for vice-captain?

Pietersen for vice-captain?

Instead of demonising him again, maybe it's time to give him some of the love he patently craves

22-Jan-2014•Rob Steen
Never another like Kallis

Never another like Kallis

It's hard to see anyone maintaining such discipline, efficiency, focus and fitness for close to two decades

08-Jan-2014•Rob Steen
Fiery Syd

Fiery Syd

Sydney Barnes, the most feared bowler of them all, was a colourful, forbidding and often misunderstood character who wouldn't have been out of place in the modern game

18-Dec-2013•Rob Steen
Pump up the volume

Pump up the volume

It's time to turn the stump mikes all the way up, and leave them that way

04-Dec-2013•Rob Steen
From SRT with love

From SRT with love

If the great man had sat down to write a letter to his fans, reflecting on his life, it might have read something like this

20-Nov-2013•Rob Steen
A flag for the five-dayer

A flag for the five-dayer

A new book presents a passionate case for protecting the game's premier format, and an acknowledgement that all solutions begin and end with having a more responsible ICC

16-Nov-2013•Rob Steen
Harder to get to the top or to stay there?

Harder to get to the top or to stay there?

And what are we to make of the inimitable Mitchell Johnson then?

06-Nov-2013•Rob Steen
Quotas: less black and white than ever

Quotas: less black and white than ever

Affirmative action is among the most bitterly divisive issues of the age. Particularly in sport, which depends on fairness, which in turn begins with equality of opportunity

23-Oct-2013•Rob Steen
Honest, simple, Harmy

Honest, simple, Harmy

Steve Harmison was a standard-bearer for a new breed of sporting hero: understated, self-effacing, unafraid to non-conform or to reveal vulnerability

09-Oct-2013•Rob Steen
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