Just in

Articles by Douglas Heath

Avatar photo
About Douglas Heath

Douglas Heath began his lifelong love affair with cricket as an 8 year-old schoolboy playing OWZAT? Whilst listening to a 160s Ashes series on the radio. He later became half-decent at doing John Arlott impressions and is a member of Middlesex County Cricket Club. He holds no truck at all with the T20 version on the game. More Posts

Test Match Special

One institution that has consistently maintained its reputation for commentary is Test Match Special. I am old enough to remember Norman Yardley, one of th last amateurs  to captain England, but grew up with John Arlott and Brian Johnston, though the two did not get on. Johnners and Aggers [...]

May 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Robin Marlar Cricket collection

Yesterday I attended an auction of the Robin Marlar cricketing collection at the Boundary Rooms Hove Cricket Ground. Marlar, 84 years young,  captained Sussex and was a figurehead in the revolution of 1997. He was an outspoken cricket correspondent and stood as candidate in full and bye elections. [...]

April 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Surrey

There is a film whose name escapes me of an American arriving at Victoria. Seeing a billboard “England in crisis” he asks the newspaper vendor what it’s all about and is informed it’s a test match against Australia. The American heads off to the Oval where a spectator, Miles [...]

April 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Cricket blue print

The one day final was too one-sided to be any sort of contest. Most ODIs coming after the test series are an unwelcome bore yet, after England’s poor performance, it looks like our traditional system will be overhauled. Tom Hollingworth wrote an excellent article stating that England across [...]

March 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Time for reflection

Although I agreed with much of Tom Hollingworth’s wide angled perspective on UK sport, there is one group on whom it will fall on deaf ears, namely the English cricket supporters. As the wiseacres pontificate over the World Cup debacle I have not seen much sympathy for those who pay thousands [...]

March 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

England’s ODI woes

I wonder why we perform so poorly in the one day game. The tradition of English cricket is county and test and unlike Sri Lanka we never seem to be able to adapt those forms of the game to the limited over format. It seemed to take ages to appreciate that Alastair Cook, a cautious run accumulator, [...]

March 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

A tricky subject

Today (Monday 5th January) the media has been full of the storm surrounding the potential signing by Oldham Athletic of footballer and convicted rapist Ched Evans. I’ve been listening to Radio Five Live most of the day and it’s been featuring the issues arising – and the ongoing developments [...]

January 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

Lords: a pictorial celebration

Sports photography is a neglected art so Andrew Strauss is to be congratulated in selecting 200 photographs to celebrate Lords in this pictorial celebration. It traces the history of Lords from its founder Thomas Lord to the era of the bearded doctor WG Grace and the present day. Lords is unusual [...]

December 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

It’s an each way thing

Dogs make great companions. When I was a young kid, my parents had two boxers in succession – tails docked because was the fashion in those days and I still feel that since its banning somehow a boxer with a full tail looks odd – and they make great family pets. Partly. For kids they were [...]

September 6, 2014 // 0 Comments

Deep waters and shallow minds?

The suicide of acclaimed US comedian/actor Robin Williams has prompted a worldwide reaction, naturally centred upon regret and sorrow, but it has also brought into focus a number of profound general issues relating to the act of killing oneself. In Williams’ case, of course, some of them relate [...]

August 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

1 … 18 19 20 21 22

Copyright © 2026 The National Rust | Design by Premonition