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Digital Detox is grand even when, as this New Year, it’s partly unplanned. Back today from an extended break on the Isle of Jura which, like much of Britain, has been lashed by gales. Unlike most of Britain, however, this has meant a) no ferries running and b) not much in the way of internet access (thanks to said storms). …

The deconstruction of English cricket continues, with the stunning revelation that team director Andy Flower’s personal future hinges on the axing of Kevin Pietersen, according to Mike Selvey of The Guardian.  Selvey reports that, despite Flower being given the backing of his employers for the foreseeable future, it is the presence of Pietersen that is key to whether he stays on in …

Matthew Maynard says he is still finalising details of a return to Glamorgan in a part time capacity. The former England batsman spent three seasons on the Welsh county’s management before leaving in 2010. Maynard is looking forward to linking up with former team-mate Hugh Morris, now the county’s chief executive and managing director. “He was keen to get me …

He was, as you would expect, quiet, focused and unfathomably talented. He did not really like bowling, but once he had a ball in his hand he was wonderfully aggressive and difficult to withdraw from the attack. And boy, was he quick. When Alistair Brown retired in 2011, he talked fondly of a century he made at the Oval for …

Matthew Maynard has confirmed he is set to return to a Glamorgan role this year. The former director of cricket resigned from the county in acrimonious circumstances in November 2010. This followed the controversial decision by former chairman Paul Russell to install Colin Metson as the new managing director above Maynard and appoint South African Alviro Petersen as captain. But …

Matthew Maynard has insisted there should be no knee-jerk reaction to England’s humiliating Ashes whitewash Down Under. The former Glamorgan coach was part of Duncan Fletcher’s backroom staff of the England squad who lost 5-0 to Ricky Ponting’s side in 2006/07. Now history has repeated itself seven years later as Alastair Cook’s team were comprehensively defeated by Australia in what …

NEWPORT COUNTY are pulling out all the stops to try to ensure today’s League Two clash with Northampton Town at Rodney Parade goes ahead. The Exiles are desperate to see the clash go ahead after their festive fixture list at home was decimated with games against AFC Wimbledon and Oxford both called off due to a water-logged pitch and the …

Well, it’s here. January 1, 2014. And I know what that means. Been reading the Daily Mail, haven’t I. So I stuck my head out of the window and yelled, “An Nou Ferecit.” Fluent Romanian, that is, for Happy New Year. Then, just to make ’em feel at home I added, “Bine a-ti venit.” Welcome, in more fluent Romanian. But …

County hopeful on pitch after technology boost 12:01am Friday 3rd January 2014 in Sport NEWPORT County are confident tomorrow’s clash with Northampton will go ahead, but are warning that the club felt a financial pinch from their two Christmas postponements, writes Michael Pearlman. The Exiles are set to face Northampton at Rodney Parade and are bullish the game will beat …

Yet looks and mien can be misleading and somehow this nice-as-pie, laid-back, even-tempered charmer won 30 Test caps, over half of them against a West Indies that inflicted two whitewashes over England in 1984 and 1985/6. He also won 28 ODI caps for England, including the 1987 World Cup final, as well as four County Championships with Middlesex for whom …