About Wicket to Wicket

Welcome to Wicket to Wicket, Cricinfo's discussion blog.

It's rare for people to talk about cricket without argument taking place. Mention a cricketing topic, and opposite points of view spring forth, each passionately advocated and cogently argued. These arguments, at least for a fan like me, are part of the fun of following the game. Sitting with friends and arguing about the merits of technology in umpiring, and Dravid v Ganguly, and whether Flintoff is better than Botham is often quite as much fun as watching this great game itself. And we intend to have some of that fun on this blog.

On this blog, cricket writers will, by invitation, get together and discuss stuff. We'll pick issues and ideas that are somewhat nuanced and that generate good discussion. (There'll be no "Is Robert Mugabe good for Zimbabwe?" kind of discussions, for example.) And we'll have fun with them.

There are many advantages to doing it using a dated-posts blogging format. For one, there's no formal structure to adhere to, as there inevitably is when one is writing an article for someone. Secondly, there's no restriction of space: from a 25-word thought to a 2500 word essay, anything is allowed. (We'll try to avoid the longer stuff, though!) And thirdly, one's tone can be informal, like in an email conversation with friends, or in a pub.

Sadly, because of the volume of feedback that we routinely get, there are logistical issues in handling feedback, so we'll have to keep comments disabled. We'll try and figure out a way around this sometime. Until then, please do listen in.