United Kingdom
Cricket news reporter - The Times
Freelance broadcaster - BBC
Sports features and interviews - various publications
Current affairs news and features writer including the business of Government, Higher Education policy, Extremism.
My personal writing can be found at www.legsidelizzy.com
The beginning of every new cricket season brings with it reports of county cricket in demise, accompanied by pictures of a solitary, cold supporter in a stand, surrounded by rows of empty plastic seats. It is the stereotypical image of county cricket watched by a man and a dog, and of its impending death - killed by public apathy and crippling financial issues.
Alastair Cook, the England cricket captain, should have been banned from batting for Essex this week after refusing to wear a helmet that meets new safety rules. Under the latest England and Wales...
Twenty-four-year-old Ben Stokes and 25-year-old Joe Root spend a lot of time together. They are two of the few England cricketers who play all three formats of the game and these two thrilling young talents have forged a close friendship.
After nine weeks and evidence from more than 30 witnesses including some of the leading names in cricket, the perjury trial of the former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns ended with the 45-year-old being acquitted of all charges.
Dear Cricket Monthly Letter from... London Dear Cricket Monthly, A friend recently asked me what it was that had made me left-wing. "Cricket," I replied. "Cricket made you a socialist?" said my friend. "Those aren't words you'll hear too often." I suspect they aren't. But it was certainly cricket that awakened my political side.
At Taunton they followed the action all day - Somerset players and supporters gathered at the County Ground with the hope of seeing their team crowned champions for the first time. Having finished their final match inside three days with a crushing victory over Nottinghamshire, all they could do was watch and wait.
The ECB is exploring the possibility of introducing a new limited-overs competition to run alongside the proposed eight-team, city-based "Supercharge" Twenty20 competition. ECB officials are...
When Keaton Jennings was called into the England team for their final two Test matches in India, the howls of protest were plentiful. Jennings was born and raised in South Africa, the son of former South Africa coach and Transvaal wicketkeeper Ray Jennings, and he captained the country's under-19 team.
Elizabeth Ammon and Ollie Rayner join host Will Roe on the Lord's Podcast to chat Australian aggression, red cards in cricket and Brendon McCullum.
Kent have threatened to sue the ECB unless the governing body reconsiders its decision not to promote them to the first division of the Specsavers County Championship. In a strongly-worded legal...
