RICHARD CLARKE aka "The Grumbler"

A really good chat with writer and blogger Richard Clarke. We start by marking the fifty years since the Test debut of Derek Randall and note just how much the England side has changed since then and the decline in characters present in the national side. Richard notes how the game has become more corporate and the way the players behave and conduct themselves is a reflection of this. England becoming more corporate has pervaded the counties and now even the club set ups, where a traditional culture of volunteering is massively under threat. Does cricket need to be all about making money and have the grassroots players and fans been forgotten about? A very interesting conversation...