You couldn’t ask for a more amiable man than Rob Key to run English cricket: affable, shrewd and universally liked, he has the look of a recalcitrant monk, nipping out the back for a quick drink and a fag. Whether he’s any good is another matter, but let’s hope so for all our sakes. The sequence of events seems a bit upside down though – appointing a managing director first, then a chair and CEO. Without coming over all corporate, surely the MD is the next CEO’s biggest appointment. And wouldn’t the new MD, Key, want to know who he’s working with?
One man I hope he will soon be working with is Jos Buttler, currently tearing up the Indian Premier League. He belted his second century of this season’s IPL the other day, 103 off 60-odd balls, as Rajasthan Royals beat Kolkata in a tight match. And how thrilling to see Buttler, the best white-ball player in the world, flaying the best Test bowler in the world, Australia’s Pat Cummins.
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