George Dobell (born 4 May 1972)[1] is an English cricket journalist.
Dobell is chief cricket writer at The Cricketer. He was formerly senior cricket correspondent at ESPNcricinfo.[2] He has written for SPIN Magazine, and The Cricketer as well as The Guardian,[3] The Times[4][5] and the Birmingham Post.[6] He has contributed to the cricket almanac Wisden.[7]
Dobell was the ghost writer for the autobiography of former England and Warwickshire cricketer Jonathan Trott entitled Unguarded.[8][9][10]
On 10 October 2018 Dobell was included in the list of the most respected journalists working in Britain as published by the National Council for the Training of Journalists.[11]
Dobell regularly appears on the Switch Hit cricket podcast[12][13] as well as guesting on the Lord's podcast,[14] and the One Stump Short podcast.[15]
ESPNcricinfo have a regular video feature at the end of a Test match day's play entitled Polite Enquiries in which Dobell and his colleagues (such as Jarrod Kimber and Melinda Farrell) answer viewers' questions.[16][17] Dobell regularly appears on the Test Match Special journalist panel at lunch on the final day of a Test match.[18] He has appeared regularly on the Sky Sports programme Cricket Writers on TV,[19] TalkSport,[20][21] and on BBC Radio 5 Live.[22][23]
Personal life edit
Dobell possesses both British and New Zealand passports, the latter by virtue of his mother. As a child he watched a lot of Somerset County Cricket Club matches and his favourite players were Ian Botham and Viv Richards.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Buddha, A. Cricketing (6 April 2012). "Donning the whites with Grace: At the wicket with George Dobell". Donningthewhites.blogspot.com.
- ^ "George Dobell - Author Index". ESPNcricinfo.com.
- ^ "George Dobell". The Guardian.
- ^ Dobell, George (23 April 2011). "Varun Chopra makes history in double quick time". Thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Dobell, George (6 May 2011). "Courage of Steven Croft gives an edge to Lancashire in pitch battle". Thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ "Rain wrecks Walsall hopes by George Dobell". Birminghampost.co.uk. 20 August 2006.
- ^ "County Cricket's Greatest Overseas Players: Warwickshire - Wisden". Wisden.com. 6 June 2018.
- ^ Hopps, David (9 December 2016). "Fifteen from '16". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Cricket is Jonathan Trott's life – and it has made him suffer - The Spectator". Spectator.co.uk. 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Under The Lid: Jonathan Trott - All Out Cricket - Unguarded". Wisden.com. 17 October 2016.
- ^ "A list of the 238 most respected journalists, as nominated by journalists in the 2018 Journalists at Work survey" (PDF). Nctj.com. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Switch Hit". Cricinfo.
- ^ FM, Player (20 March 2024). "Switch Hit Podcast". Switch Hit Podcast.
- ^ "Dobell and Walker co-host Lord's Podcast". Lords.org. March 2024.
- ^ "George Dobell - One Stump Short". Onestumpshort.wordpress.com.
- ^ "#politeenquiries". Cricinfo.
- ^ "#PoliteEnquiries: Is this Cook and Anderson's last Test series?". Cricinfo.
- ^ "TMS:The journalist panel, Test Match Special - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC.
- ^ "CWOT podcast". Skysports.com.
- ^ "Cricket Week Podcast on talkSPORT 2: October 30, 2017". Talksport.com. 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Cricket Week PODCAST on talkSPORT2: July 16, 2017". Talksport.com. 16 July 2017.
- ^ "Cricket journalist: I'm worried for Joe Root's future, In Short - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. 30 March 2016.
- ^ "TMS - What the writers think – Journalists panel, Test Match Special - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. 30 December 2017.