Garfield Robinson
Has a few opinions, mostly on cricket
Carl Hooper: Artist and underachiever - Jamaica Observer
Carl Hooper: Artist and underachieverjamaicaobserver.comThere is still hope for Shai in Tests - Jamaica Observer
There is still hope for Shai in Testsjamaicaobserver.comWest Indies Are Coming To India… But Is There Even A Contest? | West Indies tour of India, 2025
An injury-hit, underpowered West Indies side heads to India with virtually no chance of competing, let alone winningcricket.comWest Indies Are Coming To India… But Is There Even A Contest? | West Indies tour of India, 2025
An injury-hit, underpowered West Indies side heads to India with virtually no chance of competing, let alone winningcricket.comNot Adelaide, Not Gabba: Why Eden Gardens 2017 Was Pujara’s Greatest Innings
The forgotten masterpiece at the Eden defined the kind of player Pujara wascricket.comRishabh, The Great | India tour of England, 2025
Pant is an adventurer posing as a wicketkeeper-batter.cricket.comRishabh, The Great | India tour of England, 2025
Pant is an adventurer posing as a wicketkeeper-batter.cricket.comIs Dr Shallow too thin-skinned? - Jamaica Observer
Is Dr Shallow too thin-skinned?jamaicaobserver.comWest Indies batting in deep trouble - Jamaica Observer
West Indies batting in deep troublejamaicaobserver.com- Reposted by Garfield RobinsonThe landmark 50th issue of The Nightwatchman is out now *raises bat* Packed full of great writing from @jonathanliew.bsky.social, @camsell59.bsky.social, @garfieldr.bsky.social and more Print: www.thenightwatchman.net/buy/the-nigh... Digital: www.thenightwatchman.net/buy/the-nigh...
- You should try and get a copy of this quarter's The Nightwatchman. Some great stories are in there: www.thenightwatchman.net/buy/the-nigh... #cricket
The Nightwatchman single issue - print (Issue 50) - The Nightwatchman
Order Issue 50, June 2025 for £12 (excluding shipping) and get a free e-book copy.thenightwatchman.net How the West Indies got their bowling tactics wrong - Jamaica Observer
How the West Indies got their bowling tactics wrongjamaicaobserver.comWhy Garfield Sobers was so special - Jamaica Observer
Why Garfield Sobers was so specialjamaicaobserver.comWhy Garfield Sobers was so special - Jamaica Observer
Why Garfield Sobers was so specialjamaicaobserver.comGreatness rests in the team, not the captain - Jamaica Observer
Greatness rests in the team, not the captainjamaicaobserver.comWhen Holding whispered death at The Oval - Jamaica Observer
When Holding whispered death at The Ovaljamaicaobserver.comIt's time for Brandon King to make his West Indies test debut
YouTube video by Caribbean Cricket Podcastyoutube.com- The West Indies should pick Brandon King for tests: caribbeancricket.substack.com/p/a-case-for... #cricket
A Case For Brandon King In Tests
When will Brandon King get his chance?caribbeancricket.substack.com When an angry Ambrose destroyed England - Jamaica Observer
When an angry Ambrose destroyed Englandjamaicaobserver.comThe low years of Lara - Jamaica Observer
Brian Lara is easily one of the best batters the game has seen. Yet there was a period, lasting for over three years, that he was not the avaricious run-maker we had got used to, averaging 53.17 i...jamaicaobserver.comWhen the new ball reverses
Is it reverse swing or contrast swing? There is a difference between the two, and a better understanding of it would enhance the effectiveness of the skillespncricinfo.comWhen Jeff Thomson drove fear into West Indies - Jamaica Observer
Australia toured the West Indies in 1977-1978 with a team depleted by the implications of the Packer affair, whereby businessman Kerry Packer established a new franchise, World Series Cricket, to ...jamaicaobserver.comJofra archer and the difficulties of spotting talent - Jamaica Observer
Jofra archer and the difficulties of spotting talentjamaicaobserver.com- Reposted by Garfield Robinson[Not loaded yet]
When Jerome Taylor wrecked England - Jamaica Observer
At his best, West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor was a seriously devastating fast bowler, capable of raining down sudden and complete destruction on the opposition’s batting. He developed co...jamaicaobserver.com- Reposted by Garfield Robinson[Not loaded yet]
The West Indian rebel tours to South Africa — CricketMash
During the apartheid-linked isolation years of South Africa, the country’s cricket authorities ensured that cricket carried on in the troubled land by enticing a number of ‘rebel’ teams to visit thei...cricmash.comThe mystery of the knuckleball
The baseball pitch that could free cricket's bowlers from the shackles that tie them downespncricinfo.comMemories of Malcolm Marshall - Jamaica Observer
Beginning in the 1970s and continuing throughout the 1980s there emerged in the Caribbean a long line of fast bowlers fit to be numbered among the very best the game has seen. Andy Roberts, ...jamaicaobserver.comThe man who tamed the West Indies’ great four-pronged pace attack - Jamaica Observer
In 1983 the West Indies pace quartet was at its pinnacle. Few hoped to survive against them, and fewer still had the audacity to confront them head-on and fight fire with fire. The thought ...jamaicaobserver.comFacing the fire of Patrick Patterson - Jamaica Observer
Former West Indies pacer Patrick Patterson has had some difficulties since his untimely exit from cricket. According to reports, he is now something of a recluse, dealing with his fair share of i...jamaicaobserver.comThe startling rise Of Curtly Ambrose - Jamaica Observer
Things catch us unawares sometimes, with no hint or warning as to what’s coming. Horse racing fans, for instance, and even many who are not, were recently stunned by Rich Strike striding out of no...jamaicaobserver.comThe magic of Sabina Park and Lara’s greatest innings - Jamaica Observer
AS a Jamaican and a lover of the great game, Sabina Park is one of my favourite places. The island's lone Test-match venue is deeply immersed in the game's history. Most famously, pe...jamaicaobserver.comSylvester Clarke: Cricket’s most intimidating fast bowler - Jamaica Observer
"Beefie, mahn … Beefie, mahn. What have you done to me … Beefie, mahn?" Beefie was England all-rounder Ian Botham and the man posing the question was the burly, Barbadian speedster S...jamaicaobserver.comA primal twist to home advantage
There's more to home advantage than just familiar playing conditionscricbuzz.comCricket’s meanest fast bowler - Jamaica Observer
He wasn't that tall, but his arms were long. Fast bowler wouldn't be the first thing that popped in your mind upon seeing him, but he was fast. Faster than Wes Hall, with whom he sha...jamaicaobserver.comA West Indies XI to take on the rest of the world - Jamaica Observer
Long before Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States, he said these words in an address to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois: “All the armies of Europe, Asi...jamaicaobserver.comThe Antiguan assassin - Jamaica Observer
It happened at least once. I know because I saw it. Television coverage was not as w idespread then as it is nowadays so I can't say for sure whether it happened at any other time. But I do.....jamaicaobserver.com- This is good: arrangements.substack.com/p/james-vinc... #cricket
James Vince and the Flash of Ecstacy
As the great JV exits for Dubai, a farewell to the King of the cover drive...arrangements.substack.com - Reposted by Garfield Robinson[Not loaded yet]
No such thing as fair weather for swing
Science has constantly debunked the weather-swing correlation yet the connection has lent itself into popular narrativecricbuzz.comWest Indies cricket and regression to the mean - Jamaica Observer
West Indies cricket and regression to the meanjamaicaobserver.comWhen Steve Harmison stunned Sabina Park - Jamaica Observer
The recent Tests between the West Indies and England exposed cricket fans to a relatively new face in the commentary box — former England fast bowler Steve Harmison. He cut a calm figure behin...jamaicaobserver.comLawrence Rowe was the best - Jamaica Observer
The following is in memory of Deon Robinson – September 28, 1968 - June 22, 2022. Nobody could bat like Lawrence Rowe. If you are at all sceptical of that claim then you could not have ...jamaicaobserver.comThe fall of the West Indies empire - Jamaica Observer
The fall of the West Indies empirejamaicaobserver.comThe artistes of cricket - Jamaica Observer
The artistes of cricketjamaicaobserver.comThe West Indies should fear a two-division system - Jamaica Observer
The West Indies should fear a two-division systemjamaicaobserver.comIn the zone - Jamaica Observer
In the zonejamaicaobserver.com- Reposted by Garfield Robinson
The thrills we can’t afford to lose - Jamaica Observer
The thrills we can’t afford to losejamaicaobserver.com
