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Atherton moves to The Times
By Will last year, at the end of October Leave a comment on this post
Mike Atherton has been announced as The Times’ chief cricket correspondent, replacing Christopher Martin-Jenkins. Atherton is the foremost player-turned-writer and, at 39, quite young to hold such a prestigious post.
He’s by some distance my favourite writer, as he marries a deep knowledge of the game during his time as a player with the detachment required to write about it. The Times is also my favourite paper, so now there’s no reason to waste any more money on The Telegraph.
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2 Responses to “Atherton moves to The Times”
October 27th, 2007 at 12.31 am
December 31st, 2007 at 12.42 pm
Atherton is indeed the best of the cricket writers around. Peter Roebuck and Gideon Hiegh are both good but tend to get a little wordy and worthy. CMJ and Simon Wilde have continued to bore me in The Times and the change is welcome. Vic Marks is also good and I think David Hopps is a wonderfully sensitive writer (he has also written the best article about Graeme Hick I have ever read). Oooh, and whilst we’re on the subject a word out for Simon Barnes, producer of many rousing articles, though not always that considered.
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