McConnells Corner
Lynn McConnell is a senior editor of Sportal New Zealand (sportal.co.nz) and was New Zealand editor of CricInfo.com. Lynn has 37 years experience in journalism and before joining the digital revolution he was a newspaper journalist and Sports Editor of The Evening Post (Wellington) and The Southland Times (Invercargill). Lynn has travelled to all parts of the cricketing world and provided valuable information and stories to cricket lovers world-wide.
Lynn has written 17 books, 16 of them on sport, including The Encyclopedia of NZ Cricket, Chats - Ewen Chatfield's autobiography and more recently penned All Blacks fullback Mils Muliaina's best-selling autobiography Living the Dream and Conquerors of Time, the story of the 1936 Olympic 1500m in Berlin. He has also written a war history titled Galatas 1941: Courage in Vain.
He lives in Albany, New Zealand on Auckland's North Shore and continues his ongoing love of cricket in all its formats.
Sad Times in News Zealand Cricket
The loss of cricket identities to early deaths is always a blow and New Zealand sport, let alone cricket, has been unfortunate to lose two significant personalities in the last few months. Christopher Doig and Peter Sharp, both Christchurch men, succumbed to cancer and left significant gaps in sport's infrastructure. Doig had moved on from cricket, although he still had unofficial... > Read more
England Number One at Last...But for How Long?
No-one would deny England their right to be regarded as the No.1 Test team in the world at the moment. Their domination of India, following on from their recent spate of success against Australia, has clearly demonstrated the side's placement on the world scene. It is reward for consistency,... > Read more
Sticky Wicket: An ICC Insiders Take on World Cricket
The state of world cricket is a constant subject of debate. This is especially as the power base shifts from the traditional English enclave at Lord's where the old countries, England, Australia and South Africa, although its influence was decreased during the apartheid era, held sway to the... > Read more
Tendulkar-Bradman-Kallis A Comparison
While the cricket world has been gearing up for the seemingly all-encompassing Ashes series, two of the greater players of the modern generation reached milestones of their own. We're talking Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis, of course. Tendulkar is a modern-day phenomenon, and a living... > Read more
Ian Smith (the scorer) - Siddell - Hayden
In times when cricket has tended to be more about the players, their money-earning capacities and the seemingly endless tournaments they have to play to achieve their financial goals, it is nice to see that there is still a place for the enthusiast in the game. Cricket thrives on such... > Read more
England for the World Cup...not likely!
It's hardly surprising that England has been hit so hard by injuries ahead of the World Cup. While the English have a powerful-looking combination on paper for the event – and they are in the top three for favouritism although probably behind India and South Africa - they look the most... > Read more
World Cup 2011 Rebirth of 50 Over Cricket
It is hard to get enthused about the IPL so soon after the World Cup. Given the length of time it took to complete what proved to be a more satisfying event than that staged in 2007, it is hardly surprising that fans are struggling with the Twenty20 form of the game. Is this indicative of... > Read more
