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]
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]