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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]
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