Capturing Clarke
© Getty Images Hi again everyone. The next photo I've chosen to share is a bit different from the action in and around the matches of most of my other posts. I¹ve picked a studio portrait I shot of...
View ArticleShooting the PM
© Philip Brown Hello, my name is Philip Brown (please call me Philip), and I’ve been photographing cricket for a long time, well about 25 years, in fact. I’m really pleased that I’ve been asked to...
View ArticleAn action shot in the English countryside
© Hamish Blair/Getty Images Hi everyone, Firstly, I wanted to welcome my good friend Philip [Brown] to this blog. It’s great having him to be a part of it. If you don't already know his work, he's a...
View ArticleA stumping to remember at Lord's
© Philip Brown The photographs of India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik diving and stumping England’s Michael Vaughan were taken on September 5, 2004 at Lord’s during a one-day series. The shots were...
View ArticleBullseye
© Philip Brown For the past three years I have been shooting quite a bit of cricket for the agency Reuters, which has been great. I usually shoot all the Test matches and one-day internationals that...
View ArticleUnconventional backdrop, stand-out photo
© Philip Brown In the 1990s I worked a lot for the Daily Telegraph newspaper and during the summer covered quite a lot of county cricket. I was sent to Edgbaston one Friday in September 1996 to get...
View ArticleThe astonished MCC members
© Philip Brown There was a lot of excitement before Australia visited England in 2005. England hadn’t won the Ashes since 1986-87, but I for one thought that this time they had a very good chance of...
View ArticleBeach boy
© Philip Brown Luck sometimes plays a huge part in photography. You can have lots of skill, knowledge and experience but sometimes you need elements that you cannot control to come together to help...
View ArticleMurali's 709th
© Philip Brown In 2007, I headed to Sri Lanka for the England's three-Test series. It's always been a favourite place of mine to photograph and watch cricket. Kandy was hosting the first Test, and is...
View ArticleCompassionate KP
© Philip Brown It’s high time I attempted to bring Shot Selection right up to date. Some of the photographs that I’ve featured recently are over fifteen years old so I thought I’d choose a shot from...
View ArticleStrauss’ Ashes ecstasy, framed
© Philip Brown I’ve decided to jump on the Andrew Strauss bandwagon. He retired from all professional cricket just last week. I photographed his first and his 100th Test match and many in between,...
View ArticleThe biggest cricket fan in India
© Philip Brown My first trip to India to cover cricket was in 2006. I went as a freelance photographer and that meant for the most part I had to try and shoot photos from positions away from the...
View ArticleSinging while snapping at the World Twenty20
© Philip Brown Well, that was fun! I’ve just spent three weeks in Sri Lanka for Reuters, covering the World Twenty20. It was hard work but really very enjoyable. Lots of memories – there should be as...
View ArticlePietersen fails to carry his bat
© Philip Brown I’d never visited the UAE before January. I was very happy to go and cover three Pakistan v England Test matches. I didn’t know much about the places I was going to visit, namely Dubai...
View ArticleFirst glimpse at Shane Warne
Shane Warne bowls during the final Test of the 1993 Ashes tour at The Oval © Philip Brown I remember my first encounter with Shane Warne. It was 1993 and Australia were about to play their first match...
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