Meet the writers: Carrie Dunn

I still can't believe that it's actually my job to write about sport, but there it is.  I've been a freelance hack for two years now, after dabbling in broadcasting, and among other things I write for the Times Online's over-by-over cricket blog, having previously been part of the Guardian's online sports coverage team.

Like the Trumpet, I confess to having a fondness for Kevin Pietersen - yes, yes, I know about all the negatives and the ego and yada yada yada, but I have never seen a cricketer like him and simply love watching the way he plays.  Of course, though, as a good Luton girl, and like every other English cricket follower, Monty Panesar is a joy for me to watch.

It's predictable, but my favourite cricket recollection has to be the last day of the Oval Ashes Test, 2005, which I went to as a fan, clutching a ticket for which I paid well over the odds in the anticipation that England would reclaim the urn for the first time in my living memory.  It was worth every single penny.

The Ashes just gone, however, when I worked on Christmas Day to bring the full horror of the unfolding debacle to the masses, would rank fairly low on my list of best-ever moments.

I feel very fortunate and flattered to have been invited to write for the Googly - I hope that doesn't sound too sycophantic - and look forward to proffering mockery and sarcasm where it is due in the months to come. [Carrie Dunn] [Image: Getty]