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]