• (Sub) Continental Shift

    About the Game

    October saw two truly remarkable Test series. England "toured" [can we still use that word? I think not, but never…

  • Joe Root: England’s Greatest Batter?

    Some Cricketers

    2024 has turned out to be yet another year of high achievement for England’s favourite batter, Joe Root. He is…

  • Respect

    England

    An autumnal Oval saw an unexpected conclusion to England’s summer of Test cricket, with Sri Lanka handing out a thrashing…

  • James Anderson: Simply One of the Best

    Some Cricketers

    This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. A truly remarkable Test career ended on 12 July, the third and…

  • All About Gus

    England

    In the Hollywood classic, All About Eve, a mature Broadway star, played by Bette Davis, finds her career and life…

  • The End of an Era

    Some Cricket Matches

    English cricket recently lost one of its great performers in the left-arm spinner Derek Underwood. No England spinner took more…

  • Bazball Hits the Buffers

    England

    India’s four-One victory over England can hardly be described as a shock, still less a surprise. Before going any further,…

  • Joy Unconfined: Test Cricket at its Best

    About the Game

    At close of play on an action-packed first day of the first Test at Hyderabad, India were 119 for one…

  • A Review of Men’s International Cricket in 2023

    About the Game

    This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. You can download a PDF version here. Men’s international cricket had plenty…