Looking Forward – and Back -to World Test Championship Final
The World Test Championship is a deeply flawed competition. The discrepancies between the lengths of series, and hence the number…

The World Test Championship is a deeply flawed competition. The discrepancies between the lengths of series, and hence the number…
This article first appeared in Scoreline magazine. It has now been confirmed that Harry Brook will be England’s new ODI…
This article was edited on 29 Mar 25: Don Bradman and Ian Chappell each won one Ashes series as captain…
There has been some exceptional Test cricket in the three years since the pandemic, in no small measure thanks to…
Whoever qualifies for the World Test Championship final to face South Africa at Lord’s in June – mathematically, it could…
October saw two truly remarkable Test series. England "toured" [can we still use that word? I think not, but never…
2024 has turned out to be yet another year of high achievement for England’s favourite batter, Joe Root. He is…
An autumnal Oval saw an unexpected conclusion to England’s summer of Test cricket, with Sri Lanka handing out a thrashing…
[External link] England’s victory over a gallant but fundamentally inferior Sri Lanka – their fifth victory of the summer –…
This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. A truly remarkable Test career ended on 12 July, the third and…
In the Hollywood classic, All About Eve, a mature Broadway star, played by Bette Davis, finds her career and life…
This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. English cricket lost two great servants in April with the passing of…