Year: 2017

  • Special delivery

    5 August 2017
    Moeen Ali sealed England's emphatic victory over South Africa in the third Test with Test cricket 's forty-third hat trick.…
  • Century at the oval

    1 August 2017
    The third Test between England and South Africa is the hundredth Test to be played at The Oval. The old…
  • Fords departs

    20 July 2017
    The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was a very enjoyable tournament. It was very compact - the whole thing was done…
  • Tested andfoundwating pixabay cricket 166906 640

    14 July 2017
    Do modern-day batsmen  deserve Test cricket? The question is worth asking after recent events. Test Cricket is the most demanding…
  • Basil d oliveira in action for england against australia 902068338

    29 April 2017
    Theresa May has called a general election which is going to be held on 8 June. It is relatively unusual…
  • The watershed

    18 April 2017
    I was watching the Delhi Daredevils play the Kolkata Knight Riders on television the other day. It turned out to…
  • Honours even in srilanka

    17 April 2017
    No country exemplifies the current tendency towards very different outcomes in home and away Test matches in a more extreme…
  • Australia v india img 2315

    4 April 2017
    Image: India vs Australia by Vijay Chennupati [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons What does it take to make a really…
  • T20 pixabay cricket 166904 640

    25 February 2017
    " Look for the positives" : you know something has gone really badly when a commentator , or someone in…
  • Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views

    18 February 2017
    Australia' s tour of India, commencing this month, promises to be a very intriguing one. India have rediscovered their love…