When play started on the fourth day of the second Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston in 2005, the match situation was not what … Read More
Special Delivery
Moeen Ali sealed England’s emphatic victory over South Africa in the third Test with Test cricket ‘s forty-third hat trick. It was the first hat … Read More
A Century at the Oval
The third Test between England and South Africa is the hundredth Test to be played at The Oval. The old ground – Surrey first played … Read More
Ford Departs as Sri Lanka Show Mixed Form in Champions’ Trophy
The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was a very enjoyable tournament. It was very compact – the whole thing was done and dusted between 1 and … Read More
Tested and Found Wanting
Do modern-day batsmen deserve Test cricket? The question is worth asking after recent events. Test Cricket is the most demanding form of the game. A … Read More
Spin, Bounce and the Old Swingometer
Theresa May has called a general election which is going to be held on 8 June. It is relatively unusual for a Prime Minister to … Read More
The Watershed
I was watching the Delhi Daredevils play the Kolkata Knight Riders on television the other day. It turned out to be an exciting game . … Read More
Honours even in Sri Lanka
No country exemplifies the current tendency towards very different outcomes in home and away Test matches in a more extreme manner than Sri Lanka. This … Read More
On Top of the World
Image: India vs Australia by Vijay Chennupati [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons What does it take to make a really great Test series? The question … Read More
T20 Redemption for Sri Lanka
” Look for the positives” : you know something has gone really badly when a commentator , or someone in authority says that you must … Read More
You Must Remember This
Australia’ s tour of India, commencing this month, promises to be a very intriguing one. India have rediscovered their love of Test cricket, and with … Read More
Hail to the Chief
The election of Donald Trump as the forty – fifth President of the United States has caused, if not global alarm and despondency then at … Read More