The Border-Gavaskar Trophy: The Real World Test Championship
About the Game
Whoever qualifies for the World Test Championship final to face South Africa at Lord’s in June – mathematically, it could…
(Sub) Continental Shift
About the GameOctober saw two truly remarkable Test series. England "toured" [can we still use that word? I think not, but never…
Joy Unconfined: Test Cricket at its Best
About the GameAt 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 GameThis article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. You can download a PDF version here. Men’s international cricket had plenty…
There’s a Hole in my Bucket: Equipment Malfunction and the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
About the GameThe game between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Delhi, the 38th game of the tournament, was not without interest to…
How are the mighty fallen?
About the Game[External link] Empires come and go. Sporting ascendancy is equally, and inevitably, ephemeral. Few sporting giants, however, can have been…
Spirit of the Age
About the GameJonny Bairstow faced up to the final ball of Cameron Green’s eighth over. It was predictably short and Bairstow ducked…
Champions for all Time
About the GameIt is fifty years since Hampshire last won the County Championship. In the period between then and now some of…
See How They Run
About the Game“The more you do something the better you get at it”. There is little point in arguing against this. It…
A Review of Men’s International Cricket In 2022
About the GameThere could be no doubt as to which was the outstanding men’s international cricket team in the calendar year 2022.…
Lord’s or The Oval: Must One Choose ?
About the GameOne is north of the river, the other south. For some, that is all that needs to be said. London,…
Men’s International Cricket in the 1990s: A Golden Age?
About the GameLike everything else, cricket has changed immeasurably in the last forty years. The international game has probably changed more than…
