At close of play on an action-packed first day of the first Test at Hyderabad, India were 119 for one off 23 overs in response … Read More

This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. You can download a PDF version here. Men’s international cricket had plenty to celebrate in 2023 but … Read More

The game between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Delhi, the 38th game of the tournament, was not without interest to the impartial observer – particularly … Read More

[External link] Empires come and go. Sporting ascendancy is equally, and inevitably, ephemeral. Few sporting giants, however, can have been brought back down to earth … Read More

Jonny Bairstow faced up to the final ball of Cameron Green’s eighth over. It was predictably short and Bairstow ducked under it. He then made … Read More

It is fifty years since Hampshire last won the County Championship. In the period between then and now some of the world’s greatest players have … Read More

“The more you do something the better you get at it”. There is little point in arguing against this. It can apply to sport as … Read More

There could be no doubt as to which was the outstanding men’s international cricket team in the calendar year 2022. England won nine Tests out … Read More

One is north of the river, the other south. For some, that is all that needs to be said. London, The Great Wen, is a … Read More

Like everything else, cricket has changed immeasurably in the last forty years. The international game has probably changed more than most sports. The development of … Read More

For a second year in succession, international cricket had a challenging time. It didn’t win any matches or series. It didn’t come anywhere in the … Read More

With English cricket still reeling from the shame and embarrassment of the Azeem Rafiq saga, and with actual cricket not being a possibility because of … Read More