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
Champions for all Time
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
See How They Run
“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
A Review of Men’s International Cricket In 2022
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
Lord’s or The Oval: Must One Choose ?
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
Men’s International Cricket in the 1990s: A Golden Age?
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
The Year of Living Dangerously: International Cricket in 2021
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
The Honourable Member: Tim Paine, and a Story for Our Times
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
Today Yorkshire: Tomorrow…?
In all of English cricket’s long history, there have been few more chilling, more harrowing, days than 16 November 2021. At the same time it … Read More
Pragmatism or Betrayal? The West and Pakistan
It is impossible for a genuine cricket follower to feel anything other than sadness and dismay at the sudden cancellation of first New Zealand’s and … Read More
A Turning Point
It looks as though The Hundred might actually work. I haven’t actually watched any of it myself, for the various reasons associated with being in … Read More
Watching Paint Dry
Is cricket too boring? It may seem a strange question to ask but it isn’t really. Writing this on the afternoon of Sunday 11 July … Read More