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

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

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

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

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