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 as completely and precipitously, as the West Indies cricket team.

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