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

It’s not difficult to see why New Zealand are in the World Test Championship (WTC) final and England aren’t, on the evidence of the two-match … Read More

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) must have been dreaming that people would come to compare its controversial new gamble, The Hundred, with the … Read More

My wife, Anita, has a theory about life during the wretched pandemic, which has now been with us for roughly a year. Her view is … Read More

There it is, in the diary: Thursday 25 June, Lord’s. I had two tickets for each of the first four days of the Test against … Read More