It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, let’s not exaggerate. But there was some genuinely enthralling and entertaining Test … Read More
Cricket in the Eighties
Remember the 1980s? Reagan, Thatcher and Gorbachev, the Berlin Wall, the Falklands, the Pope and his Popemobile, the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and John Lennon, … Read More
The Rain it Raineth Every Day
The weather is peculiarly important in cricket. Of course, it can be critical to any sort of activity that is taking place outdoors. “If wet, … Read More
Just the Man for a Crisis
If, nine months ago, a random group of informed Cricket followers had been asked to state who would be keeping wicket for Australia in their … Read More
Dirty Work
Ball-tampering is one of cricket’s great taboos, up there with throwing and match-fixing. Any doubt one might have had about this would have been resolved … Read More
The Beginning of the End?
In the space of a few days in February two players on the fringes of the England Test squad, Yorkshire’s leg-spinning all-rounder Adil Rashid, and … Read More
Why We Watch Cricket
When play started on the fourth day of the second Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston in 2005, the match situation was not what … Read More
Spin, Bounce and the Old Swingometer
Theresa May has called a general election which is going to be held on 8 June. It is relatively unusual for a Prime Minister to … Read More
Cricket at the Crossroads
The recently concluded World T20 was a fantastic celebration of cricket. It displayed the shortest form of the game at its absolute best. It was … Read More
Things Have Changed
Image: “The famous duck: Bradman bowled by Bowes at the MCG, in front of a world record crowd assembled to see Bradman defeat Bodyline” Newspaper … Read More
Bigger Than The Game…?
Image: The South Australian skies turned a magical red on the day that India and Pakistan opened their account at the 2015 Cricket World Cup … Read More