It is a truism that cricket is all about partnerships. The record books are full of statistics about batting partnerships. This is an inevitable result … Read More
My Country Right or Left
Rangana Herath did something remarkable in Sri Lanka’s comfortable win over Bangladesh in the second Test at Mirpur. In taking his 415th Test wicket, in … Read More
The Ball of the Century
On BBC’s Test Match Special Michael Vaughan and Graeme Swann separately described the delivery from Mitchell Starc that dismissed James Vince in England’s second innings … Read More
King of the Jungle
Australia don’t normally “do” finger spin. For them it has traditionally been the wrist spinner who has held sway among the slow bowlers. From the … Read More
Special Delivery
Moeen Ali sealed England’s emphatic victory over South Africa in the third Test with Test cricket ‘s forty-third hat trick. It was the first hat … Read More
Left Arm Over and Out
Where have all the slow left armers gone? It is a question especially pertinent to English cricket. England almost always seem to have a slow … Read More
Broken Record
Statue of Truemen. Image by Immanuel Giel licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported “He is the best bowler England have ever produced”. Alistair … Read More