John Reid, the former New Zealand captain, who died last week at the age of 92, was one of the outstanding all-round cricketers of his … Read More
The Triple Effervescence
With the passing of Sir Everton Weekes in early July, cricket lost the last survivor of perhaps its greatest and most iconic of all batting … Read More
Curtain Call
For much of the game there was a slightly underwhelming feel about the Royal London One -Day Cup Final between Gloucestershire and Surrey at Lord’s … Read More
A Giant Departs
CC BY-SA 4.0 : Image: Kumar Sangakkara batting in his final ODI in Sri Lanka.JPG Where does Kumar Sangakkara stand in the pantheon … Read More
Down and Out
“Form is temporary, class is permanent” is an addled old cliche, but like many an addled old cliche, it has the tiresome attribute of being … Read More
Six Degrees Of Separation
The end of the 2013 English county season had an even more poignantly fin de siècle feel than usual for supporters whose memories went back … Read More
Start Me Up
It was impossible not to feel sorry for Simon Kerrigan, the Lancashire slow left arm bowler, as he made his troubled, not to say calamitous, … Read More
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Muralitharan receiving a guard of honour after passing Walsh’s record, Harare 2004. Image by Ajithjay licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. First, … Read More