The End of an Era
Some Cricket Matches
English cricket recently lost one of its great performers in the left-arm spinner Derek Underwood. No England spinner took more…
A Tale of Three Tests
Some Cricket Matches, The AshesThree Tests were played in the opening week of 2022, in Mount Maunganui, Sydney and Johannesburg. Each of them was…
On Top of the World
Some Cricket MatchesThere cannot be many genuine cricket followers, even in the subcontinent, who weren’t, if only subconsciously , happy at the…
On the Road
Some Cricket MatchesI had an email from an old friend this week, asking if we would be able to catch up in…
Miracle on Vulture Street
Some Cricket MatchesEven the game’s administrators might at last begin to realise what every genuine cricket person has always known: that there…
House of Cards
Some Cricket MatchesThere could hardly have been a more appropriate way of bringing the weird and often wonderful international cricket calendar year…
Here Comes the Sun
Some Cricket MatchesWe’re now in mid-May, and, if all was right in the world, the West Indians ought to be arriving in…
Dean Park, Bournemouth, 3 May 1970
Some Cricket MatchesWisden arrived this week. Of course one always has to wait a little while for it in Singapore, but wherever…
Time for a Break
Some Cricket MatchesI saw an intriguing picture the other day while leafing through a book called Cricket – The Golden Age by Duncan Steer.…
Mismatch at Mount Maunganui
England, Some Cricket MatchesShould we be surprised that New Zealand are ranked number two in the ICC’s Men’s Test rankings? Hardly. They have…
Time Machine Cricket
Some Cricket MatchesCome on everyone! It’s England v Ireland at Lord’s! And we’re going back to the nineteenth century!It really did seem…
Kohli’s One Man Show Can’t Prevent England Win
Some Cricket MatchesOf course the problem is that Test cricket is so boring. It is seriously doubtful that even the head of…
