Nobody thought it at the time – though the result of the final was surprising, almost sensational – but the 1983 Prudential World Cup was … Read More

The fifth men’s World Cup, staged in Australia and New Zealand in February and March 1992, was in some ways the first recognisably “modern” version. … Read More

In a very real sense the 2011 edition of the Men’s World Cup, held jointly in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, was the perfect competition. … Read More

Which has been the most unsatisfactory of the eleven Men’s World Cups held so far? Everybody might have a different view of course. A lot … Read More

Of course the problem is that Test cricket is so boring. It is seriously doubtful that even the head of marketing at the England and … Read More

The first Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa at the Galle International Stadium was an interesting but ultimately disappointing affair. All over by tea … Read More

England managed to redeem themselves and draw the (absurdly short) Test series against Pakistan with an emphatic innings victory in the second Test at Headingley. … Read More

Have England produced, in living memory, a worse performance than that served up to three successive full houses at Lord’s in the first Test against … Read More

Ireland’s men made a remarkably promising start to their Test careers (the women are ahead of them) despite losing to Pakistan by five wickets at … Read More

England’s mildly catastrophic Ashes series is to be followed by a two-match Test series in New Zealand. On the face of it there is something … Read More

The simple answer is one that was only ever available to one team and is no longer available to them: appoint Misbah-ul-haq as captain. In … Read More