How common is it for a Test side to lose by an innings after making 400 or more first time around? Well, if you had … Read More
It Could Have Been Worse
“Cook Batting,2013” CC BY-SA 2.0, Image credit to Nic Redhead from Birmingham, UK The subcontinent is always a challenge for touring cricketers. In recent years India … Read More
The Strange Power of the Follow-On
Nobody could have been surprised by the result of the First Test between Australia and the West Indies at Hobart. A thumping victory for the … Read More
Margin Call
Can a cricket team” bounce back” from a defeat by a margin of 405 runs? This is the task facing England as they prepare for … Read More
All Square
England v New Zealand in a Test match at Lord’s, May 2004. Image by Peter Meade licensed under CC BY 2.0 As the rain poured down on … Read More
A Test of Character
If there is a better Test match this Ashes summer than the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s then cricket supporters are … Read More
No Light At The End Of The Tunnel
David Gower, Ian Botham, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. What do they have in common? … Read More
The Honourable Draw
Something happened twice in 2012-13 which had only happened once before in the history of Test cricket. A side batting last and going into the … Read More