2024 has turned out to be yet another year of high achievement for England’s favourite batter, Joe Root. He is entering that phase of his … Read More

This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. A truly remarkable Test career ended on 12 July, the third and final day of the first … Read More

The Men’s Cricket World Cup has been great fun to watch. I say this despite having made some public predictions that were almost laughably wide … Read More

Ranjan Madugalle has been actively involved in international cricket for over forty years. That is a remarkable achievement. And there is no reason to think … Read More

Sri Lanka has produced many great cricketers since its emergence as a leading cricketing nation in the mid-1990s. Sanath Jayasuriya can truly be said to … Read More

India’s Sachin Tendulkar was always known as The Little Master. At 5’5½” he was certainly shorter than average. His youth may also have played a … Read More

For long periods of time since its admission to the Test playing ranks in 1981, Sri Lanka has been regarded condescendingly by the major cricketing … Read More

They were the Fab Four – Steve Smith, Joe Root, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson. Incontrovertibly the outstanding batters of their generation, they shared the … Read More

In a world where all news is bad it still came as a terrible almost bruising shock. For cricket, it had been a very difficult … Read More

A couple of weeks ago I wrote that being a cricket person in Singapore is fine because these days so much cricket is available on … Read More