This article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. English cricket lost two great servants in April with the passing of Raman Subba Row and Derek … Read More
Kuldeep Yadav: “A Genuine Leg-Spinner”
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
Bishan Singh Bedi
Of the Indians who have played county cricket since the easing of the qualification rules in 1968, only Farokh Engineer has made a greater impact … Read More
Ranjan Madugalle – a True Cricket Person
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
Sanath Jayasuriya – a Man Ahead of his Time
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
Aravinda De Silva: The Pocket Maestro
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
Arjuna Ranatunga: The Napoleon of Cricket
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
Joe Root Reaches for the Stars
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
The Greatest of Our Time
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
Out of Africa
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
Keep On Keeping On
I wrote about Darren Stevens a few years ago (The Old Fox, July 2018: I think it still holds up). Since then his career has … Read More
One Size Fits – Almost – All
When did (male) professional cricketers start to look the same? Of course I don’t mean that literally. Notwithstanding the panoply of helmets, pads and other … Read More