I write this on Sachin Tendulkar’s 47th birthday. He made his Test debut, against Pakistan in Karachi, a month before the fall of the Berlin Wall. … Read More

I remember listening to an interview with a batsman – a right-handed batsman, I just can’t remember who it was – who was struck by … Read More

Who was the greater bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan or Shane Warne?  Such questions are almost impossible to answer. This is obviously the case with cricketers from … Read More

The great Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir died last week. This article about him first appeared in my book, The Pakistani Masters. “Mummy, I want to … Read More

Whatever happens in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston – England are slightly ahead on points, as it were, as I write this before the … Read More

There are many worse places than Singapore to be a cricket person. You can play; there are some local leagues. You can hobnob with a … Read More

“Tom Graveney was the James Vince of his day.” Discuss. Ridiculous, I hear you cry. Graveney was a master batsman, one of only 25 to … Read More

The list of Australia’s top ten Test wicket-takers reads like a concave of the game’s immortals.  There are four members of the side that many … Read More

How important is captaincy in cricket? is there room in an international eleven for a player who is in the team solely because he is … Read More

Alastair Cook’s imminent retirement from Test cricket – at the end of England’s home series against India, and this is being written just before the … Read More

Ajit Wadekar, who has died at the age of 77, was a pugnacious left-handed batsman and fine close fielder, especially in the slips. Tall – … Read More

This article first appeared in my book, The Pakistani Masters. It has been updated following Imran’s success in the general election in July 2018, which … Read More