Before the English summer of 1968 the cricket authorities relaxed the applicable rules so that each county could hire an overseas player without having to … Read More
The Old Fox
The so-called showpiece one-day Lord’s final – in its current incarnation, The Royal Lindon One -Day Cup – has undoubtedly lost something of its lustre … Read More
Everything is Broken
England have had a challenging – yes, we all know what that means – start to their tour of Australia and New Zealand. Even before … Read More
You Must Remember This
Australia’ s tour of India, commencing this month, promises to be a very intriguing one. India have rediscovered their love of Test cricket, and with … Read More
Hail to the Chief
The election of Donald Trump as the forty – fifth President of the United States has caused, if not global alarm and despondency then at … Read More
Age shall not wither
In the week that Theresa May became the oldest person to enter 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister since James Callaghan in 1976, the remarkable … Read More
In the Genes
Flying from Singapore to London to watch England’s third Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s, I found myself watching an episode of Fawlty Towers. It … Read More
Brian Close – Bloody but Unbowed
Brian Close, who died on 14 September at the age of 84, was one of the most remarkable of English cricketers. He was England’s youngest … Read More
Kept in Reserve
Image: By Aravind Sivaraj (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons New Zealand had an interesting selection quandary in the second Test against … Read More
The Accidental Hero
Misbah ul Haq is surely one of the most remarkable cricketers of the current era. I was going to say ” of his generation” but … Read More
Maestro Or Nearly – Man? The Mahela Conundrum
Mahela Jayawardene will depart from Test cricket after the home series against Pakistan in August with an array of records fit to decorate the most … Read More
In The Frame
Watching Virender Sehwag bat in the Pepsi IPL wearing spectacles made one think of Test cricketers over the years who have been similarly adorned. It … Read More