Age shall not wither
Some Cricketers
In the week that Theresa May became the oldest person to enter 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister since James…
In the Genes
Some CricketersFlying from Singapore to London to watch England's third Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's, I found myself watching an…
Brian Close – Bloody but Unbowed
Some CricketersBrian Close, who died on 14 September at the age of 84, was one of the most remarkable of English…
Kept in Reserve
Some CricketersImage: 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…
The Accidental Hero
Some CricketersMisbah ul Haq is surely one of the most remarkable cricketers of the current era. I was going to say…
Maestro Or Nearly – Man? The Mahela Conundrum
Some CricketersMahela Jayawardene will depart from Test cricket after the home series against Pakistan in August with an array of records…
In The Frame
Some CricketersWatching Virender Sehwag bat in the Pepsi IPL wearing spectacles made one think of Test cricketers over the years who…
Who’s in Charge
Some CricketersImage: Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga tosses a cricket ball during a practice session on October 2010 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. By paddynapper…
The Great Game
Some CricketersImage: Salim Durani, by Vasim Maner/ Impact Index One of the most intriguing aspects of the next fifty-over World Cup,…
What’s in a Name
Some CricketersThe Reverend Sydney Smith – the ‘Smith of Smiths’ – said that his idea of Heaven was to be eating…
