The end of the 2013 English county season had an even more poignantly fin de siècle feel than usual for supporters whose memories went back … Read More
Start Me Up
It was impossible not to feel sorry for Simon Kerrigan, the Lancashire slow left arm bowler, as he made his troubled, not to say calamitous, … Read More
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Muralitharan receiving a guard of honour after passing Walsh’s record, Harare 2004. Image by Ajithjay licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. First, … Read More
What’s in a Name
The Reverend Sydney Smith – the ‘Smith of Smiths’ – said that his idea of Heaven was to be eating foie gras to the sound … Read More
The Honourable Draw
Something happened twice in 2012-13 which had only happened once before in the history of Test cricket. A side batting last and going into the … Read More