Be Careful What You Wish For
About the Game
There is almost universal regret that the West Indies captain, Jason Holder, will not be playing in the third Test…
Graham McKenzie: The Overworked Thoroughbred
Some CricketersThe list of Australia's top ten Test wicket-takers reads like a concave of the game's immortals. There are four members…
Mike Brearley – A Degree In People
Some CricketersHow important is captaincy in cricket? is there room in an international eleven for a player who is in the…
2018 – A Year to Savour and to Regret
About the GameIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, let's not exaggerate. But there was some…
Just How Bad Are Sri Lanka?
Sri LankaEngland secured a highly impressive whitewash when they beat Sri Lanka in the third Test at Colombo. It was a…
England complete emphatic win in four days
Sri LankaRangana Herath's much heralded last Test ended with the great man's desperate and unavailing dive for safety as England secured…
Impregnable Jennings puts England in total command
Sri LankaAt the start of day three of the first Test between Sri Lanka and England at Galle, England's objective seemed…
England spinners turn the heat on Sri Lanka
Sri LankaIn a disciplined display in gruelling conditions, England turned a position of advantage at the end of the first day…
Foakes shows his class as England recover from customary shaky start
Sri LankaIn some ways the most surprising thing about the first day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and England…
Opportunity Knocks in a Series Where Little is Certain
Sri LankaThere is a fascinating series in prospect between Sri Lanka and England, which starts in Galle on Tuesday. Both sides…
Cricket in the Eighties
About the GameRemember the 1980s? Reagan, Thatcher and Gorbachev, the Berlin Wall, the Falklands, the Pope and his Popemobile, the assassinations of…
Cook Calls Last Orders on Distinguished Career
Some CricketersAlastair Cook's imminent retirement from Test cricket - at the end of England's home series against India, and this is…
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