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
2018 – A Year to Savour and to Regret
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, let’s not exaggerate. But there was some genuinely enthralling and entertaining Test … Read More
Just How Bad Are Sri Lanka?
England secured a highly impressive whitewash when they beat Sri Lanka in the third Test at Colombo. It was a remarkable achievement in many ways. … Read More
England complete emphatic win in four days
Rangana Herath’s much heralded last Test ended with the great man’s desperate and unavailing dive for safety as England secured victory by a massive margin … Read More
Impregnable Jennings puts England in total command
At the start of day three of the first Test between Sri Lanka and England at Galle, England’s objective seemed very clear. Already enjoying a … Read More
England spinners turn the heat on Sri Lanka
In a disciplined display in gruelling conditions, England turned a position of advantage at the end of the first day to one of complete dominance … Read More
Foakes shows his class as England recover from customary shaky start
In some ways the most surprising thing about the first day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and England at Galle was that there … Read More
Opportunity Knocks in a Series Where Little is Certain
There is a fascinating series in prospect between Sri Lanka and England, which starts in Galle on Tuesday. Both sides are in a state of … Read More
Cricket in the Eighties
Remember the 1980s? Reagan, Thatcher and Gorbachev, the Berlin Wall, the Falklands, the Pope and his Popemobile, the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and John Lennon, … Read More
Cook Calls Last Orders on Distinguished Career
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 (1941-2018)
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
The Rain it Raineth Every Day
The weather is peculiarly important in cricket. Of course, it can be critical to any sort of activity that is taking place outdoors. “If wet, … Read More