Cricket in the Eighties
About the Game
Remember 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…
Ajit Wadekar (1941-2018)
Some CricketersAjit Wadekar, who has died at the age of 77, was a pugnacious left-handed batsman and fine close fielder, especially…
The Rain it Raineth Every Day
About the GameThe weather is peculiarly important in cricket. Of course, it can be critical to any sort of activity that is…
Kohli’s One Man Show Can’t Prevent England Win
Some Cricket MatchesOf course the problem is that Test cricket is so boring. It is seriously doubtful that even the head of…
First Among Equals – Part 1
Some CricketersThis article first appeared in my book, The Pakistani Masters. It has been updated following Imran's success in the general…
First Among Equals – Part 2
Some CricketersThis article first appeared in my book, The Pakistani Masters. It has been updated following Imran's success in the general…
First Among Equals – Part 3
Some CricketersThis is the third and final part of an article that first appeared in my book, The Pakistani Masters. It has…
Home and Away
Some Cricket MatchesThe first Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa at the Galle International Stadium was an interesting but ultimately disappointing…
The Mark of Greatness
Some CricketersBefore the English summer of 1968 the cricket authorities relaxed the applicable rules so that each county could hire an…
The Old Fox
Some CricketersThe so-called showpiece one-day Lord's final - in its current incarnation, The Royal Lindon One -Day Cup - has undoubtedly…
Oops, Sorry
Some Cricket MatchesEngland managed to redeem themselves and draw the (absurdly short) Test series against Pakistan with an emphatic innings victory in…
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