Just the Man for a Crisis
About the Game
If, nine months ago, a random group of informed Cricket followers had been asked to state who would be keeping…
Dirty Work
About the GameBall-tampering is one of cricket's great taboos, up there with throwing and match-fixing. Any doubt one might have had about…
The Beginning of the End?
About the GameIn the space of a few days in February two players on the fringes of the England Test squad, Yorkshire's…
Country Cousins
Some Cricket MatchesEngland's mildly catastrophic Ashes series is to be followed by a two-match Test series in New Zealand. On the face…
My Country Right or Left
Batting, BowlingRangana Herath did something remarkable in Sri Lanka's comfortable win over Bangladesh in the second Test at Mirpur. In taking…
Another Ashes Mismatch
The AshesIt was yet another deeply disappointing Ashes series. It wasn't just Australia's crushing margin of victory. The fact is that…
More Pain for Sri Lanka as India Inflict Whitewash
Sri LankaThe troubles that have afflicted Sri Lankan cricket ever since their home triumph against Australia in 2016 continued in the…
The Ball of the Century
BowlingOn BBC's Test Match Special Michael Vaughan and Graeme Swann separately described the delivery from Mitchell Starc that dismissed James…
King of the Jungle
BowlingAustralia don’t normally “do” finger spin. For them it has traditionally been the wrist spinner who has held sway among…
Five Men and a Test Match
The AshesThe Brisbane Cricket Ground (the GABBA) All England supporters fear the worst before a Test match in Brisbane. There is…
Everything is Broken
Some CricketersEngland have had a challenging - yes, we all know what that means - start to their tour of Australia…
Building a Cricket Library
Books and MoviesIs cricket the most literary of games? There is obviously no real answer to this question. For all I know…
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