• Everything is Broken

    Some Cricketers

    England have had a challenging - yes, we all know what that means - start to their tour of Australia…

    Glenn McGrath close up
  • Building a Cricket Library

    Books and Movies

    Is cricket the most literary of games? There is obviously no real answer to this question. For all I know…

  • How to Win in the UAE

    Some Cricket Matches

    The simple answer is one that was only ever available to one team and is no longer available to them:…

    Misbah-ul-Haq looking nonchalant
  • How to Win in Australia

    Some Cricket Matches

    It’s not easy. Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Frank Tyson, Jim Laker and Tony Lock. Not a bad attack, most people…

  • A Tale of Two Tests

    Some Cricket Matches

    This is the title of the first cricket book I ever read. It is an account by Richie Benaud of…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • Why We Watch Cricket

    About the Game

    When play started on the fourth day of the second Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston in 2005, the…

  • Special Delivery

    Bowling

    Moeen Ali sealed England's emphatic victory over South Africa in the third Test with Test cricket 's forty-third hat trick.…

  • A Century at the Oval

    Some Cricket Matches

    The third Test between England and South Africa is the hundredth Test to be played at The Oval. The old…

  • Tested and Found Wanting

    Some Cricket Matches

    Do modern-day batsmen  deserve Test cricket? The question is worth asking after recent events. Test Cricket is the most demanding…

  • Spin, Bounce and the Old Swingometer

    About the Game

    Theresa May has called a general election which is going to be held on 8 June. It is relatively unusual…

  • The Watershed

    Some Cricket Matches

    I was watching the Delhi Daredevils play the Kolkata Knight Riders on television the other day. It turned out to…