Time to stand up and be counted
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka tend not to travel well. That is a generalisation of course, and like most generalisations, is a little…
It Could Have Been Worse
Some Cricket Matches"Cook Batting,2013" CC BY-SA 2.0, Image credit to Nic Redhead from Birmingham, UK The subcontinent is always a challenge for touring…
The Not So Nervous Nineties
BattingWhen play ended on the first day of the first Test between India and England at Rajkot, the England left…
Age shall not wither
Some CricketersIn the week that Theresa May became the oldest person to enter 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister since James…
In the Genes
Some CricketersFlying from Singapore to London to watch England's third Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's, I found myself watching an…
Left Arm Over and Out
BowlingWhere have all the slow left armers gone? It is a question especially pertinent to English cricket. England almost always…
Cricket at the Crossroads
About the GameThe recently concluded World T20 was a fantastic celebration of cricket. It displayed the shortest form of the game at…
Watching Cricket in Sri Lanka
Sri LankaCricket is the second most popular sport in the world, and nowhere is this more evident than in South Asia.…
Things Have Changed
About the GameImage: "The famous duck: Bradman bowled by Bowes at the MCG, in front of a world record crowd assembled to…
Double Trouble
BattingWhen Ben Stokes made 258 against South Africa at Cape Town in January 2016 he became the second Englishman in…
Carry On Batting
BattingThe Boxing Day Test between South Africa and England at Durban saw the fiftieth instance in Test cricket of a…
The Strange Power of the Follow-On
Some Cricket MatchesNobody could have been surprised by the result of the First Test between Australia and the West Indies at Hobart.…
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