Brian Close, who died on 14 September at the age of 84, was one of the most remarkable of English cricketers. He was England’s youngest … Read More
Farewell My Lovely
So there it is. Eighteen days of hectic, sometimes bizarre cricket and the 2015 Investec Ashes is all over. There is plenty for England to … Read More
Margin Call
Can a cricket team” bounce back” from a defeat by a margin of 405 runs? This is the task facing England as they prepare for … Read More
A Giant Departs
CC BY-SA 4.0 : Image: Kumar Sangakkara batting in his final ODI in Sri Lanka.JPG Where does Kumar Sangakkara stand in the pantheon … Read More
Kept in Reserve
Image: By Aravind Sivaraj (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons New Zealand had an interesting selection quandary in the second Test against … Read More
All Square
England v New Zealand in a Test match at Lord’s, May 2004. Image by Peter Meade licensed under CC BY 2.0 As the rain poured down on … Read More
A Test of Character
If there is a better Test match this Ashes summer than the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s then cricket supporters are … Read More
England Their England (And Wales)
Could things get any worse? Could the level of performance sink even lower? Well , it seems the answer is an unhesitating Yes! I am … Read More
Bigger Than The Game…?
Image: The South Australian skies turned a magical red on the day that India and Pakistan opened their account at the 2015 Cricket World Cup … Read More
Raina Rains On Taylor’s Final Parade
The target for India was 288. The score, as Sikander Raza prepared to bowl the last ball of the 35th over , was 158 for … Read More
A Day For Heroes
“MITCHELL STARC” by NAPARAZZI under CC BY-SA 2.0 It’s been an entertaining World Cup but if it had lacked anything before this weekend it had … Read More
Be Prepared
Batting is a very technical thing, far more technically demanding than most sporting endeavors. It is physically demanding and the mental element is also very … Read More