Image: England batsman Kevin Pietersen plays at shot on the morning of the 3rd day of the 1st Test of the 2013 England v Australia … Read More
Broken Record
Statue of Truemen. Image by Immanuel Giel licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported “He is the best bowler England have ever produced”. Alistair … Read More
The Style is the Man
Fawad Alam batting for Pakistan during a 50-over warm-up match against Somerset at the County Ground, Taunton. Image by Harrias – Own work licensed under … Read More
Maestro Or Nearly – Man? The Mahela Conundrum
Mahela Jayawardene will depart from Test cricket after the home series against Pakistan in August with an array of records fit to decorate the most … Read More
Strength in Depth Gives South Africa the Edge
On an attritional day of old- fashioned Test cricket South Africa put themselves in a position from which it is almost inconceivable that they could … Read More
Sri Lanka’s Day Despite Elgar Classic
South Africa’s new Test captain, Hashim Amla has got the most important thing right on the first day of the first Test at the Galle … Read More
Welcome To Galle
The first between Sri Lanka and South Africa, which starts on Wednesday at the Galle International Stadium will be the twenty third Test to have … Read More
In The Frame
Watching Virender Sehwag bat in the Pepsi IPL wearing spectacles made one think of Test cricketers over the years who have been similarly adorned. It … Read More
Thirty Years On
After a five-nil drubbing at the hands of the best team in the world, England and its beleagured left handed batting captain might be hoping … Read More
Who’s in Charge
Image: Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga tosses a cricket ball during a practice session on October 2010 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. By paddynapper (LASITH MALINGA Uploaded by Chamal_N) … Read More
Down and Out
“Form is temporary, class is permanent” is an addled old cliche, but like many an addled old cliche, it has the tiresome attribute of being … Read More
Sixes and Sevens
There were all sorts of good things about the drawn second Test between New Zealand and India at Wellington’s Basin Reserve. Many cricket lovers around … Read More