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
Something to Savour for West Indies as Pakistan Crumble
This Pool B match at Christchurch between the World Cup’s two most unpredictable teams was, well, unpredictable. Both sides were coming from defeats of a … Read More
The Accidental Hero
Misbah ul Haq is surely one of the most remarkable cricketers of the current era. I was going to say ” of his generation” but … Read More
Odd Man Out
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