“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
The Sri Lankan Masters
English county cricket owes a huge debt to its overseas players. Particularly since the qualification rules were liberalised in 1968, county supporters have been able … Read More
No Light At The End Of The Tunnel
David Gower, Ian Botham, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. What do they have in common? … Read More
Boxing Day Blues
Image: Mitchell Johnson bowling a bouncer to Graeme Swann at the WACA during the 2013-14 Ashes in Australia. By Dan Heap (Mitchell Johnson – bouncer) … Read More
Camera…lights…play
Image: By ABC TV (ebay) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Peter O’Toole died on 14 December. At his best he was a major performer on … Read More
Perils of Reading Wisden
The other day I was leafing, as one does, through the pages of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack for 2012 when I came across an article that … Read More
The Great Game
Image: Salim Durani, by Vasim Maner/ Impact Index One of the most intriguing aspects of the next fifty-over World Cup, to be staged in Australia … Read More
Six Degrees Of Separation
The end of the 2013 English county season had an even more poignantly fin de siècle feel than usual for supporters whose memories went back … Read More
Start Me Up
It was impossible not to feel sorry for Simon Kerrigan, the Lancashire slow left arm bowler, as he made his troubled, not to say calamitous, … Read More
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Muralitharan receiving a guard of honour after passing Walsh’s record, Harare 2004. Image by Ajithjay licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. First, … Read More