Boxing Day Blues
The Ashes
Image: Mitchell Johnson bowling a bouncer to Graeme Swann at the WACA during the 2013-14 Ashes in Australia. By Dan…
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Books and MoviesImage: By ABC TV (ebay) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Peter O’Toole died on 14 December. At his best he…
Perils of Reading Wisden
Books and MoviesThe other day I was leafing, as one does, through the pages of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 2012 when I…
The Great Game
Some CricketersImage: Salim Durani, by Vasim Maner/ Impact Index One of the most intriguing aspects of the next fifty-over World Cup,…
Six Degrees Of Separation
Hail and FarewellThe end of the 2013 English county season had an even more poignantly fin de siècle feel than usual for…
Start Me Up
Hail and FarewellIt was impossible not to feel sorry for Simon Kerrigan, the Lancashire slow left arm bowler, as he made his…
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Hail and FarewellMuralitharan receiving a guard of honour after passing Walsh's record, Harare 2004. Image by Ajithjay licensed under the Creative Commons…
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Eleven
BattingTwo events in the last few weeks, the heroics of Ashton Agar at the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge,…
What’s in a Name
Some CricketersThe Reverend Sydney Smith – the ‘Smith of Smiths’ – said that his idea of Heaven was to be eating…
The Honourable Draw
Some Cricket MatchesSomething happened twice in 2012-13 which had only happened once before in the history of Test cricket. A side batting…
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