The End of an Era
Some Cricket Matches
English cricket recently lost one of its great performers in the left-arm spinner Derek Underwood. No England spinner took more…
Bazball Hits the Buffers
EnglandIndia’s four-One victory over England can hardly be described as a shock, still less a surprise. Before going any further,…
Joy Unconfined: Test Cricket at its Best
About the GameAt close of play on an action-packed first day of the first Test at Hyderabad, India were 119 for one…
A Review of Men’s International Cricket in 2023
About the GameThis article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. You can download a PDF version here. Men’s international cricket had plenty…
Tales of the Unexpected
Cricket World CupIs COVID the explanation for everything that has happened since? Time is a curious and mysterious concept and the pandemic…
There’s a Hole in my Bucket: Equipment Malfunction and the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
About the GameThe game between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Delhi, the 38th game of the tournament, was not without interest to…
Kuldeep Yadav: “A Genuine Leg-Spinner”
Some CricketersThe Men’s Cricket World Cup has been great fun to watch. I say this despite having made some public predictions…
Bishan Singh Bedi
Some CricketersOf the Indians who have played county cricket since the easing of the qualification rules in 1968, only Farokh Engineer…
Crisis? What crisis?
Cricket World Cup“ Litotes?”, a friend said in response to my WhatsApp message that my prediction regarding the Men’s Cricket World Cup…
How are the mighty fallen?
About the Game[External link] Empires come and go. Sporting ascendancy is equally, and inevitably, ephemeral. Few sporting giants, however, can have been…
Ashes 2023 Autopsy
The AshesThe 2023 Ashes was an outstanding series, providing the sort of ever-changing narrative that limited-overs cricket simply cannot deliver. Four…
Spirit of the Age
About the GameJonny Bairstow faced up to the final ball of Cameron Green’s eighth over. It was predictably short and Bairstow ducked…
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