• Joy Unconfined: Test Cricket at its Best

    About the Game

    At 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 Game

    This 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 Cup

    Is COVID the explanation for everything that has happened since? Time is a curious and mysterious concept and the pandemic…

  • Kuldeep Yadav: “A Genuine Leg-Spinner”

    Some Cricketers

    The Men’s Cricket World Cup has been great fun to watch. I say this despite having made some public predictions…

  • Bishan Singh Bedi

    Some Cricketers

    Of 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 Ashes

    The 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 Game

    Jonny Bairstow faced up to the final ball of Cameron Green’s eighth over. It was predictably short and Bairstow ducked…

  • Captains Fantastic – Part Two

    The Ashes

    The second Ashes Test, at Lord’s, was in many ways as remarkable as the first. England made the running for…

  • Captains Fantastic

    The Ashes

    The 2023 Ashes got off to a terrific start at Edgbaston. It grabbed attention from the first ball, sent flashing…

    Panoramic shot as Root bowls to Carey with Australia at 209-7