Down and Out
Hail and Farewell
“Form is temporary, class is permanent” is an addled old cliche, but like many an addled old cliche, it has…
Sixes and Sevens
BattingThere were all sorts of good things about the drawn second Test between New Zealand and India at Wellington's Basin…
The Sri Lankan Masters
Sri LankaEnglish county cricket owes a huge debt to its overseas players. Particularly since the qualification rules were liberalised in 1968,…
No Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Some Cricket MatchesDavid Gower, Ian Botham, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. What…
Boxing Day Blues
The AshesImage: Mitchell Johnson bowling a bouncer to Graeme Swann at the WACA during the 2013-14 Ashes in Australia. By Dan…
Camera…lights…play
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…
Eleven
BattingTwo events in the last few weeks, the heroics of Ashton Agar at the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge,…
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