• Lord’s or The Oval: Must One Choose ?

    About the Game

    One is north of the river, the other south. For some, that is all that needs to be said. London,…

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  • Joe Root Reaches for the Stars

    Some Cricketers

    They were the Fab Four – Steve Smith, Joe Root, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson. Incontrovertibly the outstanding batters of…

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  • Bazball Bonanza

    England

    “ Well, it was pretty fun doing it”. This was Joe Root’s on-the-spot description of England’s remarkable pursuit of a…

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  • Red Ball Re-Set

    England

    We knew things couldn’t get any worse. And most people thought it would take a while before they got better.…

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  • Brave New World

    England

    England cricket supporters are well used to looking forward to the dawn of a new era. The last seismic change…

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  • The Greatest of Our Time

    Some Cricketers

    In a world where all news is bad it still came as a terrible almost bruising shock. For cricket, it…

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  • A Tale of Three Tests

    Some Cricket Matches, The Ashes

    Three Tests were played in the opening week of 2022, in Mount Maunganui, Sydney and Johannesburg. Each of them was…

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  • Same Old Story

    The Ashes

    “…Anderson and Broad declined to pitch the ball up.” This is from Lawrence Booth’s match report of the second Test…

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