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…
Drama at the ‘G: Boland’s Triumph Transcends England’s Pitiful Defeat
The AshesThe Boxing Day Test saw Test cricket at its best. No, really. And I am not echoing Chris Silverwood’s inevitable…
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…
The Honourable Member: Tim Paine, and a Story for Our Times
About the GameWith English cricket still reeling from the shame and embarrassment of the Azeem Rafiq saga, and with actual cricket not…
Today Yorkshire: Tomorrow…?
About the GameIn all of English cricket’s long history, there have been few more chilling, more harrowing, days than 16 November 2021.…
The Fight for The Ashes 2021-22
The AshesHad this preview been written earlier, it would have been very different. The sudden and unexpected announcement that the England…
Take Your Pick
England, The Ashes“It is not the strongest squad England have taken to Australia – nor is it the weakest.” This was Mike…
Pragmatism or Betrayal? The West and Pakistan
About the GameIt is impossible for a genuine cricket follower to feel anything other than sadness and dismay at the sudden cancellation…
England: The New Pakistan
EnglandIn the bad old days overseas teams especially from the so-called new Commonwealth – not Australia, South Africa and New…
A Turning Point
About the GameIt looks as though The Hundred might actually work. I haven’t actually watched any of it myself, for the various…
Watching Paint Dry
About the GameIs cricket too boring? It may seem a strange question to ask but it isn’t really. Writing this on the…
On Top of the World
Some Cricket MatchesThere cannot be many genuine cricket followers, even in the subcontinent, who weren’t, if only subconsciously , happy at the…
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