Fever Pitch
About the Game
My wife, Anita, has a theory about life during the wretched pandemic, which has now been with us for roughly…
Three of a Kind
Some CricketersJoe Root did something very special at the first Test between India and England at Chennai. He scored a century…
Two’s Company
BowlingIt is a truism that cricket is all about partnerships. The record books are full of statistics about batting partnerships.…
Miracle on Vulture Street
Some Cricket MatchesEven the game’s administrators might at last begin to realise what every genuine cricket person has always known: that there…
Courage Under Fire: John Edrich
Some CricketersCricket people love debating whether a particular player is great or simply very good. “Great” tends to be over-used but…
House of Cards
Some Cricket MatchesThere could hardly have been a more appropriate way of bringing the weird and often wonderful international cricket calendar year…
The Sly Old Fox: Clarrie Grimmett
Some CricketersI made (at least) two misstatements in my piece on John Reid. The first was that New Zealand’s Tests against…
The Strong Man
Hail and FarewellJohn Reid, the former New Zealand captain, who died last week at the age of 92, was one of the…
A Gong for The Dazzler
Some CricketersWhatever one’s views on Britain’s honours system, nobody is going to begrudge the award of an MBE to the former…
A Victorian Legend: Dean Jones, 1961-2020
Some CricketersThe cricket world was shocked to learn of the sudden death of the former Australian batsman Dean Jones at the…
One-County Man
Some CricketersThe former England batsman Ian Bell has announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the end of this slightly unreal…
Why Manchester Mattered
EnglandWhat should we make of the first (unsponsored) Test between England and Pakistan at Old Trafford? Of course the first…
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