Dean Park, Bournemouth, 3 May 1970
Some Cricket Matches
Wisden arrived this week. Of course one always has to wait a little while for it in Singapore, but wherever…
Vinoo Mankad
Some CricketersThis is a chapter from The Indian Masters, published originally in 2015 The 2004 edition of Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack has…
And Then There Were Twelve
Some CricketersMy most recent post, on the little masters Tendulkar and Gavaskar, and the not so little Kohli, generated such a…
Little and Large
Some CricketersI write this on Sachin Tendulkar’s 47th birthday. He made his Test debut, against Pakistan in Karachi, a month before the…
Who is the Fairest of Them All?
Some CricketersI remember listening to an interview with a batsman – a right-handed batsman, I just can’t remember who it was…
April is the Cruellest Month
About the GameWhatever your interpretation of T S Elliot's famous line, April is a month I normally look forward to. The 2020…
Time for a Break
Some Cricket MatchesI saw an intriguing picture the other day while leafing through a book called Cricket – The Golden Age by Duncan Steer.…
Catch Me if You Can
About the GameRecords are made to be broken. That is certainly true of sport. In some ways it is almost the point…
Clash of the Titans
Some CricketersWho was the greater bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan or Shane Warne? Such questions are almost impossible to answer. This is obviously…
Going Viral
England, Sri LankaOn Friday 14 March 2020 COVID-19 made its first impact on international cricket, and we had our first, decidedly untantalising…
Series Triumph Hints at New Dawn for Root’s England
EnglandRarely can an England Test side have enjoyed such dominance in an away Test series against major opposition as they…
Mismatch at Mount Maunganui
England, Some Cricket MatchesShould we be surprised that New Zealand are ranked number two in the ICC’s Men’s Test rankings? Hardly. They have…
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