• Mismatch at Mount Maunganui

    England, Some Cricket Matches

    Should 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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  • Joy for Paine as Root Licks His Wounds

    The Ashes

    This has been the best Ashes series for some time, probably since 2009. In 2015 England won 3-2, which makes…

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  • Abdul Qadir

    Some Cricketers

    The great Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir died last week. This article about him first appeared in my book, The Pakistani…

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  • The Legend of Headingley – 2019

    The Ashes

    It’s not supposed to happen. You don’t win Test matches after being bowled out for 67, at least not in…

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  • The Apotheosis of Steven Smith

    Some Cricketers

    Whatever happens in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston - England are slightly ahead on points, as it were, as…

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  • Time Machine Cricket

    Some Cricket Matches

    Come on everyone! It’s England v Ireland at Lord’s! And we’re going back to the nineteenth century!It really did seem…

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  • Someone Had To Lose

    Cricket World Cup

    That’s the rule. Even England, the side all neutrals wanted to lose (after the elimination of India) can’t be blamed…

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  • Roundheads and Cavaliers

    Cricket World Cup

    The two semi-finals of the 2019 men’s Cricket World Cup could hardly have been more different from one another. Yet…

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  • Six Down, Three to Go

    Cricket World Cup

    The so-called group stage of the 2019 men’s Cricket World Cup has been an unqualified success. Group stage seems odd…

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