All Square: The Ashes Classics of 1972 and 2019
The Ashes
England and Australia achieved something very rare at The Kia Oval on Sunday. An Ashes series was drawn two-all for…
Joy for Paine as Root Licks His Wounds
The AshesThis has been the best Ashes series for some time, probably since 2009. In 2015 England won 3-2, which makes…
Abdul Qadir
Some CricketersThe great Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir died last week. This article about him first appeared in my book, The Pakistani…
The Legend of Headingley – 2019
The AshesIt’s not supposed to happen. You don’t win Test matches after being bowled out for 67, at least not in…
The Apotheosis of Steven Smith
Some CricketersWhatever happens in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston - England are slightly ahead on points, as it were, as…
Time Machine Cricket
Some Cricket MatchesCome on everyone! It’s England v Ireland at Lord’s! And we’re going back to the nineteenth century!It really did seem…
Someone Had To Lose
Cricket World CupThat’s the rule. Even England, the side all neutrals wanted to lose (after the elimination of India) can’t be blamed…
Roundheads and Cavaliers
Cricket World CupThe two semi-finals of the 2019 men’s Cricket World Cup could hardly have been more different from one another. Yet…
Six Down, Three to Go
Cricket World CupThe so-called group stage of the 2019 men’s Cricket World Cup has been an unqualified success. Group stage seems odd…
Malinga Rolls Back the Years as Sri Lanka Inflict Shock Win on England at Headingley
Cricket World CupMany spectators in a capacity crowd at Headingley must have been disappointed by the result of the toss; Sri Lanka…
Williamson Seals Proteas’ Fate in Thriller at Edgbaston
Cricket World CupThe 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup finally got what it needed, a genuinely exciting match which went down to the…
Aussie Muscle Too Much for Flimsy Sri Lanka
Cricket World CupFor a while, on a cool, overcast but, mercifully, largely dry day, before a near capacity crowd at the Kia…
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