• The Ball of the Century

    Bowling

    On BBC's Test Match Special Michael Vaughan and Graeme Swann separately described the delivery from Mitchell Starc that dismissed James…

    Panoramic view of Shane Warne bowling in Sydney
  • King of the Jungle

    Bowling

    Australia don’t normally “do” finger spin. For them it has traditionally been the wrist spinner who has held sway among…

    Close up of Nathan Lyon
  • Five Men and a Test Match

    The Ashes

    The Brisbane Cricket Ground (the GABBA) All England supporters fear the worst before a Test match in Brisbane. There is…

  • How to Win in Australia

    Some Cricket Matches

    It’s not easy. Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Frank Tyson, Jim Laker and Tony Lock. Not a bad attack, most people…

  • A Tale of Two Tests

    Some Cricket Matches

    This is the title of the first cricket book I ever read. It is an account by Richie Benaud of…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • Why We Watch Cricket

    About the Game

    When play started on the fourth day of the second Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston in 2005, the…

  • Special Delivery

    Bowling

    Moeen Ali sealed England's emphatic victory over South Africa in the third Test with Test cricket 's forty-third hat trick.…

  • A Century at the Oval

    Some Cricket Matches

    The third Test between England and South Africa is the hundredth Test to be played at The Oval. The old…

  • Tested and Found Wanting

    Some Cricket Matches

    Do modern-day batsmen  deserve Test cricket? The question is worth asking after recent events. Test Cricket is the most demanding…

  • Spin, Bounce and the Old Swingometer

    About the Game

    Theresa May has called a general election which is going to be held on 8 June. It is relatively unusual…