More Pain for Sri Lanka as India Inflict Whitewash
Sri Lanka
The troubles that have afflicted Sri Lankan cricket ever since their home triumph against Australia in 2016 continued in the…
The Ball of the Century
BowlingOn BBC's Test Match Special Michael Vaughan and Graeme Swann separately described the delivery from Mitchell Starc that dismissed James…
King of the Jungle
BowlingAustralia don’t normally “do” finger spin. For them it has traditionally been the wrist spinner who has held sway among…
Five Men and a Test Match
The AshesThe 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 MatchesIt’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 MatchesThis is the title of the first cricket book I ever read. It is an account by Richie Benaud of…
Why We Watch Cricket
About the GameWhen play started on the fourth day of the second Test between England and Australia at Edgbaston in 2005, the…
Special Delivery
BowlingMoeen 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 MatchesThe third Test between England and South Africa is the hundredth Test to be played at The Oval. The old…
Ford Departs as Sri Lanka Show Mixed Form in Champions’ Trophy
Sri LankaThe 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was a very enjoyable tournament. It was very compact - the whole thing was done…
Tested and Found Wanting
Some Cricket MatchesDo 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 GameTheresa May has called a general election which is going to be held on 8 June. It is relatively unusual…
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