Ricky Ponting and The Meaning Of Life
Some Cricketers
Ricky Ponting, the former Australian captain, made an intriguing comment on Mark Howard’s podcast The Howie Games. Ponting is the…
A Brief Review of Men’s Test Cricket In 2024: A Year to Remember
About the GameThere has been some exceptional Test cricket in the three years since the pandemic, in no small measure thanks to…
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy: The Real World Test Championship
About the GameWhoever qualifies for the World Test Championship final to face South Africa at Lord’s in June – mathematically, it could…
(Sub) Continental Shift
About the GameOctober saw two truly remarkable Test series. England "toured" [can we still use that word? I think not, but never…
Joe Root: England’s Greatest Batter?
Some Cricketers2024 has turned out to be yet another year of high achievement for England’s favourite batter, Joe Root. He is…
Respect
EnglandAn autumnal Oval saw an unexpected conclusion to England’s summer of Test cricket, with Sri Lanka handing out a thrashing…
Root Scales New Heights In Regulation England Victory
England[External link] England’s victory over a gallant but fundamentally inferior Sri Lanka – their fifth victory of the summer –…
James Anderson: Simply One of the Best
Some CricketersThis article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. A truly remarkable Test career ended on 12 July, the third and…
All About Gus
EnglandIn the Hollywood classic, All About Eve, a mature Broadway star, played by Bette Davis, finds her career and life…
Raman Subba Row and Derek Underwood – Two Great Servants of English Cricket
Some CricketersThis article was originally published in Scoreline magazine. English cricket lost two great servants in April with the passing of…
The End of an Era
Some Cricket MatchesEnglish cricket recently lost one of its great performers in the left-arm spinner Derek Underwood. No England spinner took more…
Bazball Hits the Buffers
EnglandIndia’s four-One victory over England can hardly be described as a shock, still less a surprise. Before going any further,…
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