Test cricket has had a fabulous year, and despite its flaws, cricket is growing, but the calendar is a cause for concern ...
Close of play: Day 1: Lord Tennyson's XI 355/8 (GD Kemp-Welch 172*, GTS Stevens 4*) Day 2: Lord Tennyson's XI 402, Jamaica 228 Day 3: Lord Tennyson's XI 188, Jamaica 92/1 (GA Headley 26*, RK Nunes 29* ...
Shardul Thakur, Cheteshwar Pujara, Vikram Rathour and others talk about the Brisbane classic, one of the all-time great Tests India's win in the 2021 Gabba Test against Australia, played in the middle ...
A street in Calcutta. (Though it could be any city in the region.) Late 1980s. Babu has the bat. Raju has the ball. A run-up of about 12 steps - everyone bowled a shade of fast, like they did ...
How amateur gusto, cutting-edge coaching and a mixtape came together in a breakout women's tournament 24 years ago Three years ago I went to Eastbourne to interview an old white-haired lady who ...
Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales 154/5 (Allen 6*, Hiddleston 0*) Day 2: New South Wales 184, A Shaw's XI 110, New South Wales 27/3 (Evans 3*) New South Wales 1st innings *HH Massie c Scotton b ...
Rather than go for the greatest delivery, I am going for the one that made the most impact on a young fan. These things are entirely subjective, though Shane Warne had a good crack at contradicting ...
Imagine a park without a single blade of grass, with no greenery save a few trees and shrubs of acacia. Garbage is strewn around liberally and donkeys occasionally bray from one corner. In another ...
From the north-east of Australia down to the south of India, from the '60s to the '90s, our jurors pick their favourites Queensland Bulls 1994-95 - 2001-02: five Sheffield Shield and Pura Cup ...
There is a photo in the Buttler family scrapbook from 1999. The World Cup trophy - which no England cricketer has held aloft in celebration - is centre stage. To the left of it is Jos, aged eight, in ...
Talent spotter, brand manager, publicist, PA, troubleshooter, friend, guide - it's all in a day's work for the player agent Reg Hayter was a one-off. A long-time cricket correspondent for Pardons ...