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Is this the most bowler dominated e...

There is an increasing obsession to convince ourselves that everything we are seeing is the best it ...

An early look at the 2020 T20 World Cup

The Twenty20 World Cup is the highlight of the international cricket calendar this year. Given how important the tournament i...

Team of the decade – one cap wonders

When will the ICC take a firmer stance?

March 8, 2018
The fallout from the first Test in Durban between South Africa and Australia has dominated the headlines for the last few days. Sadly, the confrontation between Quentin de Kock and David Warner has b...

Philander can end Steve Smith’s supremacy

March 2, 2018
As Verbal Kent’s character in the critically acclaimed film The Usual Suspects said, “the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” Steve Smith, Australia’s capt...

How will England fare in this summer?

February 27, 2018
After a fairly disastrous winter Test series down under, the England cricket team is back in a familiar position – rebuilding after an Ashes defeat. The situation is not as bleak as it was in the 199...

Crane can become England’s premier spinner

January 26, 2018
There are few more daunting places to make your debut than the Sydney Cricket Ground during an Ashes series. To say Mason Crane was thrown in at the deep end would be unfair on the 20-year-old Hampsh...

My favourite day at the cricket

January 25, 2018
The promise of an English summer is always one to warm the cockles during a frosty winter. You might be planning to attend to your first ever game or you might be planning to take up your usual seat ...

Short-sighted ECB to blame for England’s woes

January 11, 2018
The fall out and recriminations following England’s surrender of the Ashes to Australia will continue for a while yet. Ashes battles are each nation’s barometer of the health of their domestic game a...