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IPL 2019 preview and predictions

It’s back – the glitziest, most glamorous, most over hyped T20 tournament on the planet is back! The...

South Africa shoot themselves in the foot

South Africa suffered their first ever home Test series defeat to Sri Lanka this week. It was their first home series defeat ...

With the World Cup coming sharply into view, time is all but up for teams to make serious adjustments to their plans. We’re i... Do India have the batting power for the World Cup?

Alastair Cook: hero and villain

September 12, 2018
You would struggle to believe it given all the hoopla around Alastair Cook’s recent retirement from international cricket, but he wasn’t a universally popular figure. Of course, he was widely respect...

What is England’s plan for the Test XI?

September 4, 2018
England have managed to secure another home series win, but is the defeat of India enough to suggest that the future of this side is a bright one? Batting collapses remain a consistent theme and the ...

England’s Buttler problem

August 16, 2018
There will always be a clamour for Jos Buttler to be inserted into England’s Test XI. He’s an outrageously talented and expansive batsmen whose exploits in the white ball formats make him irresistibl...

Life as a village cricketer

July 26, 2018
It’s been a while. A combination of the World Cup, parenting and some commentating stints for Guerilla Cricket have kept me out of my whites. As I last wrote; “Still, there is plenty of time left and...

What if Dale Steyn had remained fit?

July 20, 2018
This week Dale Steyn will become South Africa’s leading Test match wicket taker when he overhauls Shaun Pollock’s record (with whom he is currently level at the time of writing) of 421 wickets. It is...

Virat Kohli’s final frontier

July 17, 2018
The great batsmen dominate everywhere. They pile on the runs at home and they lead the assault away, too. There’s no doubting Virat Kohli’s standing as a modern great, indeed he’s probably the best O...