Cheteshwar Pujara talks about making it back into the IPL after six years awayInterview by Nagraj Gollapudi04-Apr-2021Cheteshwar Pujara was player No. 72 in the last IPL auction. All the other batsmen in his set, the…
Despite the hype, spin-dominant one-day games are not new to English cricketPaul Edwards25-Jul-2021In "Bartlet for America", an episode in the third series of , there is a flashback to the time when the future President…
Warwickshire debutant's 3 for 29 offers reassurance amid autumnal gloomPaul Edwards28-Sep-202112-6 looks more like an old-style price tag than a cricket score. Change the dash for a forward slash and knock off two bob and…
After the hype and anxiety, the Oval's curtain-raiser lives up to its billingValkerie Baynes21-Jul-2021Waiting at the station in deepest, greenest Surrey for a train to The Kia Oval, a young woman walked onto the platform…
Mark Wood and Sam Billings stood out but tourists continue to be weighed down by their baggageAndrew Miller15-Jan-2022If Chris Silverwood hadn't played his cliché at precisely the wrong moment, in the wake of England's pitiful…
Australia may be beginning a new Gabba chapter, but as far as the Ashes is concerned, it's already business as usualAndrew Miller08-Dec-2021"Is it cowardly to pray for rain?" Self-evidently not, because otherwise the would not…
Pakistan haven't unearthed a world-class opener since Saeed Anwar, but their quest may yet have a happy endingDanyal Rasool19-Mar-2022Like the first sentence of a Tolstoy novel, Pakistan's opening Test batters have, for too long, only…
And how many players have been out for 99 on Test debut?Steven Lynch22-Feb-2022Alana King of Australia won her first caps in Tests, ODIs and T20s in the space of a fortnight. Was she the quickest…
Hasan Ali endured a difficult game against Warwickshire, while Mohammad Rizwan missed out on a flat pitch in HoveDanyal Rasool09-May-2022Division OneMohammad AbbasMohammad Abbas looks like he was born to play the County Championship, and this…
All the stats and records from the high-scoring opening T20I between India and South AfricaSampath Bandarupalli10-Jun-202212 Consecutive wins for India in T20Is before the seven-wicket defeat against South Africa. It is the joint-longest winning streak…