Sri Lanka were struggling on a long southern-hemisphere tour, losing Test series 0-1 in New Zealand and 0-2 in Australia. The selectors decided to jettison Dinesh Chandimal as captain and install ...
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 ...
There was a time when fielders being acrobatic on the boundary to save runs or dismiss batters wasn't the norm In cricket's long history, what is now commonplace was once audacious, unseen. In a new ...
John Inverarity: In only his second Test, Inverarity showed great concentration on a wet, slow pitch, even as eight or nine fielders surrounded him for the final 70 minutes as he lost partners at the ...
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 ...
Close of play: Day 1: South Africans 175, South Australia 19/1 (Nitschke 10*) Day 2: South Australia 170, South Africans 86/1 (Christy 55*, Viljoen 17*) Day 3: South Africans 293, South Australia 9/0 ...
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 ...