The Toughest Tour

On the rare occasions my mum has nothing to worry about she worries about having nothing to worry about. That’s pretty much how I feel about the Ashes. The disaster-free warm-up is proving unnerving; no serious injury worries, no major form concerns, no reports of squad disharmony, binge-drinking sessions or Redback bites.

The Toughest Tour

On the rare occasions my mum has nothing to worry about she worries about having nothing to worry about.

Australia find the boot on the other foot

In this series a once all-conquering side found themselves being presented with questions they had often asked of others in the past

Police register case against Modi

The Chennai police have registered a case against Lalit Modi, the former IPL chairman, and six others on allegations of criminal conspiracy and cheating

W.G. Grace Ate My Pedalo

That isn’t a sensationalist headline from the 1900s, nor a statement of fact from me.

The problems with India’s young batsmen

Some pull to make a statement, one pushes meekly. One’s feet resemble Johhnie Walker’s, another needs to stop resembling others

The class of 1998

England’s World Cup-winning U-19 players went on to have very different lives. Some of glory and Tests, others of loneliness and broken dreams

Butt determined to upset the odds

Pakistan captain Salman Butt is backing his team to carry on defying the expectations of others as they seek a series-squaring victory against England in the fourth npower Test at Lord’s.

No third man

Imran Khan and Javed Miandad started out as polar opposites but then settled into a marriage of convenience where each understood the other, perhaps better than others around them

Afridi: That’s all, folks

So, the Pakistan Test team’s brave new era under Shahid Afidi is due to finish two weeks after it begun. His batting in this match did suggest a (mad)man in a hurry

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