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 ...
In the '70s I was always Chappelli. Backyard cricket with my competitive neighbour John was epic. I always batted and was Australia's No. 3. He bowled. He was often one of those fearsome quicks from ...
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 ...
ODI # 2598: England v West Indies at Nottingham, NatWest Series, 07/07/2007 ...
ODI # 2172: Australia v United States of America at Southampton, ICC Champions Trophy, 13/09/2004 ...
Srinivasan's kingdom and Dhoni's adopted home is at the centre of cricket's universe, but what has that meant for the fabric of the game in the city? Have you ever seen Shahrukh Khan bat?" a senior ...
The West Indies white-ball coach is on a mission to remould the T20 side into the world-beating force they once were This September marks 20 years since West Indies secured the most unlikely of all ...
There is an instructive story about the origins of Jamnagar, and it could well be a myth. After Jam Rawal, the ruling prince of Kutch, avenged his father Jam Lakha's murder at the hands of his greedy ...
Moeen Ali is an unlikely recipient of death threats. He is an unlikely victim of booing, too. And of a hit-and-run driver seemingly determined to kill him. An elegant batsman and a soft-spoken man ...
No. 2 Ian Botham: 50 and 149 not out; 6 for 95 and 1 for 14 England v Australia, Headingley, 1981 Ian Botham's confidence was low and his mood unpredictable when England arrived for the third Test at ...
One of the very first cricket books I was ever given, on the occasion of my tenth birthday, was a slim black paperback called Great Australian Cricket Pictures (1975). When I retrieve it from the ...
Less than two days after arriving in Melbourne, six years ago, Fawad Ahmed bought a ticket and hopped aboard a local train. But he had acquired the wrong ticket, and the conductor duly fined him. "I ...