Shade is as much a prerequisite of cricket as light - just ask the crowds sitting out five days of a Test match in the Indian ...

William Shakespeare, the celebrity former England playwright and world literature Hall of Famer, would undoubtedly have been a first-rate cricketer, had the opportunity arisen. Tragically, for both ...

The chilling reality that a cricket ball can kill has questioned the overall safety of the sport and made cricketers look inward Just a year ago, a ball spat off a cricket pitch to claim a young life, ...

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I have in my possession photocopies of 66 letters from Don Bradman, most of them in his own hand. They are treasured objects but I am sworn to keep them secret since they are private communications ...

India fast bowler Harshal Patel is recognised by batters as one of the best exponents of the slower ball at work currently, producing wicked floating dippers that leave batters befuddled. In this ...

These are just a few examples of the art of boundary fielding in the T20 age. And it is an art, make no mistake: the skills, fitness and lightning-quick instincts involved make these feats not just ...

Feature Have sweet spots on bats really got bigger? Batmaking trends have changed greatly in the last two decades, but perhaps not as much as batting trends ...

I t was in August of 2023 that Don Lockerbie started to get anxious. The ICC had tasked him, a former chief executive of the United States Cricket Association, now venue development officer for the ...

How strict is too strict when it comes to fitness testing, and what challenges do large players deal with? Azam Khan, Rahkeem Cornwall, Sisanda Magala and Lizelle Lee tell us ...

Feature The tiny country that keeps producing T20 superstars What's in the water of Trinidad and Tobago that makes it churn out some of the biggest names in the format?