He is also hopeful of playing more Test cricket, which remains his favourite formatMatt Roller09-May-2023Trent Boult still has "a big desire" to represent New Zealand at the 50-over World Cup in India later this year,…
Chelsea's move for Ajax starlet Jorrel Hato has hit a roadblock as the Dutch giants have reportedly raised their asking price. Although the Blues have been in advanced talks and believed they had reached personal…
South Africa and Zimbabwe did not send full strength sides to the Africa Games and did not want their matches to have full international statusFirdose Moonda25-Mar-2024An oversight in communication has resulted in some matches at…
The first batch of readers' submissions of great series fightbacks05-Sep-2005 Saqlain Mushtaq: the operative verb is 'bamboozle' © Getty Images Saqlain's magicIt was the year of the Ashes, but England had the not-so-insignificanttask of taking…
Paul Collingwood has been unveiled as England's new one-day captain, at the head of a new-look squad that contains two uncapped players in Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott and the Hampshire allrounder, Dmitri Mascarenhas22-Jun-2007 Paul Collingwood: one…
A review of the The Final Test on DVDMartin Williamson16-Sep-2007The Final Test Odeon Entertainment DVD, £9.99 Cricket is not overly represented in the movies. With the exception of the excellent Lagaan in 2001, there are…
Sidharth Monga on the small-town venues where Maharashtra have been playing their home gamesSidharth Monga in Nagothane10-Dec-2007 The Reliance Cricket Stadium near Nagothane is one of the many small-town venues where Maharashtra have been playing…
Just when and how was cricket commentary replaced by sales pitches and relentless hype?Osman Samiuddin10-Jun-2008 Fallen idols: Shastri and Gavaskar used to be among India's most respected commentators © Getty Images What, someone joked during…
Victor Brown30-Apr-2009Suresh Raina hammered a low full-toss from Munaf Patel through extra cover last night and punched the air in delight. He had just become the first Indian to score a hundred in the IPL…
A middling sort of game that lost steam all too soonGautam Sewani09-Nov-2009Favourite player from the two sidesShane Watson. "When I see players like him, I feel the future of Australian cricket is in safe hands,"…