He had the batting skills and the legspin variations that are greatly valued in the shortest format today P erhaps it isn't surprising it was Bob Woolmer who unlocked the idea that Shahid Afridi was a ...

May 2017 homepage IPL tales. Afghans in Austria. Last-wicket stands. Warm-up matches. The deadly Andy Roberts. Cricket songs. Branding in sports ...

It was a throwaway remark from Brendon McCullum, made when he was giving a Sky Sports "Masterclass" to UK viewers, but as with Virender Sehwag's irreducible and immortal "see ball, hit ball", it is a ...

About 80 years ago, as war raged around the world, a British army man tried to spread the gospel of the game in north-east ...

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