Merry Ashesmas!
The biggest rivalry in cricket? Comparing The Ashes to other cricketing rivalries is like comparing Sir Donald Bradman to other batsmen. It beats everything else by a huge margin. With about three hours till the start of the Ashes of 2017-18, both teams have their vulnerabilities. I’m predicting with some degree of confidence that Australia […]
Why do I love cricket?
This morning I was completing a “fan survey” commissioned by the ICC which they had publicised through their Twitter feed. Amid the feedback about the website, complaint about the lack of archival material on World Cricket League tournaments, and the likelihood they will have no idea why I referred to J.Barton King, I gave an […]
Test cricket is not dying — the five day game still has a unique place in world sport
Test cricket deserves to survive, and will, alongside Twenty20 just as the marathon is as much a part of the athletics calendar as the 100 metres sprint.
A hat-trick to Rashid Khan
Afghanistan’s rising star, eighteen year-old Rashid Khan, took a hat-trick for Guyana Amazon Warriors against the Jamaica Tallawahs on September 6 2017. Here’s the hat-trick ball: Powell out hat trick #CPL17 #Biggestpartyinsport #JTvGAW pic.twitter.com/nCjHRqh0HS — CPL T20 (@CPL) September 7, 2017
Success of Australian cricket’s MoU set to depend on negotiation of fresh broadcast and sponsorship deals
The dispute between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) has been settled, five weeks after deadline, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the next five years has been struck. More at iSportconnect
The birth of a women’s IPL should not be too far away – if the BCCI has enough willpower
The 11th Women’s Cricket World Cup, the third run by the ICC, was without doubt the most successful ever. The final was one of the most thrilling of any Cricket World Cup, female or male.
Why the ICC’s revenue sharing model could harm growth of new members
It has taken 108 years for cricket’s world governing body, the ICC, to grow to the point that it has but a dozen full members. That landmark was achieved on June 22 when the ICC Board approved the promotion of Afghanistan and Ireland to full membership status. But what does full membership mean for Ireland and […]
Taking the game backwards
Since the International Cricket Council’s controversial revenue-sharing restructure in 2014, which essentially shared revenue back towards the three wealthiest members (India, England and Australia), international cricket competition has actually gone backwards on a global scale.
Cricket in the Olympics? (1996 edition)
Cricket has made just one appearance in Olympic competition, in the second games of the modern olympiad, held in Paris in 1900.
Cricket in the Olympics? (1996 edition revisited)
Cricket has made just one appearance in Olympic competition, in the second games of the modern olympiad, held in Paris in 1900.