Now that the New Zealand domestic season – the Plunket Shield, the Ford Trophy, the Garishly Promoted Sickly Series – has drawn to a close, and with Test and one-day squads to tour England named, it’s an appropriate time to sit down and reflect on those who are the ‘nearly-theres’. Players who, despite not being … More New Zealand’s Six Who Could: Batsmen
As another summer grows ever more distant in the rear view mirror of life and the international game takes an IPL-enforced drinks break, there is precious little for an Australian domestic fan to do. The Sheffield Shield has been raised once more, the top performers have found their way into winter squads, and the cricket … More Five keepers vs. a fringe batsman: The Jono Wells story
Originally written 08-02-2015. G’day Blarney Armies. Cobwebs. Warm-up matches are always full of them and Friday’s clash against the local Randwick-Petersham club at Coogee Oval proved to be exactly that. Whether it was pre-match nerves, jet lag or we were playing against a club that were such lovely hosts over the past week, we just … More Larry’s Lost Diary: Cobwebs from County Coogee
Until the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Canada hadn’t been a ‘real’ cricketing nation. They’d been nothing more than the answer to a rather tragic piece of cricket trivia: What’s the oldest international cricket fixture? Canada vs the USA, in 1844. That 1844 match, which Canada won by 23 runs, could quite easily have its “international” … More The Maple emergence?
October 10, 2013. The first Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at Chittagong. The Blackcaps had put up a strong first innings score of 469. In reply, openers Tamim Iqbal and Anamul Haque had departed with only 8 runs on the board. The familiar Bangladeshi collapse was anticipated. The kind of collapse which has been … More Where Mominul can go from here
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Niall O’Brien (right) makes the cut A few days ago, I did a piece on the top five youngsters to watch during the 2015 County Championship season. Here, I’ve looked at the other end of the spectrum. The old buggers who continue to make an important difference for their county. As fun as it is … More The top five old heads of 2015
Twelve balls remain. Over 100 required to win; but that’s no longer the equation. Three wickets in hand. James Tredwell has the ball. The Kent second XI-cum-England Test spinner looks to pry the number eight out.
Following the debacle in the last Ashes series, England needed changes in the Test side, particularly in the batting department. They certainly made some changes, both in bringing youth in and also altering the batting order to find the right balance. Despite certain amounts of criticism levelled at the selectors regarding one man in particular, … More England’s Test batting: the future is bright
The 6 Cricketers that England’s Selectors should be watching in 2015 At the start of every English summer, pundits and fans all around the Shires (and well beyond Great Britain’s borders) are never short of an opinion on which up-and-coming cricketers will have a breakout year. This is not quite one of those articles. While … More The six you should actually watch
Mind The Windows 