'You learn how to manage players from losing'
Steve Waugh, Ian Chappell, Clive Lloyd, MAK Pataudi: some of cricket's finest captains speak about their craft
View ArticleShould Twenty20 be Over-30s only?
On a panel for the Bradman Oration in Melbourne, Rod Marsh suggested that Twenty20 cricket should be limited to players over 30 as a reward for long service
View ArticleWhat is the point of sport?
Mike Brearley's speech at the Bradman Oration in Melbourne, during which he spoke about the psychoanalytical factors involved in playing sport, particularly cricket
View ArticleBroad's mighty challenge
Few England players in the modern era have been booed to the extent Broad will be. Will he rise to the occasion?
View ArticleDown to the wire
When the County Championship was controversially tied for the last time after a gripping finale to the season
View ArticleThe hold-up at Headingley
Mike Hendricks' nagging seam bowling helped England defend a low total against a powerful Pakistan line-up in the 1979 World Cup
View ArticleThe start of saturation cricket
Australia's international tri-series came out of financial necessity and the need to appease a broadcaster
View ArticleNatural leaders are made in retrospect
There is no template for the perfect captain. Some of the game's greatest were not identified as such straightaway
View ArticleEight new balls, Boycs' go-extra-slow, Gower's stand-in bat
Plus debutant brothers, a man who paid for the honour of captaining England, champagne to celebrate a first wicket, and more fun Ashes facts
View ArticleBrearley apologises for Clarke comment
Mike Brearley, chairman of the MCC's World Cricket Committee, has apologised to Giles Clarke, the ECB president, after suggesting Clarke would have to "do what he's told" with regard to the possibility...
View ArticleBeefy's 28-ball Ashes broadside
Ian Botham had had a quiet match at Edgbaston in 1981, until he was summoned into the attack for one last burst at the Australians
View ArticleWhen Sunny made 438 look gettable
Had India pulled off a remarkable victory at The Oval in 1979, Sunil Gavaskar's 221 would be up there as the greatest Test innings
View ArticleMCC cricket committee calls for restrictions to bat depth
The MCC World Cricket Committee has recommended the introduction of further limitations to the size of cricket bats within the laws of the game
View Article'I don't think odds of 500-1 have appeared since'
Thirty-five years ago at Headingley, Bob Willis bowled England to an incredible Ashes win - the culmination of a golden five-year period for him
View ArticleHow do batsmen cope with the intensity of their lonely skill?
Digging the pitch, repetitive body movements, talking to themselves, superstitious behaviour, visualisation - different ways that batsmen deal with the pressure of their profession
View ArticleGames within a game?
Farcical bowling, the helmet fielder, chess interruptions, batting for pints - ten instances of when matches weren't cricket
View ArticleStrange innovations
Lawrence Booth searches through the kitbag of history to find a collection of eccentricities and innovations
View ArticleBrearley named next MCC president
Mike Brearley, the former England captain, will serve as the next president of MCC
View ArticleBrearley's brilliant declaration
Martin Williamson on an outstanding piece of captaincy from Mike Brearley
View Article'You need to work by intelligent hunches'
Mike Brearley talks to Siddhartha Vaidyanathan about the essentials of good captaincy
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