Underwood takes over as MCC president
Derek Underwood, the former England spinner, will begin his one-year tenure as president of MCC on Wednesday, taking over from Mike Brearley
View ArticleAustralia's old new ball
When a captain decided to open the innings with an old ball and two spinners
View ArticleBradshaw steps down from ECB Board
Keith Bradshaw, the secretary and chief executive of MCC, has announced he is stepping down from the ECB Board of Directors because of a conflict of interests
View ArticleICC might send a hand-picked side to Pakistan
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has said the organisation might send a hand-picked side to Pakistan late next year
View ArticleBeing Andrew Strauss
There are more worthy goals ahead of England's captain still, but will he have the appetite for them, or the fortitude to keep self-doubt at bay?
View ArticleTreat Amir more leniently - Brearley
Mike Brearley, the former England captain, has said that Mohammad Amir, the Pakistan fast bowler currently in prison for his role in the spot-fixing scandal, should be treated more leniently
View ArticleFailures will strengthen Strauss' resolve
Questions about his place in the team are quickly forgotten if he scores runs and/or the team wins again. Not that he can afford to flatline in either department for long
View ArticleThe zone and the importance of imagination
A sportsman in the zone, like an artist, has both a wider and a narrower focus. He has the ability to be in the game and yet stand above it, seeing it clearly
View ArticleThe end of the innocence
The felling of a tailender by Bob Willis triggered the acceptance that helmets were needed in the game
View Article'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 Hendrick's 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...
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