Opinion - Christian Ryan - Cricinfo magazine

The lingering image of Rubel Hossain

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Short, slight, fast, skiddy, moves it sideways, in-drifts it, and gets good bounce. And the last Australia probably saw of him was two one-over spells

Elegy for runlessness

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Chatara to Dhawan: six balls, no runs, six paragraphs. There's a certain poetry about the maiden over

Twenty-two balls from Chris Jordan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Or how England can take a simple idea and stretch it till it makes no sense at all

Man walks into a bar, watches Afghanistan

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It's natural that cricket's obsessives should relish the sparkle of one team's play this World Cup

Soumya Sarkar's shot in the dark

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The long-lasting memory of a young batsman we have never seen before is of that one brilliant shot announcing his arrival

Ross Taylor: hips don't lie

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

On the first morning of the World Cup: a most engrossing 14 runs

Watching Ashton Agar

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When you make 98 from No. 11 on debut, it is your premature fate to never just be another name on a teamsheet

The Marsh mystery

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

He looks like one of Australia's top six batsmen, doesn't make the necessary runs in first-class cricket, briefly dazzles in Tests, goes away, then comes back

Why is it always about the team?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Insiders consider Kevin Pietersen's lack of "teamliness" his biggest flaw but spectators love to watch him play. So who matters more?

The 52nd six

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Watching and hearing a six hit at a ground is a visceral experience, even in an age when sixes are the norm, not the exception

Faint fluttering decibels

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Bill Lawry, no stranger, returns, with his gift to articulate precisely what the viewer is thinking

A cricket ground's song

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

What makes a special cricket place special? At Adelaide Oval, part of it is that going to the cricket is about not having to watch the cricket

The thing about speed guns

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Does knowing how fast someone is bowling add to our experience of watching?

Being liked

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Thinking the Australian team unlikeable is a habit people slipped into. There comes a time for eyes to be readjusted

Rhythm and the lost art of hanging on

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

T20 is bad for batting technique, but could it be good for batting mindsets?

Unknown knowns at Limestone Exit

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting's departure can't have been the dream script people make it out to be, but at least he controlled his own destiny

'Bryce-ee!'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

McGain, he of one-Test fame, is well placed, perhaps, to see cricket's little disappointments for what they are

The Lendl of cricket coaching

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Has cricket missed out an obvious candidate?

Eugenides and Adorno at the cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Is there any point in being sad about the Sheffield Shield's place in our culture today?

Sachin of Benalla

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

They say no one ever remembers how you leave cricket, that the memory of you at your peak is what's everlasting. Is that true?