Tim Wigmore

Freelance writer

Three centimetres, three milliseconds

That's the margin of error a batter has when facing fast bowling. This excerpt from a new book looks at one of the game's most thrilling - and frightening - arts

25-Apr-2025•Tim Wigmore

Does cricket have a concussion crisis?

Widespread use of the helmet has saved dozens of lives, but concussions in the game are now more common than before

01-Jun-2022•Tim Wigmore and Stefan Szymanski

Bringing the A game

The WTC final was contested by the two teams with the best A programmes, and that's no coincidence. A tours are more important than ever before

21-Mar-2022•Tim Wigmore

The future is tall

The great batters have historically been on the shorter side. T20 is changing that. Here is why

02-Feb-2022•Tim Wigmore

The World Cup showed that Associates have not kept up in T20 - because they're playing too few games

The pandemic is partly to blame, but what they really need to raise their level is many more fixtures

18-Nov-2021•Tim Wigmore

How do batters train for the demands of T20?

Liam Livingstone, Fabian Allen, Kane Williamson, Faf du Plessis and others talk about the work that goes into the big hits

24-Sep-2021•Tim Wigmore

Where do batsmen like Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli fit into a T20 line-up?

They play an anchor's role for their sides, but they need to constantly adapt so as not to become redundant

29-Sep-2020•Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde

How many leagues can cricket take?

If all the existing and proposed short-format leagues are to survive, some will have to recalibrate their ambitions

28-Nov-2019•Tim Wigmore

A mercenary and a legend

Kieron Pollard's choice to go franchise didn't just make him one of the first T20 millionaires, it also shaped how players approached the format

07-Oct-2019•Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde

Heartbreak in Harare

One year ago, Scotland missed out on the World Cup by five runs

21-Mar-2019•Interviews by Tim Wigmore

How Kolkata turned it around with continuity

Fewer changes, smaller squads: data suggests that less is often more in team sports

16-Mar-2019•Tim Wigmore

The flexible team

Sides like Islamabad United and Chennai Super Kings seek fluidity in their line-ups, stressing on how their players play rather than where in the order

26-Jan-2019•Tim Wigmore

The cautious starters

Do dot balls in the Powerplay make you anxious? Not if you're Perth Scorchers or Gloucestershire

24-Jan-2019•Tim Wigmore

The spin team

Spinners are underused in T20 - unjustifiably so, as the success of Afghanistan, Chennai and Guyana has shown

20-Jan-2019•Tim Wigmore

The batting team

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Nottinghamshire show the perils and the pros of T20 sides built around batsmen

16-Jan-2019•Tim Wigmore

The bowling team

What do the successes of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Perth Scorchers and Pakistan in T20 have in common?

11-Jan-2019•Tim Wigmore

The six-hitting team

Big-hitting comes with big risks, but the payoffs are bigger too, as West Indies have shown

06-Jan-2019•Tim Wigmore

'In T20, put your field right and bowl a short, wide one, it's a win'

Specialist T20 spin-bowling coach Carl Crowe talks about how controlling scoring is key in the shortest format, and about how he helped remodel Sunil Narine's action

24-Nov-2018•Interview by Tim Wigmore

The art of the match-losing innings

T20 batting is full of misplaced good intentions, poor strategy and systemic insecurity. This is how those qualities lose matches

15-Sep-2018•Tim Wigmore

'I just go out and react to whatever is bowled at me'

Luke Ronchi was always an attacking batsman, but the freedom of T20 franchise cricket has made him one of the most effective scorers in the format

25-Aug-2018•Tim Wigmore

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