Liam Cromar

The small-scale pleasures of Oxbridge matches

May 3, 2017 Traditionally the season openers, the university matches are now in danger of being cut from a schedule that favours T20 glitz

How do you feel about artificial pitches?

Mar 20, 2017 Unless they can exhibit the variety that turf pitches have, they risk devaluing the game by stripping away subtlety

Murder on the square

Feb 19, 2017 Cricket was the backdrop for two recent murder mysteries on television, but why weren't the motives related to the game?

Seven reasons why the English summer will be special

Jan 27, 2017 A date with Ireland, a day-night Test, and a Women's World Cup are among the mouth-watering fixtures in a packed season of cricket

How's that, Jennings?

Dec 30, 2016 No, not that one. It is time to tip our hats to a much-loved schoolboy series of books

The joys of (not) watching cricket

Dec 3, 2016 Few other games lend themselves to taking your eyes off the action as much as ours does

Is it worth considering dropping the toss in Test cricket?

Nov 7, 2016 The move has succeeded to some extent in the County Championship but extending it to the five-day game might not be the best idea

How I stopped worrying and learned to love declaration bowling

Oct 20, 2016 Why the captains' arrangement in the Middlesex-Yorkshire Championship game didn't feel unsporting

We need to reinterpret the wide down leg side

Sep 26, 2016 Why are bowlers in limited-overs cricket expected to perform the contradictory actions of preventing run-scoring and enabling it?

The particular pleasures of a 2-2 series

Sep 2, 2016 Aka the Desmond: always leaving you asking for more