Why are most captains inevitably batsmen?

Apr 12, 2017 Batsmen have always been preferred over bowlers for the leadership role. Is there any merit in such thinking?

Five proposals to improve Test cricket

Feb 15, 2017 We now have a championship in the offing. What else can the game do to better the five-dayer?

How dared they?

Jan 11, 2017 An appreciation of captains' innovative declarations, bowlers' bold tactics, and batting feats that no one expected

Here's to Test cricket conferences, not divisions

Dec 7, 2016 Some teams are understandably opposed to a two-tier format. Two conferences, with a championship match between the leading side from each, might be more viable

Do you watch sport for drama or excellence?

Nov 9, 2016 The Perth and Mirpur Tests brought the old question to the fore once more

One afternoon at the Cricket Writers' Club

Oct 7, 2016 The organisation's 70th annual lunch provided food for thought about where the game is going, and then some

Let's leave five-dayers alone, shall we?

Aug 10, 2016 Why a reduction to four days may not be quite the best idea for the future of Test cricket

Should cricket have been ruthless with Amir?

Jul 14, 2016 There's a case for saying the authorities should have made an example of him for the sake of the game, but then cricket has always stood for second chances

Is Sobers cricket's Muhammad Ali?

Jun 8, 2016 The planet's loudest mouth and cricket's prettiest assassin had plenty in common

What is cricket's equivalent of Leicester's triumph?

May 11, 2016 There isn't one because we don't have a points system or a Test championship to make it possible