The Light Roller

Renew the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy for another season. Cancel the rest

The big mission, side quests, angry clashes, wounded heroes, hostile natives - this blockbuster season had it all

15-Aug-2025•Alan Gardner

Why England and India need big nuts for the Test series, not soft balls

The shape that defines this Test series is a sphere, and it comes in various forms

16-Jul-2025•Alan Gardner

If India aren't in the WTC final, does the match even exist?

How those in charge of the global Test game made a crucial mistake in their planning

15-Jun-2025•Alan Gardner

The Virat race is run, but the Dhoni train trundles on

And the ECB's HR has New Zealand on speed dial

16-May-2025•Alan Gardner

Never mind the tariffs, cricket's trade wars are the ones to watch

Harry Brook and Corbin Bosch have been the first casualties in this game of cricket chicken, and no one is safe

16-Apr-2025•Alan Gardner

Shut up whiners, India had to overcome lots of burdens to win the Champions Trophy

While Pakistan dealt with the burden of being (g)hosts

12-Mar-2025•Alan Gardner

Nobody can resist the allure of T20 gold, not even the Hundred

Also, a look at Dasun Shanaka's totally normal day of playing first-class and 20-over cricket in two different countries

17-Feb-2025•Alan Gardner

Cricket, have you been nice or naughty this year?

Everyone's a winner, baby, that's no lie (or is it?). Here are the annual awards that matter

29-Dec-2024•Alan Gardner and Andrew Fidel Fernando

The Champions Trophy is thrilling, unpredictable, edge-of the seat stuff (and that's just the negotiations)

Our correspondent imagines the goings-on in Dubai relating to India's refusal to go to Pakistan for the tournament

14-Nov-2024•Alan Gardner

The wolves of ball street: a Hundred saga

Watch the ECB's plans for the tournament slowly unfold on Shark Tank - with real sharks

17-Oct-2024•Alan Gardner

It's 4am, do you know how high your ceiling is?

We love using real-life metrics to understand our beloved game better

16-Sep-2024•Alan Gardner

Coaching? It's all about the vibes, man

What the modern cricket team wants - less of the Buchanans and Wrights and more of the Ted Lassos

04-Aug-2024•Alan Gardner

India won the T20 World Cup, but who were the real winners?

Our correspondent hands out his awards for the tournament - to Gulbadin Naib, the ICC's fixtures planners, and others

03-Jul-2024•Alan Gardner

Cricket's trying to crack America! Again! Read our helpful 2024 T20 World Cup explainer to know all!

It's 2024. Do you know where your T20 World Cup is?

27-May-2024•Alan Gardner and Andrew Fidel Fernando

Psst, the IPL has all the adult entertainment your desperate little heart craves

What can we serve you with a side of cricket today? Charming cheerleaders? Groundbreaking tech? Sexy Shastri?

15-Apr-2024•Alan Gardner

Bazball is genius and wonderful. Also ridiculous, annoying, and bound to fail

Our correspondent writes up a report card for England's not so merry fellows in India, ranking how true they were to the B-word philosophy

15-Mar-2024•Alan Gardner

Is being a YouTuber better than playing in the BPL? Shoaib Malik must tell us

We also look at Test cricket's new saviour (it's not Bazball, okay?)

15-Feb-2024•Alan Gardner

This is not over, you have been warned, David Warned

The end of Warner's Test career is only the beginning of another one - or five

16-Jan-2024•Alan Gardner

If you're tired of the Mathews timed-out controversy, you're tired of life

The World Cup brings the best performances out of its players - so what if that happens to be in the field of comedy?

15-Nov-2023•Alan Gardner

It's been a gripping, thrilling, heart-wrenching World Cup. And that's just the ticket sagas

Also starring famous thespian Mohammad Rizwan and future media mogul Shakib Al Hasan

16-Oct-2023•Alan Gardner

1 2 3

Showing 1 - 20 of 56

The Light Roller

Sidharth Monga

Valkerie Baynes

Alan Gardner

Mohammad Isam

Andrew McGlashan