Fans

What's fandom about?

The relationship between fan and cricketer springs from hero worship and grows into something more fully formed

30-Oct-2015•Andrew Hughes

The cricket@work experience

A reader from India sends us his perspective of an office cricket tournament

28-Oct-2015•Ashish Paul

From Woolloongabba to Worcester

There's more to domestic cricket than just functioning as a supply line for international cricket - love, for one

10-Oct-2015•Liam Cromar

Does the modern cricket fan get a good deal?

The cricket-watching experience varies in India, England and Australia, as do the fans' causes for complaint

06-Oct-2015•Andrew Hughes

How will future fans look back at Bangladesh's rise?

They don't have the luxury of wallowing in murky, pre-YouTube nostalgia like fans of other teams do

05-Sep-2015•Hassan Cheema

It's better from behind the stumps

It used to be routine in the old days but is confined to replays now. The absence negatively affects our experience as viewers of sport on TV

28-Aug-2015•Samir Chopra

Michael Clarke: a fan's notes

In many ways, he was representative of a generation of Australian men - though he more accurately represented a historic shift that divides athlete and fan more than ever before

19-Aug-2015•Russell Jackson

Is sporting fandom a set of rituals or a relationship?

Do you have to be obsessive in your love for the game to qualify as a true fan?

01-Aug-2015•Ahmer Naqvi

Are we losing our love for Test cricket?

T20 has dulled our senses to the more subtle charms of the long format, as is evident from watching youngsters react to the game

05-Jun-2015•Krishna Kumar

That England, this England

A fan watches England take on New Zealand from the Edrich Upper Stand at Lord's 11 summers apart, and can't help drawing parallels - but back then, England were on a roll

24-May-2015•Liam Cromar

How long will they keep turning up?

The hardy, seasoned supporters of the county game still show up, but something like the latest KP episode might leave the younger generation of fans disillusioned

17-May-2015•Nicholas Hogg

Beware the ire of the Indian armchair fan

Is it likely that the higher the level at which one has played the game, the calmer and more balanced one is likely to be in reacting to its fluctuating fortunes?

29-Apr-2015•Sankaran Krishna

Wahab Riaz: pace is pace yaar

Have you ever had the experience of watching a Pakistan fast bowler attempt to defend a slim total?

09-Apr-2015•Hamza Khan

London to Melbourne...for the weekend

To support his team during the World Cup final, a New Zealand fan has decided to embark on a journey so long in terms of distance, yet so short in terms of time, that it will surely inspire a whole new generation of cricket followers

26-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Boom Boom Afridi: one of a kind

Shahid Afridi entertained us with his unique brand of cricket and surely left a lasting impression on the game. He was cricket's greatest entertainer. Boom Boom is irreplaceable

25-Mar-2015•Uzair Rizvi

When being an India fan doesn't mean being filled with despair

Three painful partnerships, but only one - in a World Cup final - has a happy ending

19-Mar-2015•Samir Chopra

Why cricket needs greater context

The points earned from one-day series should count towards qualification for the next World Cup, so the game's new fans stay engaged

11-Mar-2015•Roger Sawh

'NZ crowds are getting behind every single ball'

The Beige Brigade gasp at the home support, discuss Shapoor Zadran, the Eden Park collapse and technically ugly players

06-Mar-2015•Beige Brigade

India vs Pakistan, but it's muted this time

The build-up to the World Cup clash seems restrained with fans from both sides not feeling particularly bullish about their team's chances

14-Feb-2015•Samir Chopra

Pakistanis should stop crying fixing

The obsessive tendency to paint players as corrupt following every defeat has served to deflect attention from the team's real problems

05-Feb-2015•Hassan Cheema

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