Country Reviews 2017

The see-saw men

Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka away, and by year-end were obliterated by South Africa

07-Jan-2018•Liam Brickhill

Headingley and after

West Indies hit a thrilling high in 2017, and then slumped at the tail end of the year

06-Jan-2018•Garth Wattley

The cracks are showing

There are structural flaws in the English game and those will have an effect, no matter how many reasons for celebration off the field

05-Jan-2018•Andrew Miller

Look ma, it's the Ashes

Australia had a fair few things to be unhappy about last year, but winning against England made up for all of them

04-Jan-2018•Brydon Coverdale

How low can you go?

Even Sri Lanka's victory over Pakistan in the UAE, a feat no other team has managed in seven years, couldn't make their 2017 less than awful

03-Jan-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

No trophy, no T20 league, many Kolpaks

In 2017, South Africa failed in yet another global tournament, made a fiasco of launching an IPL-style competition, and lost several players to county cricket

02-Jan-2018•Firdose Moonda

Meh in the middle

New Zealand's men's and women's sides failed to come close to being great in 2017

31-Dec-2017•Andrew Alderson

The very best year of them all

Afghanistan have had an incredible run in international cricket since 2010, but with multiple series wins, and Test status, 2017 has been truly special

31-Dec-2017•Peter Della Penna

The biggest, boldest year in women's cricket

An exciting and well-covered World Cup took the game to the next level

30-Dec-2017•Raf Nicholson

Sweet '17

It was yet another annus mirabilis for India (fine print notwithstanding)

29-Dec-2017•Sidharth Monga

From the heights to hell

Bangladesh soared to wins over Australia and Sri Lanka before it all came crashing down in South Africa

28-Dec-2017•Mohammad Isam

It looks steep at the pinnacle

Ireland gained Test status in 2017, but are they ready for it?

27-Dec-2017•Tim Wigmore

Turn it upside down

In recent years, Pakistan were good at Tests, not so much at ODIs. No longer, it would seem

26-Dec-2017•Danyal Rasool

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