The Briefing

Shakib Al Hasan really, really wants to play Test cricket

But what can he do when the damn IPL keeps getting in the way?

31-Mar-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

India prove they are cheats by batting on turning pitches for decades

And Sri Lanka Cricket doesn't even try to make our correspondent work for his jokes

01-Mar-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Attention, Tim Paine: Niroshan Dickwella will see you now

Australia's captain really could use some help with his sledging game

31-Jan-2021•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The hottest contest right now is Shahid Afridi vs the universe

And the LPL shows The Hundred how it's done

02-Dec-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Chin up, Lanka Premier League, the bar has been set really low

Also, will someone spare a thought for poor Geoffrey Boycott?

31-Oct-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Why Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka is so watchable even when they aren't playing

And what do you think of Prithvi Shaw becoming a Shastri lookalike?

03-Oct-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

It rains on everyone's parade but Jimmy Anderson's

And testing times continue for Mohammad Hafeez

01-Sep-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Can we all be a little more like Mohammad Hafeez?

His commitment to testing is admirable

02-Jul-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Will they spray sanitiser at trophy presentations in the future?

This and other vital issues are tackled in this month's Briefing

01-Jun-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The Coronavirus soap opera, starring KP, Warnie, Mahela

Also featuring a pining Ravi Shastri

01-Apr-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Is Tendulkar an Indian? Probably not

And is the Barmy Army the greatest set of travelling fans in sport ever?

02-Mar-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Alas, poor South Africa

How much worse will it get for du Plessis and company before it gets better?

01-Feb-2020•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Will someone spare a thought for the poor, wee, enraged cricketers?

Also: are Sri Lanka brilliant or dreadful? Answers on a postcard

02-Nov-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Misbah can become the supreme leader of Pakistan cricket and we'll be okay with it

In September, we laughed, we cringed, we looked on awe-struck, all under our umbrellas

30-Sep-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Ishant Sharma knows you made fun of him and he's coming for you

In August in cricket, there were some major overhauls and some surprising results

02-Sep-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka are so consistent they don't need a coach

In July in cricket, there was some intense loving, wooing and buck-passing

31-Jul-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Here's a massively premature review of the 2019 World Cup

Because, you know, why not

01-Jul-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The IPL is boring. The World Cup is boring. We want to see BCCI v Cricket Australia

Cricket's biggest rivalry is back. Also, can RCB doing anything right?

02-May-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Test cricket is dying, but really, really slowly

Also: riveting analysis of the outrage over the Ashwin-Buttler mankading saga

01-Apr-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka can totally win the World Cup (as long as SLC continues to screw up)

A look back at February in cricket tells us everything we need to know about the near future

01-Mar-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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