The Briefing

How to apologise: a primer for cricketers

We look back at the ill-advised pronouncements of the two months gone by

02-Feb-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Jonny v the imaginary villains, and other stories

November? Time to get your punching gloves on

01-Dec-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

A cricket team called New Zealand? Never heard of it

October in cricket featured many Rs: return, retirement, run-out, rest and Ravi Shastri

31-Oct-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Did they just tell Angelo Mathews he's fat?

Last month in cricket had all the usual fun: players and staff dissing everyone else, boards doing things (or not), and one man's weight problem

04-Oct-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Can The Hundred save English cricket? Not if Kohli can help it

August has been all about one man, and the Briefing has had enough

31-Aug-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Will Arjuna Ranatunga become Sri Lanka's next president?

There's politics, ire and Yorkshire in the July edition of the Briefing

01-Aug-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

How Australia made a fresh start and Shastri became a rapper

All the news you missed in June, and some stuff you wished you'd forgotten - it's all in the Briefing

02-Jul-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Will playing Bangladesh bankrupt you?

And can NASA fix Virat Kohli? We seek answers in our recap of everything that went down in the world of cricket in May

02-Jun-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Cricket in the time of idiots

Why the ECB's 100-ball proposal is awful. Or great. Or wotevz. Plus more about Fawad Alam than you probably cared to know

01-May-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Near-fisticuffs, hackings, underwear shenanigans, broken glass

March had more rubbishy action than a Steven Seagal starrer. And it all ended in tears

05-Apr-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

How much dying can Test cricket do?

Plenty, and then some more, as we found out in February

01-Mar-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

What the hell is going on with India?

Disturbing behaviour was exhibited by many in cricket in January. Except Pakistan, who were just their usual weird selves

01-Feb-2018•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The saviour, the protecter, the butthead and the bully

The month of November was all about the stars of yet another glorious Ashes series

02-Dec-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Gayle's fear of females, and KP's concern for youngsters

It has been an odd month in cricket

02-Nov-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Beatings, swipes, barbs and jabs

It has been a rather violent month in cricket

01-Oct-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Double deaths, long-sought-for comebacks, and the imperturbable sleeper

It's that time of month again when we cast our eyes back at the four-odd weeks just past

02-Sep-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The Mithali betrayal and other stories

It's been a month in which Kohli gained an elder buddy, Mithali's reading matter flattered to deceive, and England declared a new era (again)

31-Jul-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Whole lotta coaches goin' out

June is the month for the men in charge of cricket teams to throw the towel in

29-Jun-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sachin's shocking reveal, and Bangladesh's unshocking win

A quick recap of the month of May in cricket - in which we don't make fun of South Africa's chances at the Champions Trophy

30-May-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The Younis files, the Bravo elegy, the Manohar manoeuvre

Not up to scratch on what happened in cricket in April? No fear - here's the lowdown

02-May-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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