Tour Diary

Waverley Cemetery in the Bronte suburb in Sydney is a picturesque and peaceful resting place

Here lie Trumper and Fingleton

Neil Dansie was one of the last men to see Don Bradman get out from 22 yards away

Tales of the Don

It is the high point of India's ugly tour of Australia four years ago. The teams have landed in Perth. Before the Test, they go for their respective group dinners. Turns out they are both looking to eat at Gogo's Madras Curry.

The cricketers' chef

It may have taken over two weeks but we have finally witnessed an English victory in the Emirates

The perils of being an England fan

The last few days summed up why I watch the England side abroad. Not only has the cricket picked up from an English point of view, but perhaps more importantly there is also a feeling in the air that the tour has finally started.

Matty or Trotty?

It's the eve of the second Test and I cannot wait for it to start.

Abu Dhabi: plenty to do

If I am honest with myself I secretly hoped the Dubai Test would be wrapped up inside four days

The upside of a three-day finish

In Dubai the feeling among the several dozen stalwart England supporters was slightly different to the usual "let's act like a child on Christmas day morning because we are watching Test cricket abroad again" syndrome that I've become accustomed to over t

A tribute to a cricket lover

We've finally arrived. After months of anticipation, research and hype, the England cricket fans have checked into our Dubai hotels - many of us a few dirhams worse off thanks to the lure of cheap alcohol in the airport's duty-free.

Watch out Dubai

As it began to drizzle over Buffalo Park in East London, Jacques Kallis stood in a circle with six blazer-clad schoolboys

The other side of Jacques Kallis

All sorts of people tag along with England on tours

England fans: a breakdown

If only Test matches could melt into ODIs as easily as butter does on a hot stove

Wine, food and a wonderful weekend unwind

Travelling the world to watch England play cricket can be costly. But it's usually worth it

An expensive hobby

Tillakaratne Dilshan had a glint of mischief in his eye when he told the media what his team was going to do after they left Kingsmead on Thursday night

Sri Lanka kick about after first win

Perhaps soon Christmas cards will have pictures of an azure sky above a bluer sea, lit up only by the shining sun

Christmas on Durban's Golden Mile

With trepidation I headed to the "Test Series Christmas" celebration on Southbank in Melbourne only because the official press conferences were supposed to happen there.

Going easy on the kids

Long flights can sometimes be good, especially when you have spent the last couple of days thinking of foreign exchange, malfunctioning credit cards, lost keys, and generally lived through Murphy's Law

Memories of cricket in Australia

With skyscrapers whose summits get lost in smog, shopping malls that teem with sophisticated who's who, suburbs that sprawl for as far as the eye can see, Johannesburg is like any modern, first-world city

Riding the Gautrain

If not for Charlize Theron or Charlene Wittstock, Benoni would be as nondescript as Pietermartizburg, Welkom or Colesburg

Benoni charms despite starkness