Bangladesh had the chance to show up their dominant neighbour in a crunch game, but one man stood in their way ...

About 80 years ago, as war raged around the world, a British army man tried to spread the gospel of the game in north-east ...

He had the batting skills and the legspin variations that are greatly valued in the shortest format today P erhaps it isn't surprising it was Bob Woolmer who unlocked the idea that Shahid Afridi was a ...

There's a joke that goes something like this: What is the England cricket team's favourite sport? Athletes, as the finest specimen of human fitness and endurance, are naturally more likely to succeed ...

It was a throwaway remark from Brendon McCullum, made when he was giving a Sky Sports "Masterclass" to UK viewers, but as with Virender Sehwag's irreducible and immortal "see ball, hit ball", it is a ...

Javed Miandad was the archetypal "champion if he's on your side, bastard if he's an opponent". Or, put another way, he could be an aggrannoying little devil. This term derives from a combination of ...

May 2017 homepage IPL tales. Afghans in Austria. Last-wicket stands. Warm-up matches. The deadly Andy Roberts. Cricket songs. Branding in sports ...

Batting is about death. And life of course. It's all about how useful - how good - a life you lead before you die. You are surrounded by pitfalls and bayed about by enemies, but the good person will ...

Marvellous Mr Maxwell. Reverse swing in England. Australia's cricket statues. An all-time fielders' XI. Javagal Srinath. Cricketing relatives. Ranatunga's spats ...

VVS, Lara, Holding, Botham and the rest. The magnetic, the princely, the joyous, the mighty: the greatest Test performances of the last 50 years ...