"You can only do three things: spin from the leg, spin from the off, or go in straight. The ball can't disappear or explode." These words, attributed to John Gleeson, the Australian mystery spinner of ...

It is July 1998. I am 13 years old and watching cricket on the TV in my grandparents' house in Manchester. The Test between England and South Africa is being played a few miles away, at Old Trafford.

New Zealand's tour of Pakistan in 1990 was the series that heralded Waqar Younis as Pakistan's next fast bowling sensation. The three Tests were played under a cloud, with allegations of ...

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The best World Cup. Ponting on ODIs and World Cups. What Afridi means to Pakistan. Dravid on 1999. South Africa and choking: myth or real?

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November 2016 homepage Test cricket's future. Rahane breaks down visualisation techniques. Enjoying cricket's many-barrelled names. Playing in Prague. Bros with mos. Hating to love Hooper. An affair ...

Stuart Broad was born in England but made in Australia. His win-at-most-costs approach has ensured a complicated relationship with both countries. In Australia, during the 2013-14 Ashes, he was the ...

David Warner's is the tale of a man wired differently - and also a portrait of an age in the sport To hijack Erapalli Prasanna's maxim about line and length, I sometimes think sport is optional, ...