Classics

Richard Heller | November 8, 2023

I have been delving deep into cricket’s early history in preparation for a book with Peter Oborne on the game’s…

Usman Sherazi | August 7, 2022

The wait is over. The Aussies are finally back in Pakistan after almost a quarter of a century. Pakistan fans…

99. A dreaded figure for any batter. Getting dismissed one run short of the coveted three figures landmark is a…

Andrew Harding | June 15, 2022

I don’t know if a special comet or star appeared the night Derek Underwood was born, but, if not, it…

The dichotomy between how and how much… The debate between the relative worth of beauty and substance. This was never…

Richard Heller | May 12, 2022

The Bodleian Library at Oxford University has a manuscript with the earliest image of English people playing something that looks…

Arunabha Sengupta | January 8, 2022

New Year’s Day, 1955. The Dacca Stadium. That was what it was called. Today it is enmeshed in the short…

Pace is the ultimate weapon in a fast bowler’s arsenal. Whatever skill you may possess of swinging or reversing or…

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory or doing it the other way around is a trait which makes Pakistan…

Arunabha Sengupta | February 7, 2021

It could have been a fascinating finale, and it almost was for three and a half days. And then it…