Following on from football’s re-shuffling of a global tournament, we have something of a world exclusive… **The 2019 creeckit World Cup in England will now be held in December.** It will have its own hashtag and everything: #wintercricketworldcup. Woolly hats off to the organisers for realising that this bold move will radically shake up world […]
Cricket Features
What the IPL auction would look like in club cricket
When the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction swings around, it’s hard not to find it obscene. Sure, it generates talking points – who was a relative bargain, who went unsold and who was signed for enough to feed a village of Indian families for the next five decades. But the real winners of the IPL […]
Can we trust the safety of our cricket helmets?
A little like jamming the bat down on a yorker too late or lobbing up a juicy slower ball too early, cricket journalism can be all about the timing. A product review of the new Masuri Vision Series cricket helmet was about to be published on this website when the news came through about Australian […]
How to watch the cricket World Cup 2015
Ok, two assumptions. You’re a cricket fan based in the UK and you want to watch the cricket World Cup 2015. Apologies to cricket fans around the world looking for country-specific broadcasting details. Due to the fractured nature of TV and online media rights, the best I can do for you is flag up directions […]
Can England play and look the part at a cricket World Cup?
View image | gettyimages.com We have a brash Australian media mogul to thank for coloured clothing in cricket and it wasn’t Rupert Murdoch. The notion of breakaway cricket competitions barely raises an eyebrow now but the World Series Cricket (WSC) between 1977 and 1979 was less evolution, more revolution. Kerry Packer designed a bold, alternative […]
Cricket questions you thought too daft to ask
Whatever our knowledge and interest in cricket, we can’t know everything. Or at least understand everything. Some things are casually explained away in cricket because, well, it’s just the way it is.
What can rugby union teach English cricket?
Opportunities like these really don’t crop up too often sitting next to England Rugby Football Union Coach Stuart Lancaster, who is guest speaker at Headingley.
The battle for copyright on social media
When football’s Premier League first announced that it intended to clamp down on fans who post clips of goals via video sharing service, Vine, it re-invigorated a copyright debate…which we jumped into with both feet.
Has Bad Behaviour Gone Too Far?
An under-twelve match in Sussex recently highlighted what may well be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the issue of verbals on the cricket field.
The County Cricket Tea Review
As someone whose kitchen cupboards are regularly packed with a baffling array of loose tea and teabags, the notion of a tea review made a lot of sense. The idea was to select a tea company to represent each county in Division One of the County Championship.