You have probably read enough about the Lord’s Test between England and Pakistan now. It is amazing what reams and reams of coverage are generated by a couple of apparently innocent ...

Contrary to popular opinion, the Bangladesh Test series wasn’t entirely pointless. A squad system is vital for survival on the international treadmill and England can now add two important ...

The experience of being in Bangladesh for a fortnight has been slightly surreal. Here you have the second poorest nation in the world dominated by hardship and the tortuous progress of cycle ...

This week's announcement of the Rajasthan Royals' extension of their Royals 'brand' has mystified a number of observers as to what this move is really about. Despite Shane Warne's impressive ...

Are international groundsmen ruled by the nanny state? Or are they on the Brotherhood of Batsmen’s payroll? Clearly both if the current spate of insipid Test matches is anything to go by. ...

Given that I totally wrote off England’s one-day abilities in my last column and that they are now in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy, despite last night’s defeat by New Zealand, I'd better ...

Have a guess who was England’s second highest run-scorer in the Ashes after Andrew Strauss. Alastair Cook? Paul Collingwood? Stuart Broad? Actually, it was Matt Prior with 261 runs at 32.62. ...

With a draw at Edgbaston, and the Headingley Test match on the horizon, it is pertinent to ask: are Test pitches too flat? That is the obvious deduction from the last 12 months of Test cricket ...