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The contrast between bowling to a field set for you and bowling to a plan of your own, and why proactive bowlers tend to dismiss good…
History Ten Days in Durban: The Test That Ran Out of Time After AllThe Timeless Test of 1939 in Durban had no limit on days, yet England and South Africa still drew after ten days of play, thanks to…
Tactics The Yorker: Cricket’s Most Unforgiving DeliveryWhy landing a fast, full ball at the batter toes is so hard, what goes wrong when it fails, and how bowlers practise the yorker until…
History Nineteen for Ninety: Jim Laker at Old Trafford, 1956How off-spinner Jim Laker took nineteen Australian wickets in one Test at Old Trafford in 1956, a feat that has never been matched.
Tactics Staying Calm in the Chase: The Mind Game of a TargetWhat goes on inside a chasing team: how required rates, risk, partnerships and clear thinking help batters stay calm when the scoreboard is closing in.
History Melbourne, March 1877: The Match That Started Test CricketHow the first Test match between England and Australia at the MCG in 1877 began a rivalry that still defines cricket, and who won it.