Blog: long reads on cricket
Original long reads on tactics, history, science, culture and the future of the game.
The 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand brought coloured clothing, floodlights and white balls, and ended with an unlikely Pakistan triumph.
History Sri Lanka 1996: The Openers Who Tore Up the ScriptHow Sri Lanka's aggressive new approach to opening the innings won the 1996 World Cup and changed how one-day cricket is played.
History Four Fast Men: How West Indies Ruled Cricket for Fifteen YearsFrom Clive Lloyd's pace-bowling blueprint to the Marshall and Garner years, the story of the West Indies attacks that dominated world cricket.
History Johannesburg 2007: The Tournament That Made T20 RealThe inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup in South Africa, from a bowl-out and six sixes to India's thrilling final win over Pakistan.
History The Underarm Delivery That Shook the Melbourne Cricket GroundHow a single rolled delivery at the MCG in 1981 led to national outrage, a diplomatic row and a change in the rules of one-day cricket.
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…
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.
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.