Blog: long reads on cricket
Original long reads on tactics, history, science, culture and the future of the game.
Tactics The Yorker: Cricket’s Most Unforgiving Delivery
Why 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.