PlayersFielders Who Changed the Game: From Bland to Rhodes to Jadeja
How athletic fielding moved from afterthought to match-winning weapon, and the fielders whose diving, throwing and catching raised the standard.
Features
Original long reads on tactics, history, science, culture and the future of the game.
Players
Fan GuideCoaching Juniors: How to Make Cricket Fun for Children
A practical guide to introducing children to cricket: games first, small-sided rules, safe equipment and a coaching style that keeps them coming back.
FutureCricket 2035: Formats, Technology and the Fans of Tomorrow
Predicting cricket's next decade: how formats, technology, women's cricket and new audiences could reshape the game, and what might stay the same.
TacticsUp to the Stumps: How a Keeper's Position Rewrites the Contest
Why a wicketkeeper standing up to the stumps changes a bowler's plan and forces a batter to rethink footwork, balance and the safety of the crease.
HistoryPacker's Circus: The Rebel League That Rewired Cricket
How Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket of 1977-79 raised wages and brought in coloured kit, night matches and a new style of television coverage.
ScienceWhy Cricket Starts When It Does: Time Zones and Television
From 9.30am starts in India to floodlit finals in prime time, here is how daylight, time zones and broadcasters decide when cricket begins.
TacticsThe Six-Hitting Revolution: How Power Rewrote the Batting Manual
How modern bats, wider stances, a stronger base and a new shot toolkit turned six-hitting from a risky gamble into a repeatable, coachable skill.
HistoryMadras 1986: The Day a Test Match Finished Level
The story of the 1986 Chennai tied Test between Australia and India, from Dean Jones's heat-battered double hundred to a final-over drama.
ScienceReading Player Statistics Without Being Fooled
Averages and strike rates tell a story, but only with context. Learn how era, pitches, sample size and role can change what the numbers really mean.
TacticsBuilding a Test Attack: The Art of Balancing Pace and Spin
How selectors pick a Test bowling attack, weighing pitch, conditions, workload and series context to blend pace, swing, seam and spin into a balanced unit.
History1992: Pastel Kit, White Balls and Pakistan's Great Escape
The 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand brought coloured clothing, floodlights and white balls, and ended with an unlikely Pakistan triumph.
ScienceA Day with the Groundstaff: The Work Behind Every Match
Before the first ball is bowled, groundstaff have been up for hours. Discover how mowing, rolling, covering and repair make every cricket match possible.
TacticsOnes and Twos: The Quiet Skill That Keeps Innings Alive
Why turning the strike over matters as much as hitting boundaries: how singles ease pressure, disrupt bowlers and build the platform for big scoring.
HistorySri Lanka 1996: The Openers Who Tore Up the Script
How Sri Lanka's aggressive new approach to opening the innings won the 1996 World Cup and changed how one-day cricket is played.
ScienceWhat Really Happens During a Rain Delay
Covers on, players off, umpires pacing the outfield. Here is what goes on behind a cricket rain delay and how restart decisions are made.
TacticsLeft Hand, Right Hand: Why Bowlers Dread the Mixed Pair
How a left-hander and right-hander batting together disrupt bowlers lines and lengths, force constant field changes and break a fielding side rhythm.
HistoryFour Fast Men: How West Indies Ruled Cricket for Fifteen Years
From Clive Lloyd's pace-bowling blueprint to the Marshall and Garner years, the story of the West Indies attacks that dominated world cricket.
ScienceOver Rates and the Clock: How Cricket Manages Time
Why do slow over rates matter? Explore how cricket measures time, the penalties teams face, and the clock rules brought in for the shorter formats.
TacticsUnder the Lights: What Really Changes in a Pink-Ball Test
A look at day-night Test cricket: how the pink ball behaves, why dusk can be dangerous for batters, and how tactics and scheduling adapt under floodlights.
HistoryJohannesburg 2007: The Tournament That Made T20 Real
The inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup in South Africa, from a bowl-out and six sixes to India's thrilling final win over Pakistan.
TacticsTwo Jobs, One Man: How an All-Rounder Reshapes the XI
How having a genuine all-rounder alters the balance of an eleven, from batting depth and bowling options to captaincy choices and the risks of overreach.
HistoryThe Underarm Delivery That Shook the Melbourne Cricket Ground
How 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.
TacticsReacting or Plotting: The Difference Between Field and Plan
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 batters.
HistoryTen Days in Durban: The Test That Ran Out of Time After All
The 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 a ship.