The current Australia Tour of India has been making headlines in the cricket industry. The Australian Cricket team had always been a tough contender in cricket as they had been ranked to be the world’s number 2.

Not many cricket writers in the 1960s had cause to be pleased with a review of their work by Rowland Bowen – Ralph Barker was one of the few

With this quick and easy guide, anyone who is completely new to cricket betting will understand how to take those first steps towards finding value bets. Betting on cricket is very much like betting on other sports. You should have a basic grasp of the rules of the game and the form of the teams if you expect to find decent opportunities.

It has been a topsy-turvy year for England cricket. Although the team was unable to regain the Ashes on home soil, the sport was put firmly on the radar of casuals once again after their dramatic World Cup success at Lord’s, the most iconic cricket arena in the history of the sport. Few people could forget the ‘Super Over’ victory over New Zealand, winning by the finest of margins in a pulsating encounter. Subsequently, several of the one-day squad have been recognised for their efforts by the Queen.

In a stunning and most unexpected turnaround, Graeme Smith has agreed to become the acting Director of Cricket in South Africa. This news comes hot on the heels of Smith’s refusal to take up the position citing concerns that he would not have the freedom to implement the required changes the organization needed so badly. There have, however, been a flurry of suspensions and resignations from the South African cricket board over the last week which could well have changed Smith’s mind.

The last few months have seen a number of interesting books released, and as long as most of the titles apparently in the offing actually get published that looks set to carry on in the New Year

In this feature Martin remembers Colin Croft, the sometimes overlooked member of the early West Indian pace quartets

This post takes a look at the life and works of Gerard Martineau, a writer well known in the 1950s and 60s

Women’s cricket and attitudes towards it have changed a great deal over the years – in this post Martin goes back to 1933 to see how the subject was viewed then

In this post Martin looks at the life and work of AA Thomson, a Yorkshireman from the Cardus school of cricket writing