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In an eighteen month stretch between March 1968 and September 1969 four very different future England batsmen were born. Two, in the form of Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain, would go on to captain England. Born within five days of each other in March 1968, the Lancastrian Atherton, and Mumbai-born Essex Boy Hussain each maximized their talent with the bat and led by example once they become the team’s leader. 

Following Forum discussion, Peter Kettle has revised his approach to standardising Test batting averages.

The changes made, and new findings, are presented in this piece.

Pakistan just concluded one of its worst campaigns in the history of the ODI World Cup last night with an embarrassing, one-sided defeat against England, one of the weaker teams in the tournament, which also experienced its worst-ever campaign in the competition’s history.

Guest writer Peter Kettle puts forward a general approach to comparing Test batting averages of players of different generations, based on the use of “dominance ratings”.

See where your players of interest fit in, and say whether or not you agree with the suggested approach.

Martin has had the pleasure of speaking to Nauman Niaz again, and for once there wasn’t too much cricket talk

What was expected to be a thrilling contest between the two Asian heavyweights, turned out to be a sterile encounter, at least from the perspective of Sri Lankan fans.

We are fortunate enough to have been granted an audience by the owner of one of the finest cricket collections in the world, Dr Nauman Niaz

As one of England’s greatest batsmen, Kevin Pietersen won four of a possible six Ashes series over the course of his 10-year international career. In this article, Caption This, Pietersen reacts to a series of photos from those clashes against Australia.

Gareth Bland looks at English cricket’s renaissance man Ted Dexter and his cricketing philosophy, including his influence on England’s modern great Joe Root.

We are grateful once again to Pratham Chhabria of Cow Corner Cricket Podcast for the second part of his interview with one of the greatest off spinners the game has seen