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As translated from the French by Francoise Bechet.

Guest writer Peter Kettle, who is no skier or skater, takes a sideways glance at the Winter Olympics and finds parallels with ordering a coffee in his home town of Melbourne.

In the wake of the MCG Test match debacle, Peter Kettle gives his personal impressions of the Head Groundsman, Matthew Page.

Peter Kettle had a dream last night…a surreal one.

And, on waking up, felt it was real – so sound were the cricketing facts.

In the recent Stick to Cricket podcast, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Mike Hussey debated how this current Ashes series might unfold, and especially the first Test in Perth – viewed as a signpost.

Well, this initial Test – as likely all of you know now – was outside the box and landed firmly Australia’s way.

Here, Peter Kettle looks ahead to the second Test in Brisbane – and to its imagined conclusion and the end of match ceremonies.

Gareth Bland looks at the response of Greg Chappell and others to England’s inept batting displays in Perth’s opening Ashes Test

This is the interesting story of former England all-rounder Barry Knight, who died in Australia last week at the age of 87

We rarely publish poetry, though PK sent us this reflection on two of cricket’s greatest icons, WG Grace and DG Bradman. We thought you might enjoy something different.

Occasionally, it’s important for Cricket Web to check in with our members to ensure we’re on the right track. Recently, we did this through an article published on 22nd July, which explored how our reviewers should handle errors in the books they assess—whether factual mistakes, grammatical slips, or simple typos. We outlined several approaches, from […]

Pierre Bouilloire files this report, for Le Monde newspaper, on the third and final one-day match between England and South Africa on 7th September 2025