Gareth Bland profiles the beleaguered Australian captain Michael Clarke, who can look to an illustrious predecessor, Allan Border, for inspiration as he attempts to raise his side’s game ahead of The Ashes
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In this feature Martin looks behind the best set of numbers of any England batsman, and finds one of the most interesting characters to have graced Test match cricket.
Remarkable as it may seem given prevailing weather conditions the English counties are under starter’s orders and due for the off on 10 April. In this feature David Taylor assesses their chances.
In this feature David Taylor takes a look at two Pakistani batsmen whose careers were given a helping hand by Kerry Packer.
While India can rejoice in their 4-0 victory, It’s back to the drawing board for the Aussies. Here are the ratings for the series.
Gareth Bland looks back at a promising Test career sadly curtailed by injury: the Australian batsman Martin Kent played just three times, all in Botham’s Ashes summer of 1981
Dave Wilson returns to Series Points to right a grievous wrong.
David Mutton re-examines the furore of England’s boycott of their opening fixture in the 2003 World Cup.
We have undertaken a project in conjuction with Quiller Publishing to release a book named Finding Seams on Apples containing what we consider to be some of the best Cricket Web Forum threads over the years. It is now available for pre-ordering.
Statistically he is the second best batsman ever to emerge from Australia, yet Bill Ponsford is rarely referred to as one of the greats. In this feature Martin tells his story.