Australia currently sit five-nil up against England in a one-day series that is being panned throughout the cricketing world. Is this indicative of a general decline in one-day cricket, and does the format need new ideas to save itself?
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Over the coming months staff members will be looking at their heroes – Martin begins the series with a profile of the Notts Express, Harold Larwood.
The legality of some bowling actions has caused controversy from time to time since the game began. Here we go back nearly half a century to look at the case of Ian Meckiff and how he was treated.
When Michael Hussey shot out of the blocks his performances were described as “Bradmanesque”, but did he really deserve that accolade? Here we look at whether anyone ever has.
Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne are usually cited as the key figures in Australia’s now ended era of Test dominance but in their own way Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting were equally as significant.
There are only a few who have played the game as only they can play, Sir Don Bradman, The great Gary Sobers, King Viv Richards, Prince Brian Lara and The sheik of Tweak Shane Warne.
After six weeks of Test cricket where neither side gained the upper hand for too long, the Ashes is over. Here is Cricket Web’s look back at the series.
It doesn’t matter who you support, England or Australia, it’s a safe bet that supporters from both sides will agree the standard of umpiring this 2009 Ashes series has been nothing short of abysmal.
Sri Lanka all-rounder Chaminda Vaas announced his retirement from Test cricket late last month bringing an end to his 15-year test career.
The purpose of this article is to have a look at Laker’s approach in order to see just how accurate or otherwise his predictions were and then for the writer to try and project the game forward again, this time, less ambitiously, to 21 years hence.