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Aakash Chopra: 'As a commentator, you are reacting. You're being honest but your opinion can be wrong'

The former India batter delves into the challenges of dealing with trolls and with players unhappy at being criticised

Aakash Chopra: 'As a commentator, you are reacting. You're being honest but your opinion can be wrong'

The former India batter delves into the challenges of dealing with trolls and with players unhappy at being criticised

The omnishambles Ashes: how England broke on the Covid tour of 2021-22

Tours to Australia are never easy, but Covid restrictions made the series that much harder for Joe Root's England side

'I wish someone had told me to enjoy my cricket and not worry about selection'

A domestic stalwart, briefly a Test player and now a sought-after broadcaster, Abhinav Mukund talks about the many twists in his career

Net flicks and drill

A behind-the-screens look at where cricketers are made

Ian Bishop on working as a commentator: 'If I don't research every player, I feel my work is unfinished'

The former West Indies fast bowler talks about what goes into calling the game for viewers

Interviews

Jayden Seales: 'I want to build my name, I want to build a legacy, I want to be No. 1 in Test cricket'

Oct 2, 2025: The young West Indies fast bowler talks about his best spells, what he's learnt from Curtly Ambrose, and why he sometimes picks fights

Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi
Talking Cricket

Jemimah Rodrigues is at 80%. The last 20 is nearly here

Sep 13, 2025: A young gun but a veteran at 25, and on the brink of her first ODI World Cup, the India batter talks us through her story

Interview by Vishal Dikshit
Talking Cricket

Aaron Finch: 'In T20, one ball can change the game. It's about taking the emotion out of it'

Sep 1, 2025: The former Australia captain talks about his T20 career, the success he had with Melbourne Renegades, and why it wasn't the same in the IPL

Interview by Matt Roller
Feature

Deadly down under: Derek Underwood's World Series Cricket chapter

Aug 29, 2025: When the England spinner and some of his Kent team-mates signed for Kerry Packer's breakaway enterprise in the '70s, it nearly broke the county apart

Mark Peel
Interviews

Colin Munro: 'If you score, you score. If you don't, it's not the end of the world'

Aug 28, 2025: The Trinbago Knight Riders opener talks about his return to the franchise, freeing himself from price-tag pressure, and the future of T20 freelancers

Interview by Deivarayan Muthu
Photo feature

Save the last laugh

Aug 27, 2025: Cricket gives you plenty of reasons to smile

Deepti Unni
Talking Cricket

Katey Martin: 'This isn't a job - we're literally talking about cricket. How fun is that?'

Aug 14, 2025: The former New Zealand wicketkeeper talks about her seamless transition to broadcast, finding her voice, and learning to love Hawk-Eye

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Photo feature

The last possibilities of light

Jul 26, 2025: Looking on the bright side of cricket

Deepti Unni
Talking Cricket

'There is no fast bowler who will have an easy life'

Jul 24, 2025: Ian Bishop and Varun Aaron discuss the building and breaking of modern-day fast bowlers and the mechanics of their elusive art

Talking Cricket

Anil Kumble: 'Don't teach people to bowl wristspin, teach them how to take wickets'

Jul 11, 2025: The great Indian spinner talks about how he made it despite not being a natural, the importance of repetition, and the dearth of wristspin in Test cricket today

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Writers
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    India's Test team - a whole too full of holes Sometimes, small gaps and weaknesses in personnel and strategy can add up to disproportionately bad results
  • Andrew Miller
    Bareknuckle Baz-brawl produces Ashes all-nighter for the ages ESPNcricinfo UK editor Andrew Miller buckles up to recount the big moments that kept England fans going through the small hours
  • Greg Chappell
    England need to shut out the noise and look in the mirror The technical flaws of their top order were in evidence in Perth. It's not too late for them to do something about them
  • Vithushan Ehantharajah
    A generational flaying takes its place in England's Ashes lore It's the hope that kills England, as crushing comedown leaves their bid for immortality on the rocks
  • Osman Samiuddin
    Mohammad Abbas, the county legend underappreciated by Pakistan A skills-and-control bowler, Abbas has used his intelligence, patience and endless stamina to get to 800 first-class wickets
  • Mohammad Isam
    Bangladesh look to fine-tune their prep for T20 World Cup Ireland will welcome the experience of Josh Little and Mark Adair and search for a change in fortunes after losing the Test series
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