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You're never too old for cricket

The story of a club where senior citizens prove they're better than striplings a quarter their age or less. By Jon Hotten

Writers

Mark Nicholas

Root or du Plessis: who would you rather be? The England captain largely has the personnel to give expression to his dynamic leadership. His South African counterpart faces trickier circumstances
Gaurav Kalra

Why women's cricket at the Olympics is a good idea The men's game might not make it to the world's premier multi-sport event anytime soon, but it's vital that the women do
Vithushan Ehantharajah

Ingram's feats tell of a game rediscovered Few batsmen are hitting a cricket ball better than Colin Ingram at the moment as his destructive performances for Glamorgan attract global attention
Firdose Moonda

Heartache tonight (and every night) Our correspondent follows two South African teams about on the disappointing final legs of their respective tours
Brydon Coverdale

Who is the most followed non-Indian cricketer on Twitter? This and other puzzlers in the second of our fortnightly quizzes
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Cherish the old memories, Sri Lanka Never in their history have Sri Lanka been so comprehensively rolled over. There was no Duleep Mendis-style counterattack, or a Muttiah Muralitharan-esque bamboozling. There was only misery
Osman Samiuddin

Pakistan, the Improbables In today's age when analytics and reason underpin most aspects of life, all the data indicated that Pakistan did not have a chance. How then did their Champions Trophy win happen?
Tim Wigmore

The art of the first over Darren Stevens is fulfilling a role he might never have envisaged - that of a specialist first-over bowler in Twenty20 - but the tactic has never entirely caught on
Ian Chappell

If the kids have cricket heroes, the game will prosper Cricket Australia may need more money today to fund the grass-roots game, but the health of cricket depends on whether young fans in parks want to emulate players in stadiums
Jon Hotten

You're never too old for cricket The story of a club where senior citizens prove they're better than striplings a quarter their age or less
Steven Lynch

Four golden ducks in an innings Also, how many times has a wicket fallen off the first ball of a Test?
Daniel Brettig

Don't mention the pay war For Australian broadcasters and advertisers, a home Ashes series is something close to a sure thing. But at the moment it is very much the opposite
Jarrod Kimber

Roach a glimmer amid ragged and wayward West Indies The bowling was poor from West Indies but there were stages when the captaincy was even worse
S Rajesh

West Indies' freefall in England Through the 1970s and '80s, West Indies had a 15-0 win-loss record in Tests in England, but since 2000 England have been just as dominant