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AB's baby: Ian Harvey and the dressing-room encounter that was the making of his famous slower ball

The one-time T20 pioneer and maker of the first hundred in the format looks back

AB's baby: Ian Harvey and the dressing-room encounter that was the making of his famous slower ball

The one-time T20 pioneer and maker of the first hundred in the format looks back

Axar Patel's time is now

India's vice-captain at the T20 World Cup and key allrounder doesn't like to look too far ahead; that way disappointment lies

Photo feature: Outside edges

When the form is the function

Wasim Jaffer: 'I was never happy with just a hundred. That was the Mumbai style of batting'

The former India batter on his life and times: playing school cricket alongside Sachin Tendulkar, his appetite for runs, and the famous India wins he was part of

From catharsis to conflict, and other stories

Extreme pitches aside, the year's red-ball contests were fierce, and home advantage wasn't as marked as before

Talking Cricket

'T20 drains you mentally because every ball is an event'

Dec 18, 2025: Aaron Finch and Ambati Rayudu pick apart the intricacies of batting and captaincy in the shortest format.

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Feature

The story of Robin Smith and the Judge

Dec 3, 2025: The former England batter was a beautiful man and a brilliant cricketer who took on the best and most threatening in the world and often won

Mark Nicholas
Photo feature

Hanging in the balance

Nov 29, 2025: How do cricketers find equilibrium?

Ekanth
Talking Cricket

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

Nov 24, 2025: The former India batter delves into the challenges of dealing with trolls and with players unhappy at being criticised

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Feature

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

Nov 17, 2025: Tours to Australia are never easy, but Covid restrictions made the series that much harder for Joe Root's England side

Vithushan Ehantharajah
Talking Cricket

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

Oct 31, 2025: A domestic stalwart, briefly a Test player and now a sought-after broadcaster, Abhinav Mukund talks about the many twists in his career

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Photo feature

Net flicks and drill

Oct 15, 2025: A behind-the-screens look at where cricketers are made

Ekanth
Talking Cricket

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

Oct 8, 2025: The former West Indies fast bowler talks about what goes into calling the game for viewers

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
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
Writers
  • Danyal Rasool
    PAK vs USA live score, T20 World Cup 2026: Pakistan spinners strangle USA Pakistan vs USA live cricket score and updates: USA face Pakistan in a group-stage game of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Alex Malcolm
    Six weeks of summer, no cricket: Murphy's strange season He's the next in line behind Nathan Lyon, but the Victoria offspinner couldn't find a place in Australia's Test side
  • Matt Roller
    ENG vs NEP live, T20 World Cup 2026 - Nepal's Cardiac Kids fall just short of upset win ENG vs NEP T20WC live score and updates: Follow our live cricket update for in-depth match coverage and exciting highlights from England vs Nepal in the Group C encounter of the ICC men's T20 World Cup. The match is taking place in Mumbai, from 3pm IST
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    Lights, camera, seam? Pakistan and USA begin new era in SSC's confounding history On Tuesday, this storied venue will witness its first night game. How will it go? It's anyone's guess, but seam may well play a prominent role
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    Suryakumar Yadav cashes in when no one else does On a pitch that was grippy, two-paced and a nightmare for anyone looking to hit through the line, the India captain played some jaw-dropping shots to finish on 84 not out
  • Alan Gardner
    Turn up, tune in, pull out: the conscientious objector's guide to the T20 World Cup It's all about the boycotts. No, not him
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