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Three men on an island: when Smudge, Trav and Marnus cut their teeth in England

A look back to the time Steven Smith, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne spent paying their dues in club cricket

Three men on an island: when Smudge, Trav and Marnus cut their teeth in England

A look back to the time Steven Smith, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne spent paying their dues in club cricket

Blowing hot and cold

Cricket sometimes gets the worst of all seasons

Rahul Tewatia: 'In 2018, I decided I have to play like I'm the team's main player'

The Gujarat Titans allrounder breaks down some of his most memorable IPL innings

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Dane van Niekerk: the fateful end of a storied career

The South Africa allrounder was one of the best in the game. She was all set for a World Cup where her team was expected to go far, but destiny had other plans

Stats feature

Which Test captains had the greatest effect on their team's fortunes?

Feb 25, 2023: Plus, the canniest captaincy tactics, the zaniest declarations, the luckiest toss winners, the overachievers, and more

Anantha Narayanan
Photo feature

India vs Australia 2016-17: war minus the shooting

Feb 6, 2023: Drama, controversy and hard-fought cricket - the 2016-17 Border-Gavaskar Trophy had it all

Sidharth Monga
Talking Cricket

Alyssa Healy is a sore loser and she won't apologise for it

Feb 2, 2023: The Australia keeper-batter on being driven by competitiveness, her performances in recent World Cups, and life with her better half, Mitch Starc

Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi and S Sudarshanan
Photo feature

Tub thumping

Jan 22, 2023: When cricketers get wet and wild

Deepti Unni
Feature

'I can't change my body structure. Everybody is not going to be slim'

Jan 17, 2023: How strict is too strict when it comes to fitness testing, and what challenges do large players deal with? Azam Khan, Rahkeem Cornwall, Sisanda Magala and Lizelle Lee tell us

Firdose Moonda
Feature

How Avram Glazer of Manchester United finally got his finger in a cricket pie

Jan 12, 2023: The co-owner of the world's most famous football club tried and failed to buy an IPL franchise, but he's made up now

Matt Roller
Stats feature

Which players win the most T20s - and does it matter?

Dec 21, 2022: Win-loss records can be a blunt instrument to measure a player's worth with, but franchises are still likely to keep an eye on them during the IPL auction

Matt Roller
Photo feature

Swing when you're winning

Dec 14, 2022: Nearly 20 years to the day since his international debut, a look back at the fast bowler's remarkable career, in pictures

Deepti Unni
I Was There

The narrowest victory ever: when Walsh and Co broke Aussie hearts in Adelaide

Dec 7, 2022: Ian Bishop, Craig McDermott, Justin Langer and Tim May look back at the thrilling Australia-West Indies Test from 30 years ago

Interviews by Alex Malcolm
Photo feature

Signed, sealed, delivered

Dec 5, 2022: A look at the somewhat forgotten art of autograph-hunting

Hemant Brar
Writers
  • Ian Chappell
    Australia have fewer questions to answer than England in the Ashes The home side has a potentially fragile batting line-up and it is to be seen how long they can persist with their attacking outlook in the face of adversity
  • Firdose Moonda
    How Ali Bacher's life offers us a ringside view of South African cricket's complicated history He led the side at their peak during apartheid, presided over their readmission, and helmed the board during some of its most momentous and difficult years
  • Sidharth Monga
    WTC final Live Report - Australia vs India at The Oval WTC final - get all the chatter and the buzz and the numbers and the news and the analysis right here
  • Andrew Miller
    Zak Crawley keeps riding the purity of Bazball's high notes Perhaps the true miracle of Crawley is that he's willing to keep driving into the abyss
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    Kohli: 'We've got Test cricket after the IPL, so I've got to stay true to my technique' The RCB batter acknowledged the challenge of switching between formats after scoring a match-winning hundred against Sunrisers
  • Osman Samiuddin
    Travis Head innings highlights all you thought you knew - and didn't - about this Aussie Gilchrist comparisons are sacrilege at the best of times, but evocations can't be helped
  • Danyal Rasool
    Pakistan take on New Zealand in does-matter series in last lap of ODI WC preparations New Zealand are still without some of their regulars, while Pakistan have some big issues to address even though it's the format they are the most consistent in
  • Alan Gardner
    One year of Bazball: Have England changed the Test game? Unprecedented scoring rates have been the calling card of the Stokes-McCullum regime
  • Deivarayan Muthu
    Johnson Charles isn't finished just yet He was on his way to becoming one of the forgotten men of West Indies cricket, but has bounced right back with a series of strong performances
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    Kohli: 'We've got Test cricket after the IPL, so I've got to stay true to my technique' The RCB batter acknowledged the challenge of switching between formats after scoring a match-winning hundred against Sunrisers
  • Mohammad Isam
    Raza on his IPL experience: 'If there is no cricket from tomorrow, I'd say I have ticked all the boxes' Who's the Punjab Kings team-mate that has impressed him the most? "Jitesh Sharma. Imagine a wicketkeeper who can bat like him down the order"
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