BROWSE BY SECTION Issues
  • Cartoon
  • Analysis
  • Comment
  • Cover Story
  • Dear Cricket Monthly
  • Essay
  • The Essentials
  • Features
  • Hate to Love
  • Wordplay
  • Interview
  • The Jury's Out
  • Profile
  • Photo Feature
  • Talking Cricket
  • Think You Know Yourself?
  • Stats Feature
  • Quiz
  • High Fives
  • Gleanings
  • I Was There
The Cricket Monthly
  • Sign inLogout
The Cricket Monthly The Cricket Monthly The Cricket Monthly

The naive and fragile boy who became the world's top bowler

Pat Cummins was young and thrillingly quick but never fit long enough to make an impact. Not anymore

The naive and fragile boy who became the world's top bowler

Pat Cummins was young and thrillingly quick but never fit long enough to make an impact. Not anymore

Who recently became only the tenth man in history to bat on all five days of a Test?

And which Australian cricketer was the target of the infamous "can't bowl, can't throw" sledge?

High Fives

Things about cricket you enjoy when no one's looking

There are some aspects of the game you can only enjoy in secret

Best XI

The Thorpedos: spinners, pacers, fiery run-makers

Graham Thorpe picks a team from among the best cricketers he played with

Who played the most cricket in the last 12 months?

The second edition of our global workload survey. Featuring Kohli, Azam, Root, Cummins, Healy, and a new Afghan spin sensation

Talking Cricket

'I cannot tell a bowler what to do or not do. I need to help them understand their own rhythm'

Nov 13, 2019: India bowling coach Bharat Arun talks about the parts that make up the team's best ever attack

Interview by Karthik Krishnaswamy
Talking Cricket

Faith Thomas is the Aussie legend you haven't heard of

Oct 25, 2019: She was the first woman of Aboriginal descent to represent Australia in any sport, but that's just part of her story

Sidharth Monga
Talking Cricket

Sreesanth: the story of a fall

Oct 21, 2019: How the clown prince of Indian cricket is fighting his way back after a jail sentence and a ban for spot-fixing

Jarrod Kimber (with additional reporting by Nagraj Gollapudi)
Hate to Love

India v Pakistan, a Bangladeshi view

Oct 17, 2019: Hating to love the rivalry that arouses strong passions in Dhaka

Mohammad Isam
Features

Strong arms: the story of Pakistan women's cricket

Oct 16, 2019: Receiving death threats, dodging border control, breaking world records, and changing minds - in the last two decades, Pakistan's female cricketers have come a long way

Kamila Shamsie
Quiz

Who was the only spinner among the top ten Test wicket-takers of the 1980s?

Oct 11, 2019: And which renowned author called cricketers "flannelled fools at the wicket" in a poem in 1902?

Brydon Coverdale
Features

A mercenary and a legend

Oct 6, 2019: Kieron Pollard's choice to go franchise didn't just make him one of the first T20 millionaires, it also shaped how players approached the format

Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde
High Fives

Cool heads

Oct 5, 2019: Five cricketers who preferred the floppy hat to the cap

Hemant Brar
My Best XI

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Oct 3, 2019: Michael Kasprowicz picks a team from among the best red-ball cricketers he played with

As told to Crispin Andrews
Talking Cricket

'If I don't take wickets even in one innings, I think my career for India is over'

Oct 1, 2019: Ishant Sharma talks about putting pressure on himself to excel, and how he hit his current purple patch

Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi
Interview

'When I started, I wanted to play long for India. But now I just want to enjoy the ride'

Sep 20, 2019: Hanuma Vihari looks back at his eventful first year in international cricket, and talks about learning to keep his desire for a place in the team from hijacking his game

Interview by Varun Shetty
Writers
  • Mark Nicholas
    How about Gary Kirsten as England's next coach? He has had successful stints with India and South Africa and has a batting brain that Joe Root would love to pick
  • George Dobell
    How Essex and Somerset share values that English cricket squanders at its peril A commitment to homegrown talent and embedded local support show county game in best light
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    Will someone spare a thought for the poor, wee, enraged cricketers? Also: are Sri Lanka brilliant or dreadful? Answers on a postcard
  • Osman Samiuddin
    Yasir Shah returns to Australia with a point to prove He endured a dreadful series on his last visit three years ago. How will the legspinner go this time around?
  • Ian Chappell
    How the hell does Steve Smith do what he does? He operates in a manner utterly different from everyone else and manages to succeed
  • S Rajesh
    How does Virat Kohli's Test bowling attack compare with the best ever? Numbers say this is India's best Test bowling attack of all time, and it's also one of the most balanced any captain has ever had
  • Sidharth Monga
    Sourav Ganguly acknowledges 'tuff conditions' in pollution-hit T20I The BCCI president's tweet was the first time in three years the board had admitted the risks of scheduling matches in hazardous air conditions
  • Steven Lynch
    Has anyone got to their second double-century faster than Mayank Agarwal? And is Deepak Chahar's 6 for 7 the best bowling performance in any T20 match?
  • Aakash Chopra
    What India need to do against Sri Lanka's key players How they face up to Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga will be crucial
  • Paul Edwards
    Insights and judgement from the mildest man in cricket Vic Marks' gentleness belies the incisiveness of his observations on the game. His autobiography is an inside look at the fiery Somerset dressing room of the late '70s, and more besides
  • Andrew McGlashan
    Cricketing world set to watch 'fantastic' Naseem Shah on big stage The 16-year old, who has been the talk of the tour from even before he landed, is set to become the youngest Test debutant in Australia and against Australia
  • Tim Wigmore
    A mercenary and a legend Kieron Pollard's choice to go franchise didn't just make him one of the first T20 millionaires, it also shaped how players approached the format
  • Andrew Miller
    From Duncan Fletcher to Trevor Bayliss: how Chris Silverwood's predecessors shaped up Silverwood is the sixth England coach in the central-contract era - so how did the others fare?
  • Mohammad Isam
    Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Shahid Afridi make Dhaka Platoons the team to beat A look at how the six newly-assembled BPL squads stack up ahead of the upcoming season
  • Back to top
  • SignIn
  • HOME
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Interest Based Ads
  • Your California Privacy Rights
  • Children’s Online Privacy Policy
  • About Nielsen Measurement