He smashed jaws, he thrashed sixes: Wasim Akram in the Birmingham league in 1999
Twenty-three years ago, caught in the turmoil of the match-fixing saga, the Pakistani legend turned out for Smethwick CC
Scott Oliver
August 2022
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'You can't fully run away from where you come'
Jonathan Trott, Allan Lamb, Robin Smith and Michael Lumb on what it means to be a South African-born cricketer playing for England
Cricket's mothers have it better now than ever (but not all of them)
Female players who chose to have children effectively had to give up their playing careers. That is changing, but there's still a long way to go
Annesha Ghosh
March 2022
Amelia Kerr: 'If my family didn't get involved, I would still be suffering now'
The New Zealand allrounder talks about how her mental-health break made her appreciate the value of sharing your problems with your loved ones
Valkerie Baynes
February 2022
Fast times with Shabnim Ismail
From playing in the streets with boys to becoming a speed demon feared by batters across the world: here's the South Africa bowler's story
The future is tall
The great batters have historically been on the shorter side. T20 is changing that. Here is why
Have sweet spots on bats really got bigger?
Batmaking trends have changed greatly in the last two decades, but perhaps not as much as batting trends
Varun Shetty
December 2021
One small Lancashire club, two Aussie giants
About 30 years ago, Mark Taylor and Matthew Hayden, legends in the making, spent a summer each as the overseas pro at an English club
Scott Oliver
December 2021
When Andre Russell shook up an English spa town with his big hits and fierce strikes
Before he became Dre Russ, the Jamaican spent a season in Worcestershire that the locals still talk about
Scott Oliver
November 2021
The ACE programme is helping Black players stay in love with the game in England
One year on, Ebony Rainford-Brent's project has made a lot of progress, but there are still several barriers to break down
Valkerie Baynes
October 2021