Extreme pitches aside, the year's red-ball contests were fierce, and home advantage wasn't as marked as before. And India's world title raised hopes for a revolution in the women's game
Sambit Bal
January 2026
Test cricket has had a fabulous year, and despite its flaws, cricket is growing, but the calendar is a cause for concern
Sambit Bal
January 2025
We're often alarmed at changes in the sport and the direction it seems to be headed in, but maybe the fear is unfounded
Sambit Bal
December 2023
Ten years after he retired, a reflection on what Muttiah Muralitharan has meant - and means - to a nation
Andrew Fidel Fernando
August 2020
How did Australian cricket come to be synonymous with hostility, gamesmanship and verbal abuse? A year on from Sandpapergate, we explore a thorny subject
Jarrod Kimber
April 2019
Tall and friendly, Tony Greig was a hero, ready-minted, for Sussex, England and the world in the late '60s and '70s
Twice on a tour of Australia, Sunny was out bowled for zero
Christian Ryan
December 2018
It has been five years since Tendulkar left the stage, and India's obsession with him makes a little more sense
Cricketer who turned prime minister? There's more to him than just those two avatars
Both crises involve Australia, but here are five other things connecting them