The West Indies white-ball coach is on a mission to remould the T20 side into the world-beating force they once were ...

Srinivasan's kingdom and Dhoni's adopted home is at the centre of cricket's universe, but what has that meant for the fabric of the game in the city? Have you ever seen Shahrukh Khan bat?" a senior ...

Close of play: Day 1: Western Australia 142, Marylebone Cricket Club 91/1 (Wyatt 14*, Hammond 16*) Day 2: Marylebone Cricket Club 469/4 (Hardstaff 87*, Worthington 39*) Western Australia 1st innings ...

There is an instructive story about the origins of Jamnagar, and it could well be a myth. After Jam Rawal, the ruling prince of Kutch, avenged his father Jam Lakha's murder at the hands of his greedy ...

Talent spotter, brand manager, publicist, PA, troubleshooter, friend, guide - it's all in a day's work for the player agent Reg Hayter was a one-off. A long-time cricket correspondent for Pardons ...

Fiery, difficult, outspoken, Fred Trueman belongs to a lost era. Fifty years on from his final Test, we look back at what he left behind It is mid-June, 1965. Britain is changing - the Beatles' MBEs ...

History would be kind to him, Winston Churchill thought: he intended writing it himself. Cricket captains have often inclined to the same opinion, setting out to tell the stories of their series from ...

One of the editors of the Cricket Monthly recently made an enquiry about an article in which I had valued wickets by the quality of batsmen dismissed. He asked, "Can you then tell me what is the best ...

As a special-education teacher on the KwaZulu-Natal coastline, Pooven Govender is in the metamorphosis business. Not every child that comes under his care is transformed because, as he says, some are ...

When India played Pakistan in the World Cup I sought sanctuary from the madness. No better source for guidance than the greatest piece of writing on the subcontinental schism, Manto's Toba Tek Singh.

One of the possible names for this magazine was Shot! The exclamation is universal, alive in a variety of twangs and registers, at home on a maidan, a beach, a green, or in a commentary box. A little ...