In late November, a small crowd at Providence Stadium, Guyana, watched a piece of history being made. When Tom Prest tucked an offbreak from Mahedi Hasan to the leg side, Hampshire became the first ...

Looking at maps can be stupefying. Such is the West Indies' ubiety in cricket, to see the geographic modesty of the cricket-playing Caribbean - wee specks upon the globe, barely flecks within the ...

So it would be a truly satisfying evening if the Minnesota Twins won because all the opposition pitchers simultaneously broke down with damaged rotator cuffs (the standard pitcher's injury), if the ...

But then Moeen's is an unlikely story. In modern England, anyway. It's a story of family, of sacrifice, of unity, of humility, of talent overcoming poverty. The most unlikely thing about Moeen? His ...

A certain young musical genius - some claim it was Bach, others swear it was Brahms - liked to sleep in. As the rest of his family started their day, tugging on wigs and lacing up corsets, this ...

The question of who has hit the biggest sixes is one of great popular interest. Unfortunately, the level of interest greatly exceeds the amount of reliable information. The vast majority of historical ...

The two boys, schooled by a state whose preferred national narrative disregards the momentous history of this place, can be excused for doubting the myth of the fast bowling larki. They are not aware ...

My brother, being a brother, said, " Arre! Kaise mil gaya yeh tujhe?!" [How did you get this?!] But mom and dad were very happy. I called up Tracy [Fernandes, the India team physio] ma'am also. Then I ...

The top 10 Test performances from the last 50 years include scarcely believable turnarounds, a dustbin aid, and big whiskers ...

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?

Twenty years ago is also when St Lucia's first cricketer to make the West Indies side, Daren Sammy, made his international debut in a rained-out fixture in an insignificant Natwest Tri-nation series.

What began as a technical tweak for one Aussie batsman is now a nationwide fad. And not everyone is impressed For the first 128 years of Australia's Test history, there was one constant in a boundless ...