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2025-07-26
Joe Root in the Pantheon
Joe Root in the Pantheon
I don’t know where Joe Root ranks in Test cricket’s pantheon.
2025-07-17
On Over Rates
On Over Rates
The match referee and the umpires who officiated the Lord’s Test are facing an avalanche of abuse from English ex-players (including ex-captains…
2025-07-14
Harry Brook's Dismissal On Day Four
Harry Brook's Dismissal On Day Four
It was textbook Bazball
2025-06-14
South Africa Win World Test Championship 2023-25
Temba Bavuma won what turned out to be a very good toss to win.
2025-04-29
Runs Above Average Replacement (RAAR)
Runs Above Average Replacement (RAAR)
In T20
2025-03-02
Why Are England Losing ODIs?
Why Are England Losing ODIs?
Since the 2019 World Cup final, England have won 29 and lost 35 One Day Internationals.
2025-01-31
The Concussion Substitute Question
The Concussion Substitute Question
India used Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute for Shivam Dube in the 4th T20 International against England in Pune yesterday.
2025-01-05
Australia Regain The Border-Gavaskar Trophy After A Decade
I can’t think of too much new to say.
2024-12-30
Australia 2-1 Up As India's Hedge Fails
India have had a problem all series.
2024-12-29
Three Tailenders Or Four?
Three Tailenders Or Four?
This is what the choice comes down to.
2024-12-20
Have Jadeja And Kohli Been Equally Good With The Bat Recently?
Have Jadeja And Kohli Been Equally Good With The Bat Recently?
Everytime Ravindra Jadeja makes runs (or Ashwin makes runs, or Nitish Kumar Reddy makes runs) in the middle-order after the top order has mostly not…
2024-12-18
Ashwin Retires
R.
2024-12-17
Three Jaffas in Three Innings For Rohit Sharma
The ball to dismiss Rohit Sharma was as follows:
2024-12-15
A Case Study In Scarcity
Australia ended the second day of the third Test in Brisbane on 405/7 from 101 overs, thanks in large part to a stand of 241 between Travis Head and…
2024-12-08
Australia Square The Series
Essentially, the Adelaide Test was the Perth Test in reverse.
2024-11-25
India Beat Australia By 295 Runs
In the WTC era (for India, this began in August 2019 in the West Indies), India have built the following record.
2024-11-23
Today In Mythology
Today In Mythology
On Day One in Perth, the Australian bowling quartet of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon collected their 500th wicket in Tests…
2024-11-22
A Thunderous Day At Perth
The first day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at the Optus Stadium in Perth featured 17 wickets and 217 runs in 76.4 overs.
2024-11-19
On The Vanishing Draw And Its Consequences
On The Vanishing Draw And Its Consequences
This is a longer essay than is usual in this newsletter.
2024-11-03
India Swept Away By Patel
India Swept Away By Patel
Anthropogenic climate change is the idea that human activity at an industrial scale has caused emissions of greenhouses gases to an extent which is…
2024-10-26
Santner Collects Thirteen, New Zealand Make History
Santner Collects Thirteen, New Zealand Make History
The greatest home winning streak in Test history came to an end today.
2024-10-20
Marvelous New Zealand Win In Bangalore
Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat first under a thick cloud cover on the first morning at the fast drying KSCA stadium in Bangalore.
2024-10-11
Why Pakistan Aren't Winning, And Why Batting Is Irrelevant In Test Cricket
Why Pakistan Aren't Winning, And Why Batting Is Irrelevant In Test Cricket
Since the beginning of 2022, Pakistan have lost 7 of their last 11 Tests in Pakistan.
2024-10-01
An Astonishing Test Win, And The Simple Genius Of Ravindra Jadeja
An Astonishing Test Win, And The Simple Genius Of Ravindra Jadeja
Ravichandran Ashwin says that he envies what Ravindra Jadeja can do.