The Old Batsman

I thought quite hard before posting this [yes, a rarity I know], because it is not intended as criticism, and it's about women's cri...

So England take their counter-intuitive leap into the dark with Alastair Cook at the Oval tomorrow. A man with an ODI strike rate of 71 will...

Back in 2006, when we were messing about with Merlyn , I remember a conversation with a coach about the need for a shot that got the ball p...

In Gideon Haigh's book Inside Out there's an essay called Fabian Batsmanship, a lovely, subtle piece about the subtlest of arts: le...

The other day I noted down the order in which I enjoyed watching the England top seven bat, taking them each at their best. It went: Pieters...

Under Manchester's glowering June sky, Abdul Razzaq arrived to play for Leicestershire at Old Trafford last night. He'd been in the ...

Something strange happened when Kevin Pietersen walked out to bat on Monday evening - at least it would have been strange had you been rea...