New Zealand fast bowler joins club for three-month stint across formatsESPNcricinfo staff23-Feb-2024Blair Tickner, the New Zealand fast bowler, has joined Derbyshire across formats for the first three months of the season.Tickner, 30, has almost 400…
A guide for beginners on why the Ashes matterJenny Thompson06-Sep-2005 Wisden Almanack - the Bible of cricket, but of fashion, too? Surely not ... © Getty Images "Cricket," as my fashionista friend Louise observed recently,…
A dashing, attacking batsman, he kept New Zealand cricket shining through its dark daysJohn Mehaffey30-May-2008 Reid: particularly savage on the leg side© Getty Images Bill O'Halloran was a burly, red-haired former rugby player who bowled…
England's 189-run defeat in Hamilton leaves them at their lowest point of Michael Vaughan's captaincy and there are precious few signs that they are capable of turning their form aroundAndrew Miller in Hamilton09-Mar-2008 Captain of…
Bring back Shane Warne, Shaun Pollock and Wasim Akram because we have a conundrum here that only they can solve. The way Sachin Tendulkar has batted on this tour, and in the matches leading up…
Cricket is a non-contact sport, but watching Virender Sehwag bat is as visceral an experience as watching Muhammad Ali dominate the ring in his primeS Aga03-Dec-2009Arguments about Muttiah Muralitharan's declining effectiveness can wait for another…
In the last innings of the Bangalore Test, a 22-year-old walked out instead of Rahul Dravid - and made sure he gave those watching plenty to talk aboutNagraj Gollapudi21-Oct-2010For one poignant moment Cheteshwar Pujara was…
Togetherness, a happy team culture and some fun have helped mould the Redbacks into a strong outfitSriram Veera in Durban17-Sep-2010It was something Stephen Fleming said on the eve of the tournament that comes to mind…
The stat that defines Jonathan Trott's batting seems to be the strike-rate of 77.76, deemed to be too lethargic for the pell-mell pace of today's one-day cricketSiddarth Ravindran in Chennai15-Mar-2011There are plenty of astounding numbers…
ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Pune Warriors in ChennaiFirdose Moonda25-Apr-2011The slow runnerM Vijay seemed determined to get run out at the start of the…