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Throwback to 1987: when Imran Khan ruled supreme at Headingley

Four decades ago, Pakistan landed their first and only innings victory in England, en route to a famous series win

Throwback to 1987: when Imran Khan ruled supreme at Headingley

Four decades ago, Pakistan landed their first and only innings victory in England, en route to a famous series win

Save Wales: can the Hundred get cricket in the country ticking again?

Glamorgan, which uniquely represents both a county and a country, hasn't quite been in the vanguard of British cricket, but that might be set to change

Nitin Menon: 'I wanted to be the youngest umpire, and that caused me stress'

Half a decade into his career as an ICC Elite Panel umpire, Menon looks back at how far he has come and how he got there

Garry Sobers: where art met sport

He played the game with instinct and enormous flair, lived in the moment, and inspired generations

The queen of English cricket seeks another crown

For over 30 years Charlotte Edwards has been at the heart of the women's game in the country. Now she stands on the verge of one of her biggest challenges

Interviews

Riyan Parag: 'I want to captain the way I think cricket should be played - smart, aggressive, courageous'

May 19, 2026: The RR captain talks about his leadership style, becoming a punching bag for his bowlers, and his conversations with Jadeja and Sangakkara

Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi
Feature

Boy monster: the making of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Mar 27, 2026: Behind the scenes of the bonkers rise of a super-young superstar

Shashank Kishore
Talking Cricket

Always super, all the time: the CSK way

Mar 21, 2026: Ambati Rayudu and Matthew Hayden talk the philosophy and culture that built the monolith that is Chennai Super Kings

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
The Jury's Out

The greatest T20 World Cup 2026 performance

Mar 17, 2026: A key fast-bowling spell? An attacking underdog? A raw talent unleashed? Our writers make their choices

Firdose Moonda, Andrew Miller, Karthik Krishnaswamy, Sidharth Monga, Fidel Fernando
Talking Cricket

Varun Aaron: 'I wish I was stupider and just did what I had to, without knowing too much about the craft'

Feb 20, 2026: The former India fast bowler talks about overthinking, being coached by Dennis Lillee, breaking Stuart Broad's nose, and coping with injury

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Interviews

AB's baby: Ian Harvey and the dressing-room encounter that was the making of his famous slower ball

Feb 7, 2026: The one-time T20 pioneer and maker of the first hundred in the format looks back

Interview by Alagappan Muthu and Deivarayan Muthu
Feature

Axar Patel's time is now

Jan 28, 2026: India's vice-captain at the T20 World Cup and key allrounder doesn't like to look too far ahead; that way disappointment lies

Nagraj Gollapudi
Photo feature

Outside edges

Jan 22, 2026: When the form is the function

Deepti Unni
Talking Cricket

Wasim Jaffer: 'I was never happy with just a hundred. That was the Mumbai style of batting'

Jan 12, 2026: The former India batter on his life and times: playing school cricket alongside Sachin Tendulkar, his appetite for runs, and the famous India wins he was part of

Interview by Raunak Kapoor
Essay

From catharsis to conflict, and other stories

Jan 1, 2026: Extreme pitches aside, the year's red-ball contests were fierce, and home advantage wasn't as marked as before. And India's world title raised hopes for a revolution in the women's game

Sambit Bal
Writers
  • Karthik Krishnaswamy
    It's a tricky time to be Kuldeep Yadav Has the team management's perception of Kuldeep Yadav changed or has something changed in his bowling, and made him a less potent threat to batters?
  • Alan Gardner
    Pakistan's futile search for positives after Dreadingley It went from bad to worse and from sad to sadder for Pakistan in the first Test against England and the abjectness of their surrender is cause for concern
  • Andrew Fidel Fernando
    'Diesel engine' Asitha Fernando flies Sri Lanka's fast-bowling flag high Sri Lanka's new bowling coach Ryan van Niekerk has been impressed by Asitha's accuracy and ability to bowl longer spells
  • Steven Lynch
    Was Bangladesh the quickest visiting side to win a Test in Australia, doing so on their third attempt? And who are the leading Test wicket-takers to never take more than three in an innings?
  • Greg Chappell
    Australia have batting problems, and they are linked to their calendar The system is no longer giving the country's best batters what they need to express that talent consistently at the highest level
  • Vithushan Ehantharajah
    Trescothick makes his pitch, but knows his England role is on the brink Despite overseeing an innings win as interim coach, former England opener knows he may not be in Fleming's plans for rebuild
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