Cricket News, Records, Legends & Stories
Cricket News, Records, Legends & Stories
There are batsmen who dominate scorecards. Then there are batsmen who dominate the imagination. Sir Vivian Richards belonged to the second category. He walked to the crease without a helmet, chewing gum, shoulders relaxed, bat in hand and confidence visible before a ball had even been bowled. Fast bowlers tried to intimidate him. Richards often […]
Australian cricket has produced generations of extraordinary players. Few combined batting excellence, competitive intensity and leadership quite like Ricky Ponting. For 17 years, Ponting stood at the heart of one of the most successful teams international cricket has ever seen. He scored more than 27,000 international runs. He made 71 international centuries. He won three […]
Some cricketers are remembered for the runs they scored. Some for trophies. Some for leadership. Some for the moments when an entire stadium seemed to stop breathing. MS Dhoni belongs to all of those categories. The long hair of his early career, the lightning-fast stumpings, the helicopter shot, the calm expression under enormous pressure and […]
Few cricketers of the modern era have combined performance, intensity, fitness, consistency and global popularity quite like Virat Kohli. From a young Delhi batsman leading India to an Under-19 World Cup title to becoming one of the most prolific run-scorers in international cricket, Kohli’s career has been defined by relentless ambition. He became the face […]
There are great bowlers. There are record-breaking bowlers. And then there are players who change the way an entire skill is viewed. Shane Warne did that for leg-spin. When Warne entered international cricket in the early 1990s, wrist-spin was hardly the dominant force it had once been. Fast bowling ruled much of world cricket, and […]
Every cricket nation has moments that change the way the world sees them. For Ireland, one of those moments arrived in Bengaluru on 2 March 2011. England had scored 327. Ireland were five wickets down and appeared to be heading towards defeat. Then Kevin O’Brien began hitting. What followed became one of the most famous […]
Afghanistan’s rise in international cricket is one of the most remarkable stories the modern game has produced. Few players represent that journey better than Rashid Khan. From a young leg-spinner representing a developing cricket nation to becoming one of the most recognizable bowlers in world cricket, Rashid’s career has unfolded alongside Afghanistan’s transformation on the […]
Bangladesh has produced talented batsmen, clever spinners, fast bowlers and memorable captains. Few players, however, have influenced the country’s cricket across as many areas as Shakib Al Hasan. For nearly two decades, Shakib provided Bangladesh with something every international side wants but very few possess: A genuine world-class all-rounder. He could bat in the top […]
Some cricket legends emerge from teams already filled with world-class players. Others spend much of their careers carrying the expectations of an entire batting line-up. Andy Flower belonged to the second group. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Zimbabwe produced a competitive international side featuring several highly respected cricketers. But when the team needed runs […]
Long before New Zealand became a regular contender at the top of international cricket, one fast bowler gave the country a weapon capable of troubling almost any batting line-up in the world. Sir Richard Hadlee was not simply New Zealand’s leading bowler. For much of his career, he was the attack. Accurate, intelligent and capable […]
