History of Cricket in the Olympic games: The debate as to whether cricket should be part of the Olympics is ongoing. However, cricket has only featured as an Olympic sport once – in the year 1900. Great Britain won gold by beating France. Since, cricket has not featured in the Olympic games at all. However, […] READ MORE
Now that the second season of the T10 League has passed, it is a good time to create a clear definition of a short innings and a long innings in that version of the game. The distinction between a short spell and a long spell for a bowler is easy to make; one over is […] READ MORE
In the IPL’s infancy, there were regular calls for a window in the cricket schedule so everyone could participate in the T20 gold rush. Ricky Ponting, for instance, feared in his 2008 Diary that teams like New Zealand and the West Indies might be lost to international cricket if its lesser-paid players were forced to […] READ MORE
Jason Roy: Rory Burns “Obviously Deserves” An England Spot Fans were left disappointed at the Kia Oval when a thunderstorm reduced Surrey’s Vitality Blast match against Somerset to a 10/10 clash. Somerset posted a below par 99/6, with Lewis Gregory hitting a rapid fifty to take his side from 46-5 to a respectable total. However, […] READ MORE
As the BCCI looks to host the tenth edition of IPL this year, massive revamps in team compositions are expected. The new-look teams will definitely be star-studded and the auction will be keenly followed by fans all over the globe on 27th and 28th January. With maximum three retentions per team, 1,122 players are set […] READ MORE
Cricket is a changing game. To ensure that it remains popular the ICC have made several changes to the way in which the game is played, which have been on the whole successful. What cricket does not need at the moment are formats shorter than T20 cricket. It makes very little sense as there is […] READ MORE