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Ladies at Lord’s: Oxford women annihilate the tabs

Taking the long walk out through the Long Room at Lord's is a dream that the vast majority of cricketers can barely even imagine....

India Society cancels cricket match with Pakistan Society

Oxford India Society have cancelled a scheduled cricket match with Oxford Pakistan Society, citing the “ongoing hostilities” between the two countries. In a statement posted...

The day I saw magic on the cricket pitch

All sport is an endless struggle to scale the heights of human perfection. That sentence reads like a hopelessly pompous platitude, but I think...

Bazball 2: Electric Boogaloo

They don’t go into tricky situations with the same reckless abandon now; there’s a recognition of the need to grind it out sometimes.

Was India Bazball’s graveyard or its baptism by fire?

This series has been Bazball’s baptism as a mature, seasoned cricketing philosophy. They lost: now, they will learn.

The Hundred may be marmite, but it’s revolutionising the women’s game

Lunch, cherries, and tea. Three words perfectly befitting of a quaint high-street café, yet curiously suited too, for English cricket. Nothing evokes the game’s...

A Goodbye to Australia’s Golden Generation

"For this second golden generation 2023 has been a year that they can look back fondly upon as a satisfying capstone achievement."

World Cups – On-Field Festivals, Off-Field Frustrations

"World Cups are the highlight of many a sporting fan’s calendar, sporting festivals that are exceptional global adverts for their respective games."

The Mankad, sporting etiquette and the so-called “Spirit of Cricket”

While the level of skill required is up for debate, it doesn’t explain the centrality of ‘sportsmanship’ in this conversation.

Looking ahead – Cricket in 2023

Speaking of the Australians, they arrive in the summer for one of the most hotly anticipated Ashes series in memory.

A New Dawn For English Cricket?

If there is any leadership team designed to ward off fears of a repeat of that match, it must be Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, the latter the new red-ball men’s head coach.

Lord’s Cricket Ground to stop hosting Varsity Match

This year will see the final cricket Varsity competition played at Lord’s Cricket Ground. The first of these games was played in 1827 and has continued since then every year aside from the interruption of World Wars I and II, and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lifting the cloud: South Africa’s return to winning ways

"The series against India could well go some way to dispelling the shadows around the team, if not the still-troubled administrators."

The Ashes and the Place of Cricket in the 21st Century

"I know the game I fell in love with as a child, that I remember my grandfather through, will not be the same again in the 21st century."

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