County Championship 2024 awards: the final word on the season Surrey won Division One yet again, but more counties get a look-in – for reasons great and farcical – in these awards The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024
Worcestershire thrive in a summer of adversity, bereavement and floods Mourning Josh Baker and ravaged by the climate crisis, the county have made the most of limited means The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024
Why finding a vintage cricket shirt is like unearthing lost treasure Football and rugby fans don’t know how lucky they are, avoiding the ‘constant challenge’ of easily satisfying an obsession The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2024
South Asian Cricket Academy taps into seam of previously ignored talent Zaman Akhter’s starring role for England Lions shows British South Asian cricketers deserve a chance in professional game The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024
‘The bloke who hit the six’: when Warwickshire won the 1989 NatWest Trophy It is 35 years since the unlikely, bespectacled duo of Asif Din and Neil Smith held off Middlesex in a thrilling finish to a low-scoring Lord’s final The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024
Dan Lawrence’s journey from cricket-mad kid to England’s new Test opener The batter’s former youth coach is in no doubt that Lawrence has the dedication and self-belief to succeed The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2024
On a hat-trick in cricket? Listen to Ian Botham, bowl full and straight There have been 49 Test hat-tricks. Dominic Cork learned from a previous failure and was successful for England in 1995 The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2024
Be it night or day, seam or spin, Graham Thorpe was batting The sad news of an England great’s death brought back fond memories from a childhood where 90s cricketers ruled The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2024
The life of a cricket groundskeeper: ‘It’s hard – but I’ve seen the world’s best players’ Gary Barwell, head of sports turf at Edgbaston, has seen his workload grow but is grateful to be kept off social media The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2024
‘I’m not a drugs cheat, it’s proven’: Chris Wright raring to return after ban Leicestershire seamer feared career was over after ban that has prompted criticism of anti-doping regulations The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024
How Great Britain claimed Olympic cricket glory in Paris 124 years ago Classically English game has featured at the Olympics once, and British team will defend their title at Los Angeles 2028 The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024
Return of Rishabh Pant prompts both relief and the guilty secret of fandom India’s remarkable talent was fortunate simply to survive his horror accident, but supporters are often guilty of wanting more The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024
What will be the legacy of Cricket World Cup’s New York adventure? If cricket in the US is headed anywhere, bet on it being towards becoming the home to another thriving franchise league The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024
No grassroots but lots of scaffold: a peek inside New York’s cricket scene India and Pakistan – ‘the Super Bowl on steroids’ – clash in the T20 World Cup on Sunday, but most New Yorkers haven’t a clue The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 ‘Land of opportunity’: USA is cricket’s bold new frontier once again In the first of a series of special features, Andy Bull looks at how a sport buried by the American civil war is undergoing a revival
The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2024 Happy 21st birthday T20: from silly photoshoot to cricket’s apex format Within two decades T20 has usurped the entire structure of the sport with the Olympics next on the horizon
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024 Revisiting England’s overshadowed summer of perfection, 20 years on Seven wins from seven Tests and a recasting of the XI set the team on its path to Ashes glory 12 months later
The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024 ‘New lease of life’: how walking cricket is giving the over-50s a taste of Bazball Older people are reconnecting with their inner child by taking up the bat again and remembering how fun the sport can be
The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2024 Cameron Steel takes roundabout route into the limelight with Surrey All-rounder has switched specialisms and counties over the years but is now the country’s leading wicket taker and has England ambitions
The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2024 Head-to-head stats highlight why Test cricket is greatest sporting format Every match comprises hundreds of contests between batter and bowler. If statistics are your thing, it’s mesmerising
The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2024 Behind the scenes at Wisden: 161 years old and still going strong The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack remains a bestseller and headline-grabber, because it acts as the conscience of cricket
The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2024 ‘Impossible to bowl to’: Brian Lara’s record feats still stand out 30 years on West Indies great’s Test and county records in 1994 are recalled by opponents, some of whom had rooms in Lara’s house named after them
The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024 Surrey eye history as ‘irreplaceable’ Alec Stewart looks to sign off in style Stewart’s final act at his beloved club could see Surrey match a cricketing feat that has not been achieved in over half a century
The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024 Gap between county cricket’s haves and have-nots is growing dangerous ‘I don’t think there has ever been a more fragile time for the whole game,’ says Ashley Giles as he contemplates a bleak future
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2024 Cricket’s links to the pits endure along with memories of miners’ strike Harold Larwood and Bill Voce escaped the pits by playing cricket at a time when miners formed the backbone of the game