Archive - Good Areas

The bowlers who travelled to us from the future

Batters are often celebrated for being ahead of their time. We need the time-travelling bowlers to get their due.

8 hrs ago • Behram Qazi

England spam, New Zealand stutter

O’Rourke’s weird swipe was just the first error, an enormous canary in the coal mine of how this match would go.

Jun 7 • Jarrod Kimber

Ollie Robinson's new ball love

For the longest time, England kept him out of the team, but that was because Ollie Robinson put himself in the wrong place.

Jun 4 • Jarrod Kimber

The Goodies: IPL 2026 League Stage Awards

Can you win an award named after you? Apparently, you can.

Jun 1 • Shayan Khan and Jarrod Kimber

May 2026

Bowlpocalypse 4: cricket's evolutionary war

The story goes that when the first forward defensive shot was played, people said that wasn’t cricket.

May 30 • Jarrod Kimber

IPL 2026: Exit Interviews - CSK, DC, KKR & PBKS

Why did these four teams not win this year? And were they even supposed to?

May 27 • Shayan Khan and Jarrod Kimber

IPL 2026: Exit Interviews - LSG & MI

Pouring cold cups of coffee on the coldest teams in the league.

May 21 • Shayan Khan and Jarrod Kimber

The IPL's bowling terrains

How bowlers who have succeeded have taken their wickets - and how each one's bowling maps reveal plenty about the kind of bowlers they are.

May 19 • Jarrod Kimber

Bowlpocalpyse 3: The chase for 300

If the greatest image in cricket was the stumps splayed, the worst might be the wide signal.

May 16 • Jarrod Kimber

PrabhArya: The court jesters of chaos

This year, the Prabhsimran Singh-Priyansh Arya pair has made their flaws almost invisible, while feasting on what they want.

May 14 • Varun Alvakonda and Jarrod Kimber

The PSL's Fast Fourteen

Pakistan are not spoiled for choice when it comes to T20 batsmanship, but their talent pool does not qualify as grim.

May 13 • Behram Qazi and Varun Alvakonda

IPL 2026: Power Rankings - Episode 6

The bottom two teams have welded themselves into a dungeon of their own making. But what about the rest?

May 12 • Shayan Khan and Jarrod Kimber

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