Archive - Good Areas

Does Pakistan suck?

Pakistan wasn’t poor in the first Test, they were much worse

Aug 21 • Jarrod Kimber, Behram Qazi, and Rob Barron

Origami veterans and the Steyn impersonator

England showed sentience in the post-Stokes era. Pakistan folded like origami veterans.

Aug 20 • Behram Qazi and Rob Barron

Abdullah Shafique’s inside edge of destiny

A Headingley mash-up of on-drives, irresistible Simon & Garfunkel callbacks, and a Pakistan kind of story for England.

Aug 19 • Jarrod Kimber and Behram Qazi

Bangladesh's evolutionary leap in Darwin

Bangladesh have now won 100% of their Tests in Australia over the last 15 years. And Cricket Australia made that happen.

Aug 16 • Jarrod Kimber

21 runs and fours Shazams

When three generations, two thigh pads, and a lifetime of memories came together for one family.

Aug 14 • Jarrod Kimber

Australia's two timelines

They've had a generation blessed with remarkable bowlers, but they're all of the same age and no one else has come through.

Aug 11 • Jarrod Kimber

England's gunslinging all-rounders

There really should have only been one Ian Botham, but England believed so much, they actually willed ‘the next Botham’ into reality. Twice.

Aug 8 • Jarrod Kimber, Varun Alvakonda, and Shayan Khan

Laura Wolvaardt, a golf ball, and a cover drive from heaven

Wolvaardt's cover drive belongs in the Louvre and her name in the pantheon of greats

Aug 5 • C. S Chiwanza

Stephen Fleming and England's turn from magicians to mechanics

Will practicality triumph where Bazball pyrotechnics failed?

Aug 4 • Jarrod Kimber

July 2026

Clicky Ponting and cricket's history of skullduggery

Through its colourful history, the game has been built on cheats, sharp practice, and all sorts of dodgy reimaginings.

Jul 31 • Jarrod Kimber

Can Elon Musk save Test cricket?

No one runs the game, we play too much cricket, and too little at the same time.

Jul 28 • Jarrod Kimber

Death of the specialist number six

The aftermath of the five-man attacks is that we are seeing the death of the specialist number six, and the sacrifice of young batters at three.

Jul 25 • Varun Alvakonda and Jarrod Kimber

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