Buy Overthrowing Cricket's EmpireSubscribe Stats updated as of October 14, 2024. Fazal Mahmood was a vibe. Look at him. Does it even matter that he was one of the best quicks of his era? He’s just a cool-looking guy. Holding a cigarette like he’s posing for
Subscribe The PCB has dropped Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, and Naseem Shah. That’s like putting a cherry on top of plane crash. That’ll fix the years and years of mismanagement, rash decisions, political interference, amateur thinking, random coaching changes, captains sacked without even leading in a game, overhauls
Subscribe There’s a line in Jurassic World when they talk about the new dinosaur escaping from its paddock: “She is learning where she fits on the food chain, and I’m not sure you want her to figure that out.” I’ve been thinking about this a lot while
Buy Overthrowing Cricket's empire Something strange is happening at this Women's World Cup. We have two different starting times: one is an afternoon game, and the other is at night. Most of the games have been played after dark, and when you watch the second innings
From 2013 to 2019, all was good. Everyone was doing what they should. Then the batters decided to let the bowlers completely take over their job as well.
Legend has it that Kiran More looked at two-year-old Maharaj’s palms and predicted, "This child will be a cricketer."
He was on the road to greatness with the bat, and now he can't even find a run on a road.
Download Hitwicket FREE for iOS/Android and build your dream team! Buy me a coffee Niaz Ahmed came in to bat at number 10 against England in 1969. It was his second Test and his first at home. He received a huge ovation from the home fans when he came
Download Hitwicket FREE for iOS/Android and build your dream team! Buy me a coffee The Toronto Nationals won the 2024 Global T20 Canada. The tournament had one of the most farcical non-games in cricket history. It involved moving boundary lines, a one-over game, a forfeit, and most importantly, Shakib
Zimbabwe have lost batting to dictators, a lack of games, associate status, England, and simply a lack of money.
Are India suddenly bad against spin?
Working out who the third-best spinner is might be like looking for the second-best batter ever. There are many candidates, but after a point it's about personal choice.
Download Hitwicket FREE for iOS/Android and build your dream team! Buy me a coffee The zombie ball was something that happened in a game a few years back where the obvious no ball was not given after a player was caught. The South African batters assumed the catch made
This should be the future of bilateral series – fact-finding missions with teams trying to get something important out of them, and old legspinners taking wickets.
Men's cricket
Greatness comes with a tax, and Kohli was paying it for a long time. Now, he gets to cash in.
England
Buy me a coffee This is the entire history of seam bowlers who have taken wickets over the age of 40. It’s a wild ride. Johnny Douglas is famous for being really fit, like abnormally so for a cricketer. He was an allrounder who took 1893 wickets in first-class
India
Because of SKY's foot of God, India won a World Cup that they had deserved many times over the last 11 years.
Analysis
Since the start of 2023, teams have won the toss and batted first 37% of the time, not not much more than a third. Yet, teams batting first have been winning at over 47%. There is a real disconnect here.
Men's cricket
Shahid Afridi was not just another player, he was a time-traveller from the future.
Analysis
When Jasprit Bumrah is at his best, you cannot play him. When he’s really bad, you still can’t.
Story
The USA had a great bowler, and then, nothing for a very long time.
Analysis
They even changed the name to the World Cup, after all those years of us calling it that when it wasn’t.
Analysis
Looking at the well-known campaigns as well as the slightly forgotten ones with the lens of true values.
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The ICC called the New York pitch a beautiful monster. They were half right.