Australia beat England 4-1
The charts above provide the batting and bowling averages by batting and bowling position for the 2025-26 Ashes.
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A History Of Fast Bowling In Australia
The title here is not misleading.
Australia Retain The Ashes In Fewer Balls Than They Needed in 2021/22
In 2021/22, Joe Root’s English visitors lost the Ashes in Australia after three Tests.
How might longer Tests be incentivized (without making flat pitches)?
I’ve proposed a system here in a contribution to ESPNCricinfo.
Why did India lose to South Africa?
The short answer is simple.
On Women's Cricket
This is an old essay from 2017, originally written for the thREAD collaborative blog at The Hindu. I wonder how it has aged...
Joe Root in the Pantheon
I don’t know where Joe Root ranks in Test cricket’s pantheon.
On Over Rates
The match referee and the umpires who officiated the Lord’s Test are facing an avalanche of abuse from English ex-players (including ex-captains), journalists, podcasters and content creators after it was announced by the ICC that England had been docked points for a slow over-rate
Harry Brook's Dismissal On Day Four
It was textbook Bazball
South Africa Win World Test Championship 2023-25
Temba Bavuma won what turned out to be a very good toss to win.