Test cricket can be a daunting spectacle for the unfamiliar: a vast field, two sets of wickets and up to five days of play in a single match. But it is also beautiful; a prolonged battle unlike ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tristan Lavalette is an Australia-based reporter who covers cricket. Aug 24, 2024, 09:08pm EDT Aug 24, 2024, 09:23pm EDT Mark ...

England’s Bazball experiment is unraveling after a brutal Ashes defeat. Tactical flaws and poor preparation now exposed.

Searching the internet for stories about reform of the International Cricket Council, or the structure of international cricket, discloses that for the best part of 15 years talking heads have been ...

A match lasting up to five days and the equivalent of a working week is naturally going to be a slog. Those not from cricket countries - even many who are - generally are baffled how anyone can sit ...

"The tour is only a matter of hours old, but the wry thought occurs to me that reputations will almost certainly be destroyed in the next few months." The pessimistic, pithy aside of Geoffrey Boycott ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — While the West Indies tries to determine a way to improve its once-fearsome test team, Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg warns that some rivals — without ...

Batting in Test cricket as an opener demands superhuman courage, unwavering concentration, and peerless technique. These cricketers face the new ball when it is at its most lethal—swinging, seaming, ...