BBC's chief cricket reporter STEPHAN SHEMILT explains why the former England captain, who thrived in an era of great Test bowlers, is his favourite cricketer
23/03/2025 | Stephan Shemilt | The Cricketer Magazine | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | England | England Men |
During the New Year's Test in 2016, the now-England captain launched a stunning assault on the South African bowling attack to score 258 from just 198 balls; an innings which highlighted his brute strength and lightning-fast hands
03/01/2025 | Simon Hughes | South Africa | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | England |
NEIL SQUIRES: Gavin Larsen and Roger Twose reminisce fondly about Cricket Max, a unique cricket tournament that ran in New Zealand from 1997 to 2002 before it fell to the wayside, just a year before the advent of T20 cricket
03/01/2025 | Neil Squires | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | New Zealand | News | Magazine | England |
ROB SMYTH recalls incredible Root knocks from across the globe, silencing David Warner and confounding AB de Villiers
30/12/2024 | The Cricketer | Premium | News | Magazine | England |
CHRIS NASH: By stopping this avenue, I can see players choosing to either leave the game to gain an education, or sacrifice an education to follow their cricketing dream; for me this shouldn't be a choice, and only weakens the game in this country
27/12/2024 | The Cricketer | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | ECB | County Cricket |
MIKE BREARLEY hails the Shatila refugee camp in South Beirut, which is giving youngsters hope of a happy life again, with cricket at the heart of it
12/12/2024 | The Cricketer | Features | News | Magazine |
The Indian batter was NISHANT JOSHI's favourite cricketer due to his effortless, wristy approach at the crease and his gentle, scandal-free nature off the field
01/11/2024 | The Cricketer | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | India |
It's 40 years to the day since the first ever 199 in Test cricket. HUW TURBERVILL finds out what happened to Mudassar Nazar
29/10/2024 | Huw Turbervill | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | Huw Turbervill |
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Back in 2008, Christopher Lyles met five players who were doing something a little bit different with their winter; not two decades later, the cricketing opportunities are endless
29/10/2024 | The Cricketer | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | County Cricket |
STEVE ELWORTHY on a day in his life as chief executive officer at Surrey, including an early wake-up, learning from experience not to switch off during the day and emails about bad light stopping play
21/10/2024 | The Cricketer | Surrey Men | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | Kia Oval |
JAMES COYNE: This month it is 400 years since the first recorded death inflicted on the cricket field, in a game between Sussex farmers
21/09/2024 | James Coyne | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine |
HUW TURBERVILL relives the infamous Tiger Moth incident on the Ashes Tour of 1990/91 with the co-pilots on that day David Gower and Johnny Morris and their captain Graham Gooch
20/09/2024 | Huw Turbervill | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | Huw Turbervill | England |
MIKE SELVEY discusses Graham Gooch's first first-class century which was against Leicestershire fifty years ago this month
27/08/2024 | Mike Selvey | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine |
Former Australia batting great and coach Justin Langer tells HUW TURBERVILL that cricket is in a good place no matter what the format is
27/08/2024 | Huw Turbervill | All Members-Only | Features | Premium | News | Magazine | Australia |
SIMON WILDE on the future of the 50-over format, inceasingly unloved in some countries but still being embraced in others
20/08/2024 | Simon Wilde | Features | News | Magazine | International | England | County Cricket |
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