Specials – When Ireland became champions of Europe

The 2001 Women’s European Cricket Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament. England had dominated it since the first edition in 1989, winning each of the first five titles. With a view to expose young players to ODI cricket, England named a squad comprising only players aged under 19 as they set out to […]

Specials – India in Tests at Trent Bridge

The 2021-23 World Test Championship begins tomorrow with a five-match series between England and India. At stake will be the Pataudi Trophy, which England have held for the last decade – since 2011, England have won 11 and lost only two out of 14 home Tests against India. The first Test will be played at […]

Record Book – Pakistan’s ODI wins at Lord’s

The Super League rolls on with England hosting Pakistan in the second ODI at Lord’s on 10th July. This match will mark the return of a full house to the ‘home of cricket’, even as England have been forced to go into the series with a depleted squad. Pakistan have won four out of their […]

Record Book – New Zealand’s Test wins in England

England’s international summer kicks off with a two-Test series against New Zealand commencing at Lord’s on 2nd June. This will be New Zealand’s 18th Test series in England and will be followed by their much-awaited clash with India in the World Test Championship final. Having played 54 Test matches in England till date, the Black […]

Specials – England in Chepauk Tests, Part 3

In the third and final part of this series, we look back at England’s last three Test matches at Chepauk heading into the ongoing series against India, each of which resulted in defeat. A tame series surrender – Second Test, 1992-93 Reeling from an eight-defeat at Calcutta, England suffered a further setback when captain Graham […]

Specials – England in Chepauk Tests, Part 1

Coming off series wins in Australia and Sri Lanka respectively, India and England will commence their four-Test battle for the Anthony de Mello Trophy on 5th February. The first two Tests will be played at the M.A. Chidambraram Stadium in Chennai (formerly Madras), more popularly known as the Chepauk Stadium because of the locality in […]

Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 5

The 1988 triumph remains the West Indies’ most recent Test series success on English soil. While honours were even in 1991 and 1995, the decline of the Caribbean outfit became evident with the advent of the 2000s. In the concluding part of this series on West Indian Test victories in England, we cover the […]

Who Would Have Thought It – Ireland make hay at Lord’s

It was the moment for which the Irish cricketing fraternity had been waiting for long – a Test match against England on the hallowed turf of Lord’s. When William Porterfield led Ireland out at the Mecca on 24th July 2019, it was a dream come true for the players and the fans alike. Though […]

Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 4

The West Indies went from strength to strength as the 1980s rolled on, and England bore the brunt of their firepower more than any other team. In the fourth of this five-part series, we look back at the period when the men in maroon caps reached their peak on English soil. Greenidge slays England […]

Specials – West Indian Test wins in England, Part 3

In the third part of this series, we embark upon the period during which the West Indies firmly established themselves as the undisputed champions of Test cricket. Openers star in series-clincher – Fourth Test, Headingley, 1976 The in-form Gordon Greenidge (115) and the swashbuckling southpaw Roy Fredericks put the English bowling attack to […]