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Pierre Bouilloire files this report, for Le Monde newspaper, on the third and final one-day match between England and South Africa on 7th September 2025 Read more »

Pierre Bouilloire reporting on the England vs South Africa 50 Over match at Lord’s for Le Monde newspaper: 4th September 2025. Read more »

This is Pierre Bouilloire reporting for Le Monde newspaper on England’s 50 Over match against South Africa at Headingley on 2nd September 2025. Read more »

All addictions come witrh a cost but some, the acquisition of cricket books and memorabilia amongst them, are essentially harmless Read more »

In a long, strategic game like cricket, being able to read the game can separate the great players from the good players. Reading the game can involve many different elements in a sport like cricket, such as anticipating the bowler’s delivery, reading the fielding layout, and knowing when to push… Read more »

From the intricate rules to a beating spirit, here’s everything you’re wondering about in terms of cricket. Get ready to take to the field with our first-run assistant, scrupulously designed to get closer to the realm of this wonderful game.  If you are eager to try your luck at cricket… Read more »

In late-July (the 22nd and 29th), Peter Kettle published on this site a two-part article on contrasting styles of book reviewing, with attention to how they handled factual and other sorts or errors, which culminated in a classification of the different styles that readers could choose between. Here the classification… Read more »

The last time England won an away Test match in the Men’s Ashes, Barack Obama was in his first term as United States president and the UK was in the first year of a coalition government! It was January 2011, Mitchell Starc was bowling to the left and to the… Read more »

The Caribbean Premier League is back, and the 2025 edition promises to be exciting. The tournament will run from August 14 to September 21, covering six nations and six franchises in a 34-match T20 showdown. The final will then take place at Guyana’s Providence Stadium on September 21, when only… Read more »

Guest writer Tony Wadsworth has been pondering some ideas he has formed for Test matches about imposing a maximum number of overs to be received by both sides in their first innings. Here he puts these to the test, before outlining their beneficial implications for the spectating public. To introduce… Read more »