When we started to swing it both ways. A few days ago, I attended a drinks party at the Common Room of the school where I taught for 30...

The French have a charming idiosyncrasy – actually, they have many but not all are charming – of informing you of the village or town...

Is the art of keeping wicket in decline? “What a different game it is, Murt, to the one we used to play!” So commented my friend, a...

“In the city, no-one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.” (Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of...

The recent trial and acquittal of Ben Stokes, followed hard on the heels by the arrest and fining of that other bad boy of England sport...

It was hot so we were glad to be ushered across the tarmac and into the airport terminal. Though to be honest, Bergerac International...

I know of no other ball game than cricket which depends so much on the surface on which it is played. Many sport surfaces nowadays are...

This picture, on pages 12 and 13 of this month’s Cricketer, caught my eye. Always nice to have an official team photo in front of the...

Ireland is a bewitching place. The rugged beauty of the island is a given but it is the inhabitants that fascinate me. They are uniformly...