News

West Indies vs India Mid-Innnings Report

The series is level but the Windies will feel the hapier side…

Vaughan, Harmison left out of Ashes squad

England today named a 16-strong squad for a pre-Ashes camp to be held later this week and a team to take on Warwickshire in a three-day warm-up match at Edgbaston starting on July 1st.

Pakistan Win ICC World Twenty20

Captain Younus Khan announces T20 retirement after historic win.

Features

Pressure on India and Dilshan’s genius

Eoin Morgan’s latest inside view from the England World T20 camp

The BBC’s ICC World Twenty20 highlights: any good?

The Third Umpire stays up late and wonders why BBC Sport is stuck so very proudly in the 1980s.

Shahid Afridi: the story of my life Shahid Afridi: the story of my life

Pakistan’s maverick all-rounder Shahid Afridi tells SPIN the story of his life in this interview from the SPIN archives

Podcast

Episode 15: Ian Bell, bells and walkie-talkies Episode 15: Ian Bell, bells and walkie-talkies

The SPIN podcast returns with a bang! We speak with Ian Bell, John Wright and Neil d’Costa about cricket… and Kemp talks about his love life.

 
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Shahid Afridi: the story of my life Shahid Afridi: the story of my life

Pakistan’s maverick all-rounder Shahid Afridi tells SPIN the story of his life in this interview from the SPIN archives

The Lasith Malinga story

He didn’t touch a cricket ball until he was 17. Seven years later, he was a Test star. Lasith Malinga tells SPIN the story of his remarkable rise

The Hit Parade: the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 day by day

SPIN recalls the story of the first World T20

Symonds out as Australia name Ashes squad

Australia have unveiled their 16-man party for the Ashes tour

‘Obviously 3-0 down with 
three Tests played is 
not ideal…’

So said Freddie… relive the whole 2006/07 Ashes with our day-by-day account of England’s 5-0 drubbing. By Rob Smyth and Duncan Steer

‘I captained Adam Gilchrist in the Middlesex League’

In 1989, a teenage Adam Gilchrist ran rampant in London club cricket. His Richmond CC skipper, CHRIS GOLDIE, recalls a remarkable summer

English cricket faces split over plan to axe older players

English cricket is split over ECB plans to pay counties to play more youngsters. There’s even talk of a players’ strike…

England put India out of ICC World T20 England put India out of ICC World T20

England pulled off a tense three-run win over defending champions India at Lord’s. Click through to read back over our text commentary of the second half

How to bat in Twenty20

It’s all about weird flicks and flips, right? Wrong, says SPIN’s batting guru Gary Palmer in his latest masterclass

Wherever I Lay My Deerstalker…

Kemp lives in the ex-house of an international cricketer. Can you guess whose?