News

Awful India. Worse Umpiring

Umpires help SL in must-win encounter…

Cork’s blow takes Hampshire to victory

Gemma Wright, at The Rose Bowl, see Hampshire win the FP t20

Win should not mask problems

George Dobell, at Edgbaston, reflects on the second Test.

Features

SPIN: the first 50 issues

Editor Duncan Steer on five years of cricket and five years of SPIN, as the magazine celebrated its 50th issue earlier this year.

Making the best better

Live action game acclaimed in SPIN last summer is back with glitch-free improvements, says Jono Russell

Beware the quiet man

Whispering Death Michael Holding looks to settle some scores – politely – in his new memoir, finds Duncan Steer

Podcast

Episode 16: Return of the Pod

The SPIN podcast returns! Cook v Amir, Australia’s Ashes options and the next SPIN live event plus more, in 23 minutes of cricket-themed chat.

 

Best of SPIN: The making of Andy Flower

To celebrate our 50th issue, we present the best of the SPIN magazine archive – starting with the story of Andy Flower, as told by friends and team-mates

Best of SPIN 5: MCC chief exec Keith Bradshaw goes on the record

In this interview from our Feb 2010 issue, the MCC’s top man explains to SPIN how cricket’s most conservative body apparently turned itself into one of its most forward-thinking

The making of Graeme Swann

After waiting an age for recognition, England’s off-spinner can suddenly do no wrong. He tells SPIN about growing up, the benefits of fame and winning the World Cup

Best of SPIN 4: England’s lions to the Ashes slaughter

What was it like to fall under the Aussie Ashes machine during England’s eight losing series in a row, between 1989 and 2003? Three players – John Stephenson, Mike Smith and Mark Ilott – briefly given their chance recall their experiences

Spin meets Mike Brearley

Mike Brearley gave one interview about captaincy this 2009 Ashes summer, and he gave it to SPIN’s George Dobell…

Broad-inspired England push on for Ashes glory

Stuart Broad’s 5/37 has put England in the driving seat at The Oval. England are 230 ahead, with seven second-innings wickets standing.

Win should not mask problems

George Dobell, at Edgbaston, reflects on the second Test.

I ‘like’ Harsha Bhogle. I like Bob Willis. But which one’s best?

The Third Umpire weighs up the dubious lessons of five years’ watching cricket on TV.

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

Travel Broadens The Feet

SPIN’s Alex ‘Challenge’ Kemp has another job you know. Here he tells us all about it… Good. Grief.