Pakistan ‘match-fixing’: one gap in the ‘set-up’ theory

One Pakistan paper says India is behind the match-fixing allegations – but their theory seems to contain an important oversight

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.

Beware the quiet man

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

Tragi-comedy in the Yorkshire Leagues

Harry Pearson’s latest book advances his claims to be cricket’s slightly more robust answer to Alan Bennett, says Duncan Steer

Cricket and free-to-air TV – the full story

The result of the general election may well decide the future of cricket in England. In a special in-depth investigation, SPIN asks: would free-to-air coverage of the Ashes really ruin English cricket, as Giles Clarke claims?

Best of Spin 6: the story of the Mongoose, cricket’s tiny new bat

As the Mongoose breaks through at the IPL, we present our original interview with inventor Marcus Codrington Fernandez and his first signing, Stuart Law

Don Bradman “not the greatest” says new stats research

Exhaustive research by statistician Dave Wilson rates bowlers and batsmen on the same terms for the first time – and comes up with a possibly heretical new ranking of cricket greats

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

Best of SPIN: Behind the Scenes with Surrey

To celebrate the 50th issue of SPIN, we present the best of the SPIN archive. No 3: Duncan Steer goes access all areas during Surrey’s ill-fated 2008 T20 campaign

Sport Beefy: Spin reviews Botham’s Christmas offering

Ian Botham selects his top 50 sporting icons in his new book. Allan Lamb and Sebastian Coe feature. Mike Brearley and Steve Ovett don’t…

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