Gareth Bland looks at the Yorkshire batting lineage of Joe Root while examining the gap in his illustrious CV: the lack of an Ashes Test hundred
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He was always thought of as high-minded, and even Rodney Hogg famously asserted that he “had a degree in people”, but Mike Brearley’s career outside cricket is perhaps singularly unique in the modern age. It was in 2013 that he delivered a lecture at The University of Glasgow that embraced each facet of his professional […]
Gareth Bland recalls the international career of Graham Thorpe, one of England’s most underappreciated batting talents of the last few decades.
Gareth Bland looks at English cricket’s renaissance man Ted Dexter and his cricketing philosophy, including his influence on England’s modern great Joe Root.
Gareth Bland recalls the West Indies tour of India in late 1983, which came just months after India’s maiden World Cup triumph.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the most romantic episode in Indian cricket history. On 25th June 1983 Kapil Dev stood on the balcony as the Lord’s twilight loomed and held aloft the Prudential World Cup. Their opponents, West Indies, had been expected to cruise to a third consecutive world crow
Gareth Bland explores the 1980/81 Australian international season and its effects on captain Greg Chappell
In light of the death of the Pakistani great, Gareth Bland re-posts his 80th birthday tribute to Hanif Mohammad
In honour of Martin Crowe, who died today,Gareth Bland re-posts his 50th birthday tribute to the great New Zealander from 2012.
Gareth Bland recalls the finest moments from Mohammad Azharuddin’s career against England