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India and England serve up a Test series for the ages

by Rex Clementine If ever there was a reminder of why Test cricket remains the purest form of the game, this five-match series between England and India was it. After...

MLC ignites Cricket’s American dream

by Rex Clementine Cricket, they say, is a funny old game. Just ask Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest of them all, who fell for a duck at The Oval in...

Lord’s Test poised to be another blockbuster

By Rex Clementine English summers and gripping Test matches go hand in hand. From the golden tales of 1948 when Sir Don Bradman’s ‘Invincibles’ went unbeaten, to the heroics of...

From chokers to champions

by Rex Clementine The movie Invictus captures how Nelson Mandela, fresh out of prison and newly sworn in as President of South Africa, rallied a divided nation behind the Springboks to...

IPL 2025: New kings, young guns and fading giants

by Rex Clementine The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League was, as ever, a heady cocktail of glitz, glamour and gasp-inducing cricket. With last-ball thrillers keeping hearts racing and...

New Zealand end 36-year Test win drought in India

by Rex Clementine   Test cricket, eh? It’s a funny old game. One minute you’re down and out in Galle, struggling to handle spin like a fish out of water,...

From zeroes to heroes: New Zealand’s unbelievable World Cup victory

by Rex Clementine If someone tells you that Crystal Palace are going to win the Premier League this season, you’d probably laugh them off, right? You’d think they’ve lost the...

Australia set the bar high as Women’s T-20 World Cup captivates cricket world

by Rex Clementine The Women’s T20 World Cup unfolding in the United Arab Emirates has once again stirred up a whirlwind of excitement for women’s cricket, breathing new life into...

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