Almanac Cricket – The 2023 Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series, Second Test: I just don’t get it!

You don’t get too many chances to win a Test match in India these days. The Aussies just showed how to blow one such opportunity with a most puzzling third day collapse.

Almanac Cricket – The 2023 Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series: Second Test

The Second Test in the Border/Gavaskar series begins tomorrow. Ian Hauser runs his (despondent) eye over the possibilities.

Playing for a draw: Anna Karenina, Test cricket, story and context

A good sporting event is a good story. And in sports that allow it, playing for the draw can be among the best of all stories.