Are our young cricketers over-trained? Not long ago, I fell into conversation with the cricket coach of a well-known public school....

The story of Colin Cowdrey, cricket’s most elegant and charming batsmen. Colin Cowdrey was born on a tea plantation in India and was...

In 1973, I played a small part in Hampshire’s success in winning the county championship. In 2016, another Murtagh, my nephew Tim, played...

...but not if you watch England. Note I said in all forms of cricket, not just the professional game. For nigh on a quarter of a century...

Anybody who saw the recent 47-ball century by Chris Gayle for the West Indies against England in the T20 World Cup would not have raised...

FOSTER 287 AUSTRALIA 285 (Evening News headline, 16th December 1903) On holiday in Australia recently, I was invited by a friend of my...

Rather like a Glyndebourne devotee at his first Glastonbury Festival, I approached the Rose Bowl in Southampton (I refuse to call it the...

Not long after I stopped playing county cricket, I was selected for the MCC (captain, I’ll have you know) to play a respectable club in...

“Why have I been dropped from the school team, Dad? I took three wickets last match.” “I’m sorry, Son, but it’s because of the colour of...