Cricket Opinions

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Aug 23, 2026

Ponting says it is well and truly time to move on, and Labuschagne’s numbers make him hard to argue with

Marnus Labuschagne was bowled off his thigh pad for 4 at Mackay and never got a second innings. With Australia’s South Africa squad due in early Septe...

Aug 17, 2026

Australia’s top three has been failing for a year, and Darwin only made it impossible to ignore

Pat Cummins called it a trend rather than a bad week, and the averages back him up. The awkward part is that Australia’s replacement options are barel...

Aug 14, 2026

Gambhir has two ICC trophies and ten defeats in nineteen Tests, and Galle is about the second number

India start in Galle on Saturday with a coach whose white-ball record is close to flawless and whose Test record is not. Both are true. Only one of th...

Aug 14, 2026

India lost the spinner who bats, and the answer at Galle should be a 33-year-old debutant

Washington Sundar’s hamstring has left India a bowler short in the wrong department, and the argument before Saturday’s first Test is not about the ba...

Aug 13, 2026

India’s No. 3 at Galle: Padikkal should play, and not for the reason everyone says

Sai Sudharsan’s toe has left India choosing between Devdutt Padikkal and Sarfaraz Khan at first drop in Galle. The case for the left-hander is tactica...

Aug 8, 2026

Everyone knows where Hardik Pandya is going next, and nobody actually does

Five franchises are said to be circling, Chennai are said to have offered a swap, and Mumbai Indians say nothing is happening. On the evidence so far,...

Aug 6, 2026

Uthappa is right about Suryavanshi, but Kambli and Shaw are the wrong warning

Robin Uthappa says the 15-year-old could outdo Tendulkar in white-ball cricket if he is managed properly, and reaches for two cautionary tales that do...

Aug 6, 2026

West Indies picked one spinner for a turning pitch, and the fix their captain ruled out was the obvious one

Spinners took 20 of the 30 bowler wickets at the Queen’s Park Oval. West Indies went in with one frontline spinner, and Roston Chase’s honest post-mor...

Aug 2, 2026

Eight teams left Moeen Ali out of the Hundred auction, and one ankle injury undid it in an afternoon

Not one of the eight franchises put Moeen Ali on its shortlist in March. On 1 August, Southern Brave signed him as an injury replacement and picked hi...

Aug 1, 2026

Everyone wants Stokes back for the 2027 Ashes except Stokes

Australia’s coach floated the fairytale, England’s managing director would not rule it out, and the man himself said in June he would be watching from...

Jul 31, 2026

Rahane’s retirement leaves KKR a captaincy call, and Rinku Singh is the frontrunner

Ajinkya Rahane’s retirement leaves Kolkata Knight Riders hunting a captain for IPL 2027 with one season left in the current cycle. Rinku Singh is the...

Jul 31, 2026

India’s record in Sri Lanka says one thing, the last 20 months say another

India have not lost a Test series in Sri Lanka since 2008 and have won their last five Tests on the island. After two home whitewashes and a nine-year...

Jul 29, 2026

McGrath is right about Prasidh, but his Test and ODI records tell different stories

Glenn McGrath has backed Prasidh Krishna to fill the gap left by Mohammed Shami and cover for Jasprit Bumrah. The one-day numbers already agree with h...

Jul 27, 2026

Sooryavanshi answered one question in Harare, not the one England asked

A record fifty and an 81 on a slow pitch settled the temperament question about India’s 15-year-old. The short-ball problem Jofra Archer exposed is st...

Jul 16, 2026

The runs still favour Kohli and Rohit, but the 2027 question won’t go away

Kohli and Rohit are ODI-only now, and every low score reopens the same debate. After two cheap dismissals at Edgbaston, here is where the 2027 World C...

Jul 15, 2026

England rule the T20 world while their ODI game quietly falls apart

Harry Brook’s side just swept India to go top of the T20I rankings. In the 50-over game they sit eighth, their lowest in twenty years, and the first O...

Jul 8, 2026

India’s T20I reset was always going to hurt before it helps

One humiliating night in Nottingham has reopened the debate over dropping Suryakumar Yadav. India should hold their nerve, because this rebuild was al...

Jul 6, 2026

Ravi Bishnoi’s Old Trafford collapse has handed India a selection call they can’t dodge

The leg-spinner leaked 60 in four wicketless overs and set an unwanted no-ball record as India went 1-0 down. With Varun Chakravarthy waiting, stickin...

Jul 2, 2026

Sanju Samson’s slump has reopened India’s most awkward selection call

Three single-figure scores in a row, and a 15-year-old with 776 IPL runs waiting in the same squad. Sanju Samson’s form has handed India a selection q...

Jul 1, 2026

Two World Cups, two group exits: India can’t keep delaying their T20 rebuild

India just won the 50-over World Cup, but a second straight group-stage exit at the Women’s T20 World Cup shows the shortest format still exposes the...

Jun 29, 2026

Australia lead the Women’s T20 World Cup four, but South Africa are the team to fear

The semi-finals are set at The Oval with Australia chasing a seventh title. They are still the favourites, but the chasing pack has rarely looked this...

Jun 20, 2026

New Zealand’s faltering title defence threatens to spoil Devine’s farewell

The 2024 champions sit fourth in their group after three games, and with Sophie Devine’s international career winding down, their title defence in Eng...

Jun 19, 2026

Why Rohit and Kohli should still be first on India’s England ODI teamsheet

The squad is due any day, and the noise around Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli is back. Here is why that is the wrong argument to be having.

Jun 17, 2026

Two stars down, Australia still look the team to beat at the Women’s T20 World Cup

Phoebe Litchfield and Ashleigh Gardner are sidelined by injury, yet Australia have brushed aside South Africa and Bangladesh without a stumble. Their...