Archive - Good Areas

Australia's new clouds

Aussie quicks bowling the wobbleball, WTC points and Kookaburra's reinforced seam have made it incredibly tough to bat Down Under.

Dec 8 • Jarrod Kimber

From Bazball to Blockball

After four seasons, England are still not making any runs, dropping loads of catches and aren’t striking with the ball on Australian soil.

Dec 7 • Jarrod Kimber

England's heavy, haunted hands

Whoever is driving the English Ashes ship is steering it towards a crash

Dec 6 • Jarrod Kimber and Shayan Khan

Jasprit Bumrah - fire, fury and evolution

What connects Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, David Warner and AB de Villiers? Bumrah's debuts.

Dec 6 • Saurabh Somani

England's bowling plans short-circuited

Day 2 of the Gabba Test saw a fair bit of madness, but very little method

Dec 5 • Jarrod Kimber

Joe Root, and old-fashioned patience for England

Root played grown-up cricket, while the rest of the top-order found creative ways to get out

Dec 4 • Jarrod Kimber

What are the biggest upsets in Test history?

And do New Zealand have the two biggest upsets of all time?

Dec 2 • Jarrod Kimber

An Indian vivisection with R Ashwin and Himanish Ganjoo

Assembling the cricket's nerd avengers.

Dec 1 • Jarrod Kimber

November 2025

England beaten by the ghost of Travis Head's past

His arrival warped the bowlers' thinking, and Head then feasted on England's souls.

Nov 29 • Jarrod Kimber

Are we witnessing South Africa's greatest era?

They've had periods of amazing success going back to more than a century, but there's something different now.

Nov 27 • Jarrod Kimber

England beaten by Australia's War-Head

Travis Head played one of the greatest fourth innings masterclasses. He made 205 look like 25 when he was batting.

Nov 22 • Jarrod Kimber

A day of Ashes chaos, on repeat

Day 1 of the series had 19 wickets, didn't follow any cricketing logic, and was just moments of madness and magic.

Nov 21 • Jarrod Kimber

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