T20s
The IPL 2025 retentions
Going through the retentions for the 10 teams.
T20s
Men's cricket
Virat Kohli's T20I legacy
Greatness comes with a tax, and Kohli was paying it for a long time. Now, he gets to cash in.
Analysis
Why teams win the toss and bowl in T20
Since the start of 2023, teams have won the toss and batted first 37% of the time, not not much more than a third. Yet, teams batting first have been winning at over 47%. There is a real disconnect here.
Analysis
The threat of Jasprit Bumrah
When Jasprit Bumrah is at his best, you cannot play him. When he’s really bad, you still can’t.
Analysis
Men's T20 World Cup MVPs (2021-22)
They even changed the name to the World Cup, after all those years of us calling it that when it wasn’t.
Analysis
Men's T20 World Cup MVPs (2012-16)
Looking at the well-known campaigns as well as the slightly forgotten ones with the lens of true values.
feature
The monster pitch that ate cricket in New York
The ICC called the New York pitch a beautiful monster. They were half right.
T20s
Squad review - New Zealand
New Zealand reached the semi-finals in Australia in 2022, the final in UAE in 2021, and the semi-finals in India in 2016. However, they have not been able to go on and win the title, like they have a glass ceiling keeping them down.
Analysis
Squad review - England
The good news is that no matter what you feel about England, they will be fun to watch whether they do well or flame out dramatically again.
Analysis
Men's T20 World Cup MVPs (2007-2010)
Looking back at the best players in the first three editions of the T20 World Cup with the knowledge of today.
Analysis
Squad review - South Africa
There will be no mention of the curse here
India
The IPL as a business
The IPL, as Lalit Modi imagined, was to be a marriage between Bollywood glitz and cricket - India’s two favourite money-spinners.