Posts by Luke

Many casual observers of the game of cricket assume that one of the objectives of the game is to score as many runs as possible. This is partly (but not totally) true! In some types of cricket, teams...

Any player who fancies themselves as a dangerous fast bowler should want to be bowling with the new ball at the beginning of the batting innings. This is arguably the best time to bowl, because the...

The area on a cricket pitch known as ‘the crease’ is a safe haven for batsmen. As long as they have a part of their body or their bat grounded within the crease, they are safe from being stumped...

When watching sports that involve a bat and a ball, many spectators automatically assume that the main aim of the game is for the person with the bat to strike the ball as cleanly and as often as...

When I was in my early cricket playing days, I read a lot of autobiographies of cricketers that played for England during the era where Duncan Fletcher was the coach. Many of them mentioned how...

With 20 over cricket gaining popularity in the last couple of decades, the modern form of the game is now full of batsmen who love to take risks at any given opportunity. 100 years ago, no one would...