Test Cricket

A familiar Ashes tale: moments of brilliance undone by muddle, bravado and a tour that will be remembered more for what might have been than what was.

What’s the point of watching sport if not to harbour fantasies?

Making up for lost time

Five balls, four minutes, three untouchable deliveries, two lbw appeals and one priceless wicket

In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead

Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match

Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken