The Ashes were born in a cauldron of rage and resentment, otherwise known as the Oval Cricket Ground, on August 29, 1882. In what was only the ninth Test match ever played, that notorious cad and ...

With on-field wars of words it is often a fine line between a genuinely pithy one-liner and cringeworthy stag-do bore “Fat slob?” Well that’s not very nice. But ...

Sledging has always been a part of cricket, and Australia and England have been pioneers in this field. But of late with ICC coming into action, there are more stringent punishments under ICC Code of ...

Sourav Ganguly showed vintage touch again, playing elegant strokes and effortless boundaries in a fluent, fearless batting ...

Sledging has been a hot topic of late—and not just because of the recent arrival of snow in Britain. The recent series between Australia and India saw tensions rise in the middle. Some found it ...

Mohammad Rizwan was brutally mocked by Bangladesh players on stump mic during his fighting knock in Sylhet Test.

A day before his final Test series began, Kumar Sangakkara reflected on a 15-year international career, and spoke on a variety of subjects, ranging from the next generation of great batsmen, to the ...

At a recent social event I bumped into a fast bowler who I'd played against many times. It was the first time I'd seen him since my retirement, and at first I couldn't work out what was odd about the ...

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke became involved in a sledging imbroglio after stump microphones picked up a comment aimed at Englishman Jimmy Anderson. AAP/Dave Hunt Picture this scene: you ...

Once again the Ashes are upon us – and once again the focus is on the on-field relations between the two teams. After a superbly exciting (and all-too short) early season tour by Brendan McCullum’s ...