ArchiveMay 3, 2015

This is proving to be a sumptuously fascinating test match, and a reminder that the lowest-scoring games are invariably the most exciting. When will the sport’s administrators realise that cricket’s fundamental appeal derives from the contest between bat and ball, not the accumulation of runs (and scoring of sixes), for their own sake. There’s so much to discuss, I barely know where to start, but perhaps at the beginning of the day, when England lost 3-17, to be bowled out for...