Think back - if you dare - to the bleak atmosphere that descends in classic horror films. The landscapes of the wild moors in An American Warewolf in London. The eerie torchlit scenes of Halloween as Michael Myers stalks a youthful Jamie Lee Curtis. Keep these scenes in mind - scenes of [...]
Today we welcome new writer Billy Crawford to TFT. Remember when we finally won our first Test series against the West Indies since 1969? It took all of 31 years. And Billy is here to remind us how it all unfolded ... "You wouldn't write the script, you wouldn't put it in [...]
Matthew Sheldon is back with another precious memory from the nostalgia vault. This time it's the infamous Shane Warne Gatting ball from the 1993 Ashes. Has there ever been a more perfect delivery? It is often said that people can remember where they were during moments of particular notoriety. Where were you [...]
Mike Atherton Johannesburg 1995. These words bring back so many memories. New writer Matthew Sheldon was moving house when he rediscovered approximately ten hours of footage of the game on VHS. He dutifully watched it back and was inspired to write this piece. What an innings. What an opener. Athers, you absolute [...]
England haven't been the finest side in the world for many years. In fact, they haven't produced an individual great like Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, or Steve Waugh for a long time either. However, they have been lucky enough to develop some great characters with huge personalities. Cricket is all [...]
Pure class. The following XI is unadulterated, yummy, blissful class. I don't necessarily care how many runs they scored; this is all about how not how many. In fact, I'd rather bank a pretty twenty scored by one of these stylish cricketers than all 7,000 of Steve Smith's Test runs. The following [...]
Back in September 2009, I played a social cricket match somewhere just outside London. I can't remember the exact date, or the exact location, but I remember having a conversation about cricket blogging with our illustrious skipper, a certain Maxie Allen esq, in the pub afterwards. After drinking a couple of ales [...]
A lot of other cricket websites have been picking their teams of the decade in recent days. Therefore, in the spirit of scrooge, I've decided to do the polar opposite. Why go down a well-trodden road that gets a bit samey when we can have have much more fun kicking Keaton Jennings [...]
Will he be missed? He certainly will, Charles. Today is a really sad day. Like many people I feel absolutely gutted at the loss of Bob Willis. He was loved by all and he's left us all far too soon. Bob was one of the few cricket pundits who was just like [...]
England’s failure in the 2019 Ashes was due partially to the immovable object that was Steve Smith, but equally to the calamity that was its own top order, who had lost a few matches before the Ashes and nearly embarrassed them very badly against Ireland. The problem at root (with the exception [...]
