Gideon Haigh's Blog

A review of England vs Australia in 2023

Australia's captain was the most influential figure in men's cricket last year

Shane Warne 1969-2022

Forty years before Marcus Trescothick's seminal book on the subject, a well-loved England batsman wrote about dealing with anxiety and depression during his career

Forty years on, the rebellion, the innovation, the technology, the coloured clothing seem to be all we can talk about

For a long time batting's most rewarding stroke, the six, was not identified with its foremost
exponents. There was attacking batsmanship, of course. But six-hitting tended
to be a facility of specialist practitioners, usually down the order.

Overshadowed by greater writers, Dudley Carew and Bruce Hamilton wrote cricket novels set in the old world but with contemporary concerns

Gideon Haigh writes that Richie Benaud's media career must be described in terms of two related broadcasting revolutions in which he was intimately involved: the rise of the ex-player expert; and the precipitous rise in the commercial value of

What one of cricket's most iconic photographs says about the historical biography

A new biography of Charles Bannerman seeks to explore why his cricketing peak was brief and lonely