Em Arlott overcame anxiety and self-doubt to impress with the ball and in the field on only her second England appearance, as Charlotte Edwards’ selection decision paid dividends. The West Indies were ...

Em Arlott's player-of-the-match performance in just her second game for England felt like a long time coming, but the two well-documented false starts to her international career are just part of the ...

Em Arlott held her nerve at the death to earn Birmingham Phoenix an 11-run win at Edgbaston despite Nat Sciver-Brunt's 64 for Trent Rockets. After Emma Lamb hit 55 to help Phoenix post 148 for five ...

The Centenary Test at Lord’s in 1980 saw British commentator John Arlott making his final broadcast on Test cricket. The match was intended to celebrate hundred years of Test cricket in England.

A stockbroker’s son and a CND-supporting poet: the two great commentators embodied the divisions at the heart of the game. By Peter Wilby English cricket has always wallowed in nostalgia. Its most ...

Some of the finest writers on the game have written with equal felicity on matters outside of cricket. The obvious example is Neville Cardus and music. Then there is John Arlott. To understand him and ...

Basil D'Oliveira was about to give up on cricket when he hit on a desperate idea. It changed everything for him, and the world. Despite his status in non-white cricketing circles in Cape Town, he knew ...