What is a batsman without his bat? Dwell on that. Imagine for a moment Donald Bradman standing up to Harold Larwood without one. Or Sunil Gavaskar taking on Malcolm Marshall with empty hands.

Apart from an average of 55.37, which is one of the hallmarks of great batsmen in this age, Kallis has 40 not-outs, third-highest on the list behind Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Steve Waugh.

I think it's fair to say that cricket has changed dramatically in recent times, especially so with the bat, as so many of our ...

It is eight years since MCC, the guardians of the Laws, first took steps to limit the size of the bat. Until then, the principal stipulation in terms of a bat’s dimensions was that it could not ...

What is a batsman without his bat? Dwell on that. Imagine for a moment Donald Bradman standing up to Harold Larwood without one. Or Sunil Gavaskar taking on Malcolm Marshall with empty hands.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Cricket. Followed categories will be added to My News. Any protests have fallen on deaf ears. Remarkably, three members of the Kolkata Knight Riders side were ...

Anyone who has been keeping even half an eye on the Indian Premier League in recent days will have noticed the furore over a string of high-profile players walking out to the middle only to suffer ...

Anyone who has been keeping even half an eye on the Indian Premier League in recent days will have noticed the furore over a string of high-profile players walking out to the middle only to suffer ...