Cricket is unique in that it has laws that set out the rules of the game, but above this floats the spirit, to which aggrieved players and teams appeal when they feel hard done by. No one ...

The English language and cricket were Britain's two ... but it's one of the highlights of his book. He interviews players, officials and fans of the game. And he notes some transformations ...

The MCC, the guardian of the Laws of the game, said the change would “reinforce cricket’s status as an inclusive game for all” in a statement on its website. When the laws were redrafted in ...

The rules of the game on this side of the Atlantic were formalized in 1754, when Benjamin Franklin brought back from England a copy of the 1744 Laws, cricket’s official rule book. There is ...

Lord’s and, by extension, the MCC is renowned for being a bastion for grace and sportsmanship as the de facto home of cricket. They are tasked with writing the laws of the game and membership to ...

Can the bowler do the same thing with their bowling hand? There is nothing in the laws of the game to stop the batsman from changing their batting style. A popular stroke in one-day cricket is the ...

The book titled, The Great Indian Cricket Circus, reveals various facets of the game, be it within the turf or off the field with frenetic dips into history, anthropology and the overall context ...

from the grassroots level of recreational cricket to the elite level, given that the act of running out a non-striker who opts to steal ground is within the laws of the game," it said. Committee ...

Cricket may well be the only sport in the world with the spirit of the game in its laws. As renowned former ... in an interview for Coward’s 2013 book Champions: The World’s Greatest ...