Cricket, as America is discovering after the U.S. team’s unlikely progression to the latter stages of the ongoing men’s Twenty20 World Cup being co-hosted by their homeland, is a magnificent sport. It ...

The googly, a tricky pitch in cricket which turns the opposite way to a leg-break, was developed by Bernard Bosanquet, an English cricketer, in the early 1900s. Bosanquet's innovation revolutionized ...

Team India leg-spinner Varun Chakaravarthy left South Africa all-rounder Marco Jansen clueless with a googly in the ongoing ...

For Shreyas Gopal, day two of Karnataka’s Ranji Trophy Elite Group-B clash against Maharashtra at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium was a reminder of his enduring class — both as a cricketer ...

In the first ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Wanindu Hasaranga produced a brilliant googly that left Babar Azam completely beaten. Babar tried to defend the ...

KKR’s Rs 30-lakh signing Daksh Kamra is already drawing comparisons with Varun Chakravarthy for his mystery spin and similar bowling patterns. The 22-year-old Haryana all-rounder, who clocks 95–97 ...

The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. No team sport is quite so obsessed by the colour of the ball as cricket. Where the annual shift in English Premier League ...