Simply taking the most wickets or scoring the most runs doesn’t make you the best player. Here’s how to judge players based on how much they contribute to winning.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Cricket
Displaying 81 - 100 of 167 articles
In the second of a three-part series, we look at how batsmen make split-second decisions and cope with the mental demands of Test cricket.
Ever wondered how cricket captains make all the decisions they need to make in a test match? In the first of a three-part series, we look at what goes through a captain’s mind on the pitch.
England’s cricket team is expected to lose the series against aggressive Australian opposition. But they might just defy expectations.
The business of sport in South Africa is coming under the focus of the Competition Commission on concerns that some practices may be uncompetitive.
Lack of trust between Australia’s cricketers and the game’s governing body delayed negotiations in their protracted pay dispute. This relationship will need to be rebuilt in the coming months.
The reality of life as a female sports star.
And they are attracting record crowds: Lord’s is a sellout for England vs India in the World Cup Final.
Professional sports is bucking major trends in industrial relations, such as a marked decline in both union membership and industrial disputes over recent decades.
Once a sport associated with anti-colonialism, cricket in the Caribbean has become a career path for young men with dreams of wealth and glamour.
Business Briefing: following the money in cricket
The Conversation17.7 MB (download)
Rather than just admiring a good hit or delivery, there’s another way to analyse what’s happening on a cricket pitch. Cricket players are actually business people, in the sense that they’re weighing up…
An opportunity to study and play at the same time.
Cricket has experienced its fair share of industrial drama over the years – and the 2017 dispute looks like a re-run of a brawl that enveloped the sport in Australia 20 years ago.
Help with psychological issues for elite performers is not about reacting when problems bubble to the surface.
Negotiations for the new media rights for cricket in Australia could see a change in how we watch games, and even be linked to a drop in people actually playing the game.
Is the 20-over format a friend or foe for English cricket?
South Africa’s cricket is on the rise again, now represented by players of all the country’s races. One of them is Temba Bavuma. His first test century in 2015 knocked a few perceptions for a six.
Just because you were good at sport does not mean you can coach without furthering your qualifications and experiences.
Examining our sporting heroes reveals much about ideas of national identity and who is accepted.
The former England captain was a towering figure in sport, but her mission to reduce inequality in cricket remains unfinished.
Top contributors
-
Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
-
Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
-
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Sport Ethics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
-
Associate Professor in Sport Psychology and Safe Sport, Bournemouth University
-
Professor of Journalism, Swansea University
-
Lecturer, James Cook University
-
Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
-
Distinguished Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Lecturer, School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Leeds Beckett University
-
Professor of Media and Communications, Monash University
-
Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
-
ARC Future Fellow, School of PEMS, UNSW Sydney
-
Reader in Sociology of Sport, Loughborough University
-
Associate Professor - Perception, The University of Queensland
-
Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
