The game of cricket is believed to have originated in rural England sometime in the 16th or 17th century. The earliest versions of cricket balls had no standard size, weight or stitching: they were ...

The idea might have purists spluttering over their cornflakes, but the usually staid world of county cricket embraces a new innovation this week – day-night matches played with a pink ball. From our ...

Cricket is a great game but it can be dangerous so anything that can reduce the potential risk to players in the game should be considered. I have already raised my concerns over the use of the pink ...

A single cow only makes 15 Dukes cricket balls. Whereas a butcher might pride themselves on achieving maximum bang for their bovine buck by using almost the entire animal from nose to tail, it turns ...

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 ...