‘Vandals have destroyed our cricket pitch seven times. They won’t stop us playing’

There is a patch of scraped skin still visible on Muhammad Irfan’s palm almost two months after it was left red raw. The ...

Cricket club suffers 'vandalism' for seventh time

A cricket club says it has been forced to pull out of its league after its pitch is ploughed up.

Cricket match abandoned after bull storms pitch

A cricket match had to be abandoned after a runaway bull stormed the playing field and charged at players. The North East ...

Nathan Fitzgerald's football club calls for investigation into cricket pitches on sports ovals

Nathan Fitzgerald's club has asked authorities to look at the way hard cricket pitches are covered on multi-use ovals as the ...

Cricket-Lord's pitch rated 'unsatisfactory' after England-New Zealand test

Lord’s has been handed an “unsatisfactory” pitch rating for the first test between England and New Zealand after the hosts ...
The New York Times

The MCG pitch, a two-day Ashes Test, millions of dollars lost and a curator in a ‘state of shock’

Australia captain Steve Smith struggles to deal with the bounce at the MCG Gareth Copley/Getty Images The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join. The guilty man ...

Cricket match abandoned after 800 kg 'fit, athletic, dangerous' bull refuses to leave pitch in Newcastle

A Northern England Premier League was abandoned after an 800 kg bull infiltrated the pitch and refused to leave.
Los Angeles Times

Cricket players chase a passion for their sport, despite inaccessible playing fields

The closest cricket field was hours away, so she had to play on soccer fields cloaked in thick grass or put early-morning reps in at baseball cages before others arrived for practice. Both could have ...

Inside Sourav Ganguly's Rs 40-crore ancestral Kolkata mansion: 48 rooms, wall of fame, and cricket pitch

As cricket legend Sourav Ganguly celebrates his 54th birthday on July 8, here's a glimpse into his ancestral mansion in ...