Cricket around the world.
The same game is played differently everywhere it landed. These are the country guides — how each cricketing nation organises itself, where it plays, and what it is good at — alongside the histories of how the game arrived in the first place.
Country guides
10 cricketing nations
Cricket in Australia
The Big Bash, the Sheffield Shield, the Boxing Day Test and the players who have carried Australian cricket.
Cricket in England
County cricket, The Hundred, Lord’s, the Ashes at home, and the records behind the England side.
Cricket in the United States
Major League Cricket, the USA national side, and the game explained from scratch for an American audience.
Cricket in India
The BCCI, the Ranji Trophy, the IPL and the WPL, the grounds, and the spin tradition that shaped the Indian game.
Cricket in Pakistan
The PCB, the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the PSL, and the fast-bowling and tape-ball culture behind them.
Cricket in South Africa
Cricket South Africa, the domestic structure, the SA20, the grounds, and a fast-bowling line that has never really broken.
Cricket in New Zealand
New Zealand Cricket, the Plunket Shield, the Super Smash, the grounds, and the swing bowling the conditions reward.
Cricket in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Cricket, the club and school game, the Lanka Premier League, Galle, and the spin tradition that made the country.
Cricket in Bangladesh
The BCB, the Dhaka Premier League, the BPL, the grounds, and the left-arm spin that makes home conditions so hard to visit.
Cricket in the United Arab Emirates
The Emirates Cricket Board, the ILT20, and three stadiums that have hosted more neutral international cricket than anywhere else.
Histories
How the game reached each country
Two pieces on each nation — where cricket came from, and what it became. The full index.
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
the West Indies
Bangladesh
Afghanistan