I'm not sure if people share stories here (or read the ones that are shared) but fwiw, I've got a new story out in @newyorker.com today that means a great deal to me. It's about a writer I love, and an amazing cache of long-lost photographs from WW1: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

One of the best, most charismatic and influential Test cricketers I’ve had the pleasure of watching www.thetimes.com/article/8edc...

“I have found comfort in the dressing room again.” An interview with Andrew Flintoff about his return to the game as a coach and the warm embrace he has received. So good to see him back www.thetimes.com/article/4ccf...

Farewell to Cec Wright who played until 85 — and era of giants at tiny clubs www.thetimes.com/article/74ed...

Farewell Peter Lever, your tough love taught me not to fear pace www.thetimes.com/article/2b17...

Unsung hero Peter Siddle was the workhorse every team needs and loves www.thetimes.com/article/8771...

Cricket and Covid- 5 years on www.thetimes.com/article/f790...

Martin Samuel’s interview with Jim Ratcliffe this weekend is very good www.thetimes.com/article/5b09...

@thetimes.com is free to read this weekend, archived pieces too. Here’s one from last summer and a wonderful trip to the village of West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph www.thetimes.com/article/ec81...

Jos Buttler right to step down — but he shouldn’t shoulder all the blame. Reflections on the end of the road www.thetimes.com/article/ad1d...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... Nikesh Arora joins the pod to discuss his consortium’s investment into the Lord’s franchise

On the windfall for the English game @timessport.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/457b...

Rocky Flintoff’s hundred a perfect riposte to those who cried nepotism www.thetimes.com/article/9a5c...

Two divisions is a debate worth having. But two-tier Test cricket? No thanks www.thetimes.com/article/0d34...

England will take encouragement from riveting Australia-India series www.thetimes.com/article/2086...

Why self-taught genius Jasprit Bumrah is my Test cricketer of the year www.thetimes.com/article/0a63...

Ben Stokes injured as Kane Williamson century puts England to the grinder. Some feisty debate under the line on this piece www.thetimes.com/article/d298...

Will O’Rourke outstanding today- all that and a bit of ‘hooptedoodle’ www.thetimes.com/article/ecfc...

England right to resist documentary cameras and retain Bazball mystery. www.thetimes.com/article/89c1...

Joe Root- an artist at his peak www.thetimes.com/article/ddf6...

Lovely day in Wellington, watching Jacob Bethell www.thetimes.com/article/0701...

Kiwi great who unearthed Jasprit Bumrah – and lost race to Rob Key. Long interview with John Wright, who has a fund of anecdotes after such a varied career in the game. www.thetimes.com/article/ea6f...

Great to have Smithy on the pod, chatting the recent Test and the art of commentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbU6...

Ben Stokes’s homecoming marks start of year that will define Bazball. Scene setter in Christchurch. www.thetimes.com/article/4401...

Ben Stokes was extremely revealing here, across many topics, two days before the start of the series www.thetimes.com/article/36de...

If Jacob Bethell makes his debut this week he would become the first specialist England batsman since Mike Gatting in ‘78 to do so without a first class hundred, as England’s selectors continue to take the road less travelled www.thetimes.com/article/ffd5...

Fifty years ago today Viv Richards took his first steps as a Test cricketer. What a player. Great memories/anecdotes here from readers of the Times, under the line www.thetimes.com/article/f66b...

A first stab on here: on the series some are saying is bigger than the Ashes www.thetimes.com/article/2643...