Abraham Benjamin

An appreciation of AB de Villiers following his retirement from international cricket.

AB de Villiers retires

This is the way to announce your retirement these days:

“Sachin: A Billion Dreams” (2017)

You could sit Sachin Tendulkar down at a desk in front of a single camera, get him to read from the telephone book for six hours and it would be a box-office smash. Thankfully director James Erskine and the producers of “Sachin: A Billion Dreams” have more respect for…

Richie Benaud, 1930–2015: Cricketing legend, broadcasting giant, cultural icon

Richie Benaud meant so…

Taking the game backwards — why The Big 3 must go

Recently an email arrived in my inbox from the World Baseball Softball Confederation. It was telling me all about a new logo for the Under-12 Baseball World Cup. They’re playing in Taiwan this July, twelve teams, every continent represented…

The grim trial of strength that went mainstream: women’s Test cricket

Before the Australian women’s cricket team played their touring England counterparts in Brisbane in December 1934, the following directive appeared in the Courier Mail: