History, rivalries, and the events every fan should see live — before you plan a single flight.
9 of 115 articles
Rivalry
India vs Australia: The Modern Era of Test Cricket's Fiercest Rivalry
From Laxman's 281 at Eden Gardens to Pant's 89 at the Gabba, India and Australia have spent 25 years trading the upper hand in Test cricket's most competitive rivalry.
Cricket·3 min read
Rivalry
Warne vs. Kumble: Two Spinners, Two Philosophies
One turned the ball more than almost anyone who's played the game. The other proved you didn't need to. Warne and Kumble solved the same problem from opposite directions.
Cricket·2 min read
Rivalry
Monkeygate: The Sydney Test That Nearly Broke the Rivalry
A racism allegation, a string of contentious umpiring calls, and a threatened tour walkout — the 2008 Sydney Test is still the reference point for how heated this rivalry can get.
Cricket·2 min read
Rivalry
Ben Stokes' 258 at Newlands Is Still the Benchmark
In January 2016, Ben Stokes reached 250 faster than anyone in Test history and finished with 258 off 198 balls — the second-fastest Test double century ever scored, at a ground with real form for producing exactly this kind of moment.
Cricket·1 min read
Rivalry
Australia Returns to South Africa for the First Time Since Sandpapergate
In October 2026, Australia plays a Test series in South Africa for the first time since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal that ended at Newlands — and the series closes at the same ground where it all happened.
Cricket·2 min read
Rivalry
Border-Gavaskar — Cricket's Most Intensely Contested Modern Rivalry
Named after the only two players to have passed 10,000 Test runs at the time, this rivalry earned its intensity through one impossible 2001 comeback, not manufactured stakes.
Cricket·2 min read
Rivalry
Team India's Bharat Army — the Fan Group That Travels Further Than the Team
Founded by four strangers at a 1999 World Cup match, the Bharat Army now mobilizes fans from 23 countries at once — a diaspora support base no single-nation fan group can match.
Cricket·2 min read
Rivalry
The Barmy Army — How a Cricket Away-Support Movement Became Its Own Institution
Named as an insult by Australian media during a losing 1994-95 tour, the Barmy Army turned it into an identity — now 50,000 members strong and cricket's most recognizable traveling support.
Cricket·2 min read
Rivalry
Headingley '81 — Cricket's Most Improbable Comeback
England were 500-1 to win. Two Australian players bet on it as a joke. Then Ian Botham and Bob Willis made it real.
Cricket·2 min read