Socialist historian Eric Hobsbawn wrote of how many long-held customs are actually nothing of the sort and are recent creations. His treatise on "Invented Traditions" didn’t mention Christmas, but if ...

One of the best aspects to international cricket over the festive period is that there's no shortage of action across the globe. As they do every year, thousands of fans in Melbourne will pack the MCG ...

A special Christmas version of our regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket: Who is the most famous cricketer to have been born on ...

On 25th October, 1950, the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) accepted an invitation from the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) for the West Indies to visit Australia during the next season.

Holiday festivities and cheers reached the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as the Australian players had a working Christmas ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan. So all the Australian players ...

It is the second year Saltash Cricket Club is running its Christmas tree collection service A Cornish cricket club is offering a Christmas tree collection service to help raise funds for its youth ...

For those of you who believe Christmas Day should remain sacrosanct and free from professional sport, you might want to look away now. Fields and courts around the country have been silent on December ...

A Cornish cricket club is offering a Christmas tree collection service to help raise funds for its youth teams. Saltash Cricket Club chairman Shayn Rencher, who has been in his role for two years, ...