Archive - Arrangements of White on Green

Our dreams of Jofra

Archer embodies a seductive archetype that comes around like a comet

Jul 4 •

June 2025

When Barry Met Harry

I have to write this thing and...

Jun 24 •

May 2025

Reputations ii: Rohit through the dark...

Following last week's Part i on Kohli’s Edgbaston epic, a send-off for Rohit Sharma from a murky day at Lord’s…

May 27 •

Reputations: Virat and Rohit

A two-parter on a couple of innings by the Big Two. Part One is Virat, because, well, Virat's always first...

May 17 •

April 2025

The Ages of Man

Child's play, the hair of KL Rahul and more notes from the IPL

Apr 29 •

Rory, Geoffrey and the unrepeatable moment

Two days, almost fifty years apart, with something in common...

Apr 18 •

MSD: The Setting of a Yellow Sun

What now for the King of Super Kings, and more notes from IPL 2025

Apr 8 •

How do bowlers deal with hitting batsmen? Which approach works best against speed? When do you turn to Paul McKenna?

Apr 1 •

March 2025

February 2025

Virat and the frictionless ton

Reflections on the state of the 51st...

Feb 25 •

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