Clouds gather over Lord's Ian Kington/AFP via Getty Images It has been cricketing lore ever since an American called Bart King toured England in 1897 and started taking wickets with a delivery known ...

If you've ever watched a batter get beaten by a ball that curved, jagged or dipped at the last moment, you've seen one of cricket's great mysteries. Whether it's a Mitchell Starc inswinger, a Josh ...

The game of cricket is believed to have originated in rural England sometime in the 16th or 17th century. The earliest versions of cricket balls had no standard size, weight or stitching: they were ...

The Duke cricket ball is used for test matches played in England while the Kookaburra will be used in the Ashes contest down ...

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If you've ever watched a batter get beaten by a ball that curved, jagged or dipped at the last moment, you've seen one of cricket's great mysteries. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...