In his novel Netherland, Joseph O’Neill describes the rhythm of fielding in cricket as ‘pulmonary’ — the fielders converging as one as the bowler runs in before reverting to their positions after each ...

A single cow only makes 15 Dukes cricket balls. Whereas a butcher might pride themselves on achieving maximum bang for their bovine buck by using almost the entire animal from nose to tail, it turns ...

Dilip Jajodia is in the eye of a storm right now, a storm not necessarily of his making but that has inexorably sucked him in. After all, he is the owner of British Cricket Balls Ltd., who manufacture ...

The English summer of cricket could be the latest victim of the war in the Middle East according to the owner of Dukes, who has warned of a shortage of balls. Dukes, which dates back to 1760, supplies ...

The English cricketing summer could be disrupted by a shortage of balls after supply-chain issues caused by the conflict in the Middle East. Dukes produces between 4,000 and 5,000 balls each summer to ...