Liam Mehta is the cricket correspondent for The Guardian, covering England’s men’s and women’s teams, the County Championship, and the global game with a special focus on South Asian cricket. Born in Leicester to a Punjabi father and a Welsh mother, Liam grew up straddling two cricketing cultures — the buzz of India‑Pakistan clashes at his local club and the village‑green rhythms of county weekends. After reading English at Oxford, he trained as a journalist at City, University of London, and began his career at Wisden, where his archival pieces on the late‑1970s Indian tours of England garnered wide praise. Today he writes match reports, long‑form features on diaspora identity, and columns that challenge cricket’s establishment. He is also the host of The Reverse Sweep, a Guardian podcast on cricket, culture, and the subcontinent’s hold on the summer game.