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MAY 22, 2013

There'll always be takers for easy money

Conflicts of interest, franchises' dubious holdings, disparity in earnings, easy access to players combine to form a potent mix for underhand dealings

MAY 21, 2013

The hollow feeling of a Monday morning

New Zealand offered a glimmer of hope to their fans at Lord's, only to snatch it back and smash it to pieces on day four

MAY 21, 2013

Bowl dumb, Broad

Mark Butcher and Iain O'Brien join Jarrod Kimber to discuss why Broad can be great or garbage, what the state of BJ Watling's patella is, how Root looks worse topless than Compton, and whether Dan Vettori's bench time makes him Test ready

MAY 20, 2013

Leadership looks a distant dream for Warner

Picking a fight over an issue the Australian public doesn't really care about, that too with journalists of considerable repute, isn't going to help Warner in the long run

MAY 20, 2013

'A spinner must have the ability to take punishment'

R Ashwin's coach, former Tamil Nadu left-arm spinner Sunil Subramaniam, talks about the qualities he looks for in young spinners, the tweaks to Ashwin's action before the home series against Australia, and the future of Indian spin bowling

MAY 19, 2013

All hail the box

There's no one better to sing the praises of the abdomen guard than someone who grew up playing without one, or wearing one with an infernal buckle

MAY 18, 2013

Fixing old farts

Bookies text, Warner rages, Pathan kicks, a political party moralises, Zimbabwe's coach pushes, and Glenn Maxwell remains awesome

MAY 18, 2013

Test careers that started and finished strong

An analysis of how well or poorly the leading Test batsmen started and finished their illustrious careers

BYC
MAY 17, 2013

'England must be crapping themselves a wee bit'

Mike Lane, Dylan Cleaver and Paul Ford wade through cricket news (or ruse), review Lawrence Booth's Cricket, Lovely Cricket, feel happy being zero-expectation fans, and declare NZ's bowling to be better than what England will face in the Ashes

MAY 17, 2013

A cricket bucket list

Going on a tour, writing a match report, talking to Big Merv... try doing some of these things before you meet your maker

MAY 17, 2013

Who cares for the spectator?

As the game's powerbrokers manoeuvre themselves towards greater influence, they move ever further away from the ordinary supporter

MAY 16, 2013

England v New Zealand: a 150-year history

It may not be a rivalry as storied as the Ashes, but it has lasted just as long

MAY 14, 2013

The misleading aura surrounding Wisden's five

The most anticipated annual award in cricket is just like any other - chosen by people with personal preferences and prejudices

MAY 13, 2013

The legend of Cardus lives on

Neville Cardus' writing is alive, full of daring and almost novelistic observation. Cricket writing owes him a debt of gratitude

MAY 11, 2013

When football replaced cricket on the back pages

You can almost pinpoint the date when the switch happened in England