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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Business jargon in cricket: who's accountable?

All sports, not just cricket, are in the habit now of obfuscating the plain truth with jargon that has probably been borrowed from a business text book
NOVEMBER 08, 2012

Too much Mercedes, not enough Maruti

A strong theme that seems to be emerging is this notion that young bowlers are just not getting the workload under their belt these days to ensure durability
NOVEMBER 06, 2012

Is the fitness support system failing the bowlers?

It is difficult and unfair to criticise what you do not fully understand
OCTOBER 27, 2012

Doosra: Is it really a question of integrity?

John Inverarity has bowled me a doosra today with his comments about the doosra and integrity
AUGUST 29, 2012

Strauss - A very English captain

It is with some sadness, even from the other side of the world, that I digest the news of Andrew Strauss retiring from all forms of cricket
JULY 08, 2012

Sledging is not necessary

So Paul Nixon, gifted ex-international cricketer and intellectual giant, thinks that sledging is a sign of wanting to win
JULY 04, 2012

Fitness is the player's responsibility

My initial thoughts stemmed from the recent injuries to Pat Cummins and James Anderson, both of them breaking down after a ten-over bowling spell
JULY 01, 2012

Why do so many bowlers get injured?

It's not just cricket that suffers this affliction of the uber-fit athlete who is engineered like a Ferrari to the point where they're next to useless when it comes to durability
MARCH 26, 2012

What's with the full tosses?

C'mon fellas, you're meant to be the best in the world and you're paid accordingly. No other profession would accept such a high ratio of execution error to this extent
MARCH 20, 2012

Innings swap, anyone?

Is there anyone else out there who spends their day thinking about cricket, coming up with theories on how to improve it?
FEBRUARY 25, 2012

Mankading is no grey area

Cricket needs to find a way to eliminate these anomalies because it is a game decided by the smallest of margins
FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Thirimanne issue shows cricket's double standards on morality

India's withdrawal of the appeal speaks volumes of the maturity shown by Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar even in the heat of battle
FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Shattering the Kalu myth

Truth is, Kalu actually had a pretty average World Cup. His scores, listed here as runs/balls faced, were: 0/1, 26/16, 33/18, 8/3, 0/1, 6/13
FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Who is Joe Dawes?

Joe Dawes was announced yesterday as India's new bowling coach
FEBRUARY 07, 2012

Someone, please explain the D/L method

I'm no mathematician. Messrs Duckworth & Lewis clearly have brains vastly superior to mine
JANUARY 17, 2012

Stop blaming "bad" pitches for defeats

This notion that there's something sinister about a "home" pitch is just rubbish. The home team is perfectly entitled to prepare a pitch that suits their agenda
JANUARY 15, 2012

Is Kallis the greatest of them all?

When you add 20000-odd international runs, 500-odd wickets and over 300 catches, you really get a sense of Kallis' mental strength
JANUARY 10, 2012

Over the top celebrations

Watched Luke Wright score a very good hundred. Watched Luke Wright kiss his Melbourne Stars helmet
DECEMBER 27, 2011

Umpiring errors are part of the game

Here we go again - another Border Gavaskar Trophy on the line and it starts to get "tasty" after just one day
DECEMBER 23, 2011

How do you judge a cricketer by numbers alone?

Lost amid the hype of the launch of the Big Bash League was the suggestion that Cricket Australia might move to a more performance-based contract system
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