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Pakistan pick age over youth at their peril

Mazher Arshad: The team that used to be synonymous with giving chances to greenhorns now routinely fields XIs full of old-timers

By dropping youngsters like Asad Shafiq for a few failures, Pakistan are refusing to plan for the future © AFP

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MARCH 21, 2013

Ashes talk undermines Australia effort

Mahesh Sethuraman: A rivalry that used to be hotly contested and for a decade produced some of the finest cricket in the world seems to have been sidelined by the Australians because of an obsession with their Ashes preparation

MARCH 20, 2013

Where are Pakistan's young batsmen?

Kamran Abbasi: The batsmen touring South Africa have contributed immensely to Pakistan cricket but the time has come to look ahead and plan for the 2015 World Cup

MARCH 13, 2013

Warne says homework punishment is petty

Shane Warne, writing for The Telegraph, questions the way Mickey Arthur is functioning in the dressing room and expresses his unhappiness about the rotation policy the selectors are employing.

To me the coach of any international team is a facilitator - someone to be in the background. He is a sounding board, a confidante for the players. If a player is struggling with his technique it is up to the coach to help him. He prepares players for cricket matches. That is his role.

The team have gone through a lot of issues over the past 12 months and many of the problems have been caused by the selectors. All the players are uncertain about their place in the team because of the way teams and squads have been chosen.

DECEMBER 06, 2012

Uncertainty at three for Australia, still

Jarrod Kimber: After the Andrew Hilditch years, there is something nice and warm about John Inverarity's honesty. Even when you don't agree with his take on things

DECEMBER 06, 2012

Was Quiney the sacrificial lamb?

Michael Jeh: Was Quiney genuinely the best available batsman in the country three weeks ago when he made his Test debut?

SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

Why isn't Albie's potential being maximised?

Aashish Pattani: South Africa's use of the world's most experienced Twenty20 cricketer continues to baffle. Amid the third consecutive thrilling climax of the World T20, Albie Morkel cut a forlorn figure in field

AUGUST 23, 2012

Tahir embodies new South Africa

Jarrod Kimber: Imran Tahir appeared in front of me as an Alice-band wearing back-of-the-hand magician. Prancing around county cricket making batsmen look like complete idiots

AUGUST 07, 2012

Will the mandarins snuff out Pietersen?

Girish Menon: It appears that Pietersen appears poised to lose his battle against authority, and English cricket will have driven away another talent while the men in authority continue in their unrepentant ways

JULY 01, 2012

Smith gamble fails to pay

Jarrod Kimber: Steve Smith is barely 23 years old and he's already a relic of another era. He is the last of Andrew Hilditch's big Ashes gambles

JANUARY 27, 2012

Matty or Trotty?

Richard Kemp: The last few days summed up why I watch the England side abroad. Not only has the cricket picked up from an English point of view, but perhaps more importantly there is also a feeling in the air that the tour has finally started.