Mar 4, 2014

The gender question

The Cordon: What exactly were girls and women doing in the '70s and '80s when all of us Indian men and boys were obsessed with cricket?

Feb 27, 2014

Does the media think fans are fools?

The Cordon: Why does television seem to think that cricket followers only want to know about their team when it is winning?

Feb 26, 2014

Luke Wright's grilling: the inside story

Page 2: He allowed the world to believe that he had been on the receiving end of some tough questions, but the transcript reveals a different story

Feb 26, 2014

Sri Lanka looking to outlaw street cricket

Cricinfo: A Sri Lanka Police spokesperson said playing cricket on the roads could lead to arrests, adding that three poor Colombo souls had already been apprehended for this 'offence'

Feb 25, 2014

Bigger, better? Sorry, no

The Cordon: Why does cricket have to succumb to the marketers' eternal need for everything to be bigger, flashier, and more in tune with youth - whatever that means?

Feb 13, 2014

The Basin bucket list

The Cordon: Visit the museum, frolic on the grass, and watch the game from a special, er, urinal

Feb 4, 2014

Kiwi fans, soak in this winning feeling

The Cordon: New Zealand played like a team that cared a lot. This unexpected win is one to savour

Jan 7, 2014

A victory for hard work and desire

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Jan 5, 2014

Blood and orange

The Cordon: Expect spectators to arrive at New Zealand grounds prepared to put their bodies on the line for a six-figure sum

Dec 28, 2013

The simple joys of a Ranji game

The Stands: A Tamil Nadu supporter, on how it is to watch a Ranji Trophy match in Chennai

Dec 18, 2013

Staying up to watch

The Cordon: An all-nighter for cricket is not unknown to most serious fans, and sometimes they can be flaunted as badges of honour

Dec 5, 2013

Which Englishmen can we hate?

The Cordon: It's the burning question of the day for all right-thinking Australians, but there are no easy answers

Nov 29, 2013

Who's your second-favourite team?

The Cordon: Often, watching as neutrals allows us to appreciate the beauty of the game, its ebbs and flows, and the skills of its practitioners, better

Nov 23, 2013

Thou shalt not pass the beach ball

Cricinfo: What do you do if a beach ball flops onto the field next to you at an international cricket match? Nothing

Nov 20, 2013

The Ashes and the audience effect

The Cordon: Having a baying crowd in your corner can only be a good thing, can't it?

Nov 16, 2013

Sachin mania: it's about religion

The Cordon: Like saints were revered and worshipped by people of various faiths, Tendulkar transcends differences and brings his devotees closer to the divine

Nov 1, 2013

The existential dread of the Pakistani fan

The Cordon: Pakistani fans genuinely fear the death of the country's cricket. There are reasons for this

Oct 23, 2013

The fan's torment

The Cordon: Cricket offers supporters plenty of time to think, and to swing from extreme pessimism to false hope and back again

Oct 23, 2013

The experience of Switzerland-like neutrality in Dubai

Page 2: The curious case of watching cricket as a neutral observer in Dubai, one of the world's odder places

Oct 20, 2013

Waiting for the boys

The Cordon: You're never too grown up to be an autograph-hunting, hotel foyer-pacing fan