Feb 10, 2014

Double headers are the future, but they stink

The Cordon: Playing women's matches before men's is good in principle, but they end up reducing the women's game to a sideshow

Jan 19, 2014

Time to regionalise county cricket?

The Cordon: A six-team tournament above the Championship might strengthen the supply line for the England team

Jan 14, 2014

A golden age of cricketing travel sickness

Page 2: In which we explore the magical world of whitewashes and why teams seem to be so rubbish at touring these days

Dec 7, 2013

Why long Ashes tours are hurting Test cricket

The Cordon: England's and Australia's established schedules of a five-Test series every other year makes it hard for other teams to create rivalries

Nov 20, 2013

Done in by darkness

Page 2: New Zealand search for light but all they get is rain

Oct 5, 2013

Australia need to be Hussified

The Cordon: The Sheffield Shield needs to toughen up and national players must feature in it for at least two months before the Test season

Sep 23, 2013

Stop the treadmill, I want to get off

The Cordon: There's never any time to enjoy the triumphs because you need to look ahead to the next game

Sep 23, 2013

South Africa, India and a troubled tour

Cricinfo: Harsha Bhogle analyses the current predicament of the India-South Africa series and suggests that cricket boards around the world must create a financial system independent of India to ensure their economic stability

Sep 21, 2013

Fifty overs suck

The Cordon: Especially when they are offered up as an afterthought. Why not give the 25-over two-innings format a shot?

Sep 20, 2013

World Cup qualification could give ODIs context

The Cordon: Bilaterals tacked on to the end of a Test series, or hastily arranged triangulars, could gather meaning if teams had something bigger to fight for. But will cricket's major teams ever agree to such a proposition?

Sep 13, 2013

Is spin Australia's future?

The Cordon: Going by the number of spinners in a recent U-11 trial in Brisbane, it looks like Australia's attack might come to be dominated by slow bowlers in the future

Sep 9, 2013

England fans thinking of implementing supporter rotation

Page 2: A novel idea to get through a jam-packed tour without sustaining long-term psychological injury

Sep 8, 2013

'If it's a permeable surface, go whiz'

The Cordon: The boys from BYC get the last word in on pitch urination. They also discuss Ashes stats, Hadlee's solution for fixing, New Zealand's series against Bangladesh and India, and finally review a book (but it's not on cricket)

Sep 7, 2013

How Australia will prepare for the return Ashes

The Cordon: With lots and lots of limited-overs cricket. In India. Say what?

Sep 7, 2013

The new women's Ashes format? Genius

The Cordon: Seeing how this summer's contests between England and Australia have captivated the public's attention, it looks like a points-based system is the way to go

Aug 23, 2013

How to schedule cricket: a four-year plan

The Stands: Drawing up a structured four-year schedule for all forms of cricket

Aug 18, 2013

Forty overs just right...and we could win it

County: Next season one-day cricket will be over 50 overs, but that's a bit long for a family. The 40-over format allows just the right balance for everything

Jan 25, 2013

The Women's World Cup deserves better

The Stands: Preparations for the tenth Women's Cricket World Cup in India have descended into a farce, following the BCCI's decision to make late changes to the schedule

Jul 10, 2012

The 'Rashes' effect

The Cordon: If you listen intently you can almost hear the hum of a huge Test series coming up. That is if you have an ear trumpet and it's aimed at Somerset this week

Jan 15, 2012

Administrators' gluttony weighing cricket down

Cricinfo: Chloe Saltau, writing in the Age , says the "gluttony" of administrators in trying to squeeze in more limited-overs cricket, usually matches without context, is proving detrimental to the game