Jul 10, 2014

The value of a cricketer's brand

The Cordon: Andrew Strauss will recover from the indiscreet remark he made about Kevin Pietersen, but his image won't be entirely as it was

Jul 1, 2014

Catching practice with South Africa

Cricinfo: South Africa train Sri Lankan schoolchildren to raise money for the country's blind team

Jun 24, 2014

In quest of the ideal junior coaching system

The Cordon: More Australian states should look at the model created by NSW and Victoria

Jun 6, 2014

Serving the community with Chris Gayle's Big Six Club

Cricinfo: Chris Gayle is looking to give something back to Jamaican society, through cricket. He has opened an academy in Kingston, at the Lucas Cricket Club, for "underprivileged youngsters"

Jun 6, 2014

Green gloves, ducks and bats taped to ceilings

Cricinfo: While reviewing Chris Waters' book 10 for 10 on Hedley Verity's record for the Guardian, Andy Bull recounts some entertaining stories of superstitions that cricketers have followed

Jun 3, 2014

Isn't it time Pakistanis were in the IPL?

The Cordon: There were reasons for why the two countries stopped playing each other, but they aren't all that valid anymore

May 30, 2014

Whatever happened to playing for the love of the game?

The Cordon: There seems to be a trend in junior sport in Australia of rewarding kids for just turning up to play

May 25, 2014

Is the era of the factory-produced cricketer upon us?

The Cordon: Young aspirants in India today have their futures planned to a t by their parents, coaches and academies. Perhaps the old ways were better

May 2, 2014

My Caribbean friend

The Cordon: How tales of West Indies cricket helped forge an enduring friendship between an Indian professor and a Jamaican security guard

Apr 27, 2014

An alternative definition for the spirit of cricket

The Cordon: It's the game's ability to provide struggling societies with a sense of national identity and belief

Apr 8, 2014

Why T20 is about cricket's natural evolution

The Cordon: The shortest format is but a logical extension of cricket's bias towards batsmen, and our changing ideas about time

Mar 26, 2014

The anthem's call

Cricinfo: Do you feel a pull when you hear the song of another nation?

Mar 13, 2014

Time to draw a line in the sand?

The Cordon: It's hard for everyone to agree on what constitutes acceptable boundaries when it comes to on-field behaviour. It's best if the ICC spells it out

Mar 6, 2014

Time for a Bengali reunion

The Cordon: The BCCI has missed a golden opportunity by not organising a Test between India and Bangladesh in Kolkata

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'

Jan 14, 2014

Australia's Ashes win: a blast from the past

The Cordon: The 5-0 result was the ultimate validation of the impulse towards an idealised notion of Australian cricket

Dec 30, 2013

The pull of sport during Christmas

The Cordon: Nothing makes a family get-together over the holidays more bearable than Test cricket on the telly

Dec 11, 2013

Test cricket, a companion to our lives

The Cordon: The format's leisurely pace allows you to monitor the proceedings while going about your daily routine

Dec 6, 2013

Tendulkar, an expat's solace

The Cordon: Just when an Indian who moved to the US felt his connection with cricket grow weaker, a 16-year-old batting prodigy made everything all right

Dec 6, 2013

A night of celebrating Mandela

Cricinfo: Taking in the scenes outside Nelson Mandela's house in Houghton in Johannesburg, on the night he died

He made £1500 in one night.

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