Jun 18, 2013

Pakistan's batting: where failure doesn't count

Cricinfo: Hassan Cheema, in the Dawn, analyses Pakistan's batting woes following their poor showing in the Champions Trophy

May 28, 2013

The case for forced player rotation in the IPL

The Stands: Capping the number of league games a player can appear in will add interesting, new dynamics to the IPL

Apr 27, 2013

Pakistan pick age over youth at their peril

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

Mar 21, 2013

Ashes talk undermines Australia effort

The Cordon: 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

Mar 20, 2013

Where are Pakistan's young batsmen?

The Cordon: 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

Mar 13, 2013

Warne says homework punishment is petty

Cricinfo: Shane Warne, writing for The Telegraph, questions the way Mickey Arthur is functioning in the Australia dressing room and expresses his dissent with the rotation policy the selectors are employing.

Dec 6, 2012

Was Quiney the sacrificial lamb?

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

Dec 6, 2012

Uncertainty at three for Australia, still

The Cordon: 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

Sep 29, 2012

Why isn't Albie's potential being maximised?

The Stands: 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

Aug 23, 2012

Tahir embodies new South Africa

The Cordon: 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

Aug 7, 2012

Will the mandarins snuff out Pietersen?

The Stands: 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

Jul 1, 2012

Smith gamble fails to pay

The Cordon: 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

Jan 27, 2012

Matty or Trotty?

Cricinfo: 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.

Jun 23, 2011

A decent middle-age spread

The Stands: From Philip and Alan Sutherland, Australia

Dec 14, 2010

Beer and the Wizard of Oz

IPL: Kimber justifies Michael Beer's selection and Tyers gets nostalgic about England's desperado days

Nov 18, 2010

Australia's big tent of panic

IPL: A new blog in which an Aussie and an Englishman bicker over various things to do with the Ashes

Oct 26, 2010

The best of the best

Cricinfo: While it can be argued that picking fantasy XIs are ultimately exercises in futility, they also serve the worthiest of causes

Jun 28, 2010

The flawed selection of the A team

Cricinfo: Undoubtedly, India A cricket catches my fancy like nothing else, more than even an odd international tournament here and there

Nov 21, 2009

Making sense of strange omissions

The Stands: Men in the hot seat prefer not to ruffle feathers, more so when the going is tough

Dec 18, 2008

A question of contracts

Cricinfo: It is disheartening to not be given a contract after having scored more than 1700 runs last season

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