Mar 4, 2014

Westfield speaks out

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Mar 3, 2014

'Umpiring is about excellence, not neutrality'

The Cordon: Former Test umpire John Holder talks about why he doesn't like the DRS, the time he was approached by a bookie, and getting dropped for reporting ball-tampering

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 12, 2014

IPL clean-up needs hard evidence

Cricinfo: Writing in the Hindustan Times, Kadambari Murali Wade, the former editor of Sports Illustrated India shares her experience of meeting with the Mudgal Committee that was probing the spot-fixing and corruption charges in IPL 2013

Jan 15, 2014

Brett Lee v Piers Morgan? Not cricket

The Cordon: Is there any thrill in watching one of the world's fastest bowlers bowl illegal deliveries aimed at the body of an annoying talk-show host with zero batting skills?

Jan 9, 2014

Give Flower all the power

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Dec 22, 2013

Pakistan's Streltsov question

The Cordon: Can Asif and Amir be compared to the Russian wunderkind who returned to professional football after a seven-year gap?

Dec 19, 2013

Project Snow and what might have been

The Cordon: Cricket nearly reached an impasse in the mid-1990s and there was a possibility the game would split into two factions

Oct 2, 2013

It's never just cricket in Pakistan

Cricinfo: Nadeem Paracha, in Dawn, presents a chronicle of curious selections, protests, regional rivalries and religious influences that have followed Pakistan cricket

Oct 1, 2013

The challenges facing N Srinivasan

Cricinfo: Deccan Herald runs an editorial on the challenges facing N Srinivasan and the responsibilities to be undertaken by the man who was recently re-elected as BCCI president for a third term

Sep 15, 2013

Keep calm and trust the Indian judicial system

Cricinfo: Nirmal Shekar, writing for the Hindu, questions if the BCCi was right to have imposed a life ban on Sreesanth without waiting to hear the verdict from the Patiala House Court

Sep 11, 2013

It's not Fawad's fight

The Cordon: We tend to be too eager to saddle sportspeople with the burden of being catalysts for social change

Sep 11, 2013

The Fawad question

Page 2: Why the controversy surrounding Fawad Ahmed has nothing to do with sponsorship. Or drinking

Sep 9, 2013

Moving away from 'pale, male, stale'

Cricinfo: Sharda Ugra, writing in the Australia India Institute explores Australian cricket's migration from the "pale, male, stale" stereotype

Aug 26, 2013

Pondering Camus

The Cordon: The complex relationship between sport and morality

Aug 3, 2013

"He loves being the villain"

Cricinfo: David Warner's decision to review an obvious edge off his bat to Jonathan Trott, has been met with much ridicule and criticism from the fans, pundits and players alike, and his eventual dismissal was met with a wave of boos from the Old Trafford faithful

Aug 1, 2013

BCCI must recognise public sentiment

Cricinfo: In his column for the Mint, Ayaz Menon says that even as legalities and rules fall in a grey area, taking cognizance of public sentiment is an important step for the BCCI, if it has to assure the public that it stands for the benefit of the game.

Jul 24, 2013

'Like a mobile phone going off during Hamlet's dying speech'

Cricinfo: In the Independent, James Lawton urges Australia to learn from Steve Waugh's leadership in the 2001 Ashes series, while Alan Tyers in the Telegraph bemoans the way DRS has taken over cricket discussions

Jul 23, 2013

Recalling India's collective vow of silence

The Cordon: The nation's greatest series win had more than a tinge of controversy, which nobody in India really wanted to talk about

Jul 23, 2013

Cricket administrator borrows Ganguly's face

Cricinfo: Assam Cricket Association secretary Bikash Baruah has discovered just how difficult it is to step into former India captain Sourav Ganguly's shoes