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Apr 17, 2013: For a number of Australian greats down the years, cricket has begun rather close to home
Ashley Mallett
Cricket's Pinteresque silences
Nov 24, 2012: The sport is full of pauses that enhance the drama, just like in Harold Pinter's plays
Saad Shafqat
The effortless artistry of VVS Laxman
Sep 1, 2012: When you watched him bat, there was a sense that you were witnessing the creation of something beautiful yet not inaccessible
Krishna Kumar
Apr 29, 2012: How a fan came to write the story of the Pakistani great's life
Saad Shafqat
Mar 25, 2012: A one-time cricketer gets into whites again, and lives to tell the tale
Sam Blackledge
You came, I saw, you conquered
Mar 7, 2012: Gum-chewing, ball-thwacking, awe-inspiring superstar Viv Richards is sixty today
Sriram Dayanand
Feb 26, 2012: As an ordinary person you don't get to see the workings of the home of cricket. Not unless you sign up as an archery volunteer for the Olympics
Liam Herringshaw
Jan 14, 2012: What was it about them that made them the team to follow for an Indian boy growing up 30-odd years ago?
Krishna Kumar
Jan 8, 2012: What if the greatest batsman of them all had faced the finest legspinner ever?
Ashley Mallett
Lessons from a middle-aged cricketer
Dec 4, 2011: Don't give up the game just because your joints are creaking. Take inspiration from these tales of a cricket-mad community
Mudar Patherya
Nov 27, 2011: John Arlott wasn't just the voice of cricket. He was a source of comfort and hope to two cricketers who felt themselves alone against the cricket establishment
Sriram Dayanand
Oct 1, 2011: There's nothing more exciting in cricket than watching a quick man tear in with a batsman in his sights
John Woodcock
Lashings v Crab? No complaints
Sep 5, 2011: What happens when a team of international vets faces off against Sheffield's finest club cricketers for charity?
Kanishkaa Balachandran
Aug 11, 2011: The Test match-watching experience has changed over the years - the players' faces are obscured, the grounds are more coldly impersonal - but the buzz of a big game remains
David Frith
Aug 10, 2011: A fan makes a long-anticipated pilgrimage to the home of cricket
Sriram Dayanand
Two thousand Tests, I've watched them all
Jul 28, 2011: Test matches burn bright in the memory whether you watched them or not
Suresh Menon
The sport that makes the clocks melt
Jul 26, 2011: In Test cricket, like in no other game, time is a protagonist. An instant can be an aeon, hours can go by in a heartbeat
Sharda Ugra
Jul 24, 2011: The great spinners visualised their wickets and deceived the batsmen in the air. But why are today's bowling coaches almost always fast men?
Ashley Mallett
Jul 14, 2011: They're evocative, they're old-timey, they're among cricket's few constants in an age of change
Tanya Aldred
May 30, 2011: You don't support your side through a World Cup win and then forget all about it inside a week to cheer them as they turn out for different teams in a Twenty20 league
Abhishek Purohit
Anti-corruption efforts need to be proactive
Ian Chappell: Rather than relying on the police or media to uncover rot in the game, cricket has to get tough with its own
Even at the height of his success with the national side, Sreesanth was a lonely cricketer who felt hard done by. By Ajay Shankar
Jayaditya Gupta: Gauging from the official broadcast of the IPL you'd be hard-pressed to guess there has been a spot-fixing scandal over the past few days
Go Figure: S Rajesh and Andy Zaltzman explore the hidden secrets behind 222
Krishna Kumar: There's no one better to sing the praises of the abdomen guard than someone who grew up playing without one, or wearing one with an infernal buckle
As we go into the last week of the league games of IPL 2013, seven teams have a mathematical chance of making the last four. Here's what each of those teams needs to do
Pollard sledges Watson, Dravid is angry
Plays of the day from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai
A talent that didn't know its own worth
Sreesanth wasn't the most likeable team-mate or opponent, but he had skill beyond doubt, which we might have seen the last of
Unfortunate Sunrisers let match slip away
For 36 overs, Sunrisers painstakingly built a position of strength only for one terrible over to spoil it for them
Kartik wins in Royal Challengers' loss
It is hazardous to go by bowlers' figures in T20, but his figures of 4-0-17-1 in defence of just 115 were possibly an accurate reflection of how well he bowled
Unfortunate Sunrisers let match slip away (73)
For 36 overs, Sunrisers painstakingly built a position of strength only for one terrible over to spoil it for them
As we go into the last week of the league games of IPL 2013, seven teams have a mathematical chance of making the last four. Here's what each of those teams needs to do
Dravid and the art of T20 captaincy (56)
Despite a small squad bereft of big names, Rajasthan Royals' captain has churned out win after win
Pollard sledges Watson, Dravid is angry (43)
Plays of the day from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai
'I have decided to return to my natural game' (39)
Misbah-ul-Haq talks about his approach to the captaincy, the criticism he has copped for his defensive style, and the lessons from the drubbing in South Africa
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