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Apr 8, 2011: As the 2011 season gets underway, a county cricket watcher recalls his first year travelling the Sunday League grounds of 1980s Britain with a press pass-wielding father
Liam Herringshaw
India or Sri Lanka: whom to support?
Apr 2, 2011: Which team does a second-generation British Asian fan cheer for? It's not all that straightforward
Sahil Dutta
Mar 24, 2011: Will the two sides meet in this World Cup? One can but live in hope
Imran Yusuf
May 25, 2010: What are you if you switch the TV on at three in the morning knowing full well your team will probably get a pasting?
Soumya Bhattacharya
Book extract
Mar 7, 2010: You can't miss them if you're going to an Ashes Test in England: the bald, scarred, toothless gents who're dying to get you into the ground
Jarrod Kimber
Feb 22, 2010: All too few men stand between us and the mind-numbing drivel that commentators and players spew these days
Sriram Dayanand
Feb 14, 2010: In the years following India's independence, many fans' link to the game was the radio, usually owned by the English-speaking, all-knowing man of the town
Krish Ashok
Feb 8, 2010: Twelve years ago, Abdul Qadir, still good enough to turn out for Pakistan, spent a summer playing club cricket in Melbourne. The few who saw him remember it like it was yesterday
Christian Ryan
Dec 26, 2009: Living 40 minutes away from the MCG is something you can come to take for granted, a homesick Victorian realises
Jarrod Kimber
Book excerpt
Dec 7, 2009: India v Pakistan in Kolkata, Laxman and Ganguly at the crease. Fly into town for the day?
Soumya Bhattacharya
Oct 16, 2009: There's nothing quite like watching cricket with grumpy old men for company
Anand Ramachandran
Sep 11, 2009: On two spinners who made the special art of deception their own, and gave the game a gripping narrative in the process
Sriram Dayanand
Aug 20, 2009: On meeting a childhood hero - and letting him down
Edward Craig
Jul 28, 2009: Cricket has outdone other sports in commercialisation, at the cost of the viewing experience - but perhaps that's no more than we deserve
Sriram Dayanand
Jul 24, 2009: A hunk of wood for a bat, stones for balls, his father's awkward action to face: Michael Hussey's initiation to cricket wasn't exactly indicative of what was to come
Steve Cannane
Mar 10, 2009: In 2004 Pakistan unrolled the red carpet for India. A look at the team's arrival in Lahore
Rahul Bhattacharya
The myth of the elegant left-hander
Mar 9, 2009: Why does the world insist that left-hand batsmen are naturally elegant and graceful?
Suresh Menon
Feb 25, 2009: To experience cricket in Barbados is to feel the game at its purest, most joyous
Sambit Bal
Nov 7, 2008: The change of guard in Indian cricket has pulled the rug out from under the feet of a generation of cricket watchers
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
Sep 22, 2008: Thirty-six years after it first began publication, Pakistan's best loved cricket publication closed its doors this April
Osman Samiuddin
'You can't taint the whole IPL'
Bowl at Boycs: Geoff Boycott on spot-fixing, Adil Rashid's future, and yorkers in Test matches
Harsha Bhogle: The spot-fixing controversy teaches us about the pitfalls of insecurity and of the desire to keep up with the Joneses
The new Harmison? Or is it the new Caddick?
Numbers Game: Stuart Broad is destructive at his best, but at other times his bowling average is unusually high
Aakash Chopra: Apart from luck, you need to pick your team wisely, get to bat at the top, and have your captain's support
Less cricket on TV? Hallelujah
Matt Cleary: Why Channel Nine should be applauded for not broadcasting domestic cricket in Australia
Even at the height of his success with the national side, Sreesanth was a lonely cricketer who felt hard done by
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
Mumbai Indians still have a better head-to-head record against Chennai Super Kings, but once again on the big occasion, they came second
A time for anger, a time for action
Out of the shattered lives of three young men caught up in allegations of fraud, newer and stronger players must emerge
Vijay slips, Ashwin does a Sahara
Plays of the day from the IPL qualifier between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in Delhi
Spirited Sunrisers exceed expectations (79)
Sunrisers began this tournament as one of the underdogs, but fought impressively to reach as far as the Eliminator
Even at the height of his success with the national side, Sreesanth was a lonely cricketer who felt hard done by
Mumbai Indians still have a better head-to-head record against Chennai Super Kings, but once again on the big occasion, they came second
Anderson's magic not to be missed (50)
None of the other three England bowlers with 300 Test wickets - or many other of the game's finest swing merchants - could have bowled better than James Anderson at Lord's
A case of peaking too early (42)
Royal Challengers began the season in full steam, but failed to replicate their consistency away from home
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