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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
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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