England's beating heart

May 14, 2013: Matt Prior is the fulcrum of the England dressing room today, and the protector of their spirit. But things weren't always this way

Cricket as complex narrative (or how KP loves himself)

May 9, 2013: A novelist argues that cricket is more character-revealing than character-building

South African cricket

Miller beginning to fulfill best-laid plans

May 7, 2013: The South African batsman was groomed for international sport from an early age and the returns on investment are beginning to come in

The modest Super King

May 4, 2013: Meet Mohit Sharma, one of the biggest surprises in the first half of this IPL

Watching Warnie

May 2, 2013: Looking on as the world's greatest legspinner strutted his stuff was quite the education for a lesser-accomplished member of the breed

'I was too immature to understand what was happening in Zimbabwe cricket'

May 1, 2013: Mluleki Nkala was a talented fast bowler with a privileged cricket education who found himself stuck in the middle when the country's cricket plunged into crisis in 2004

How to host an IPL match

Apr 30, 2013: Franchises have to fork out a lot of cash, take care of a ton of logistical issues, and keep all kinds of people happy during the season

My dad and Trueman

Apr 29, 2013: Learning more about her father's boyhood hero helps a cricket writer understand her father better

"I was ready to give up... I hated the game"

Apr 23, 2013: The death of a friend and team-mate made Surrey keeper Steven Davies wonder if he wanted to continue playing

IPL-onomics: where Indian players call the shots

Apr 22, 2013: Indian cricketers are the chief beneficiaries of the IPL's salary boom

County cricket's commercial crusade for the 21st century

Apr 16, 2013: Every club is trying its best to stay afloat, selling real estate, hosting concerts, borrowing heavily, but is the model sustainable?

The coach who listens

Apr 12, 2013: Meet Geoffrey Toyana of the Lions, whose methods of achieving success aren't too different from those of the man in charge of the No. 1 Test side

Cricket blooms after a war

Apr 12, 2013: Up in the north of Sri Lanka, through the decades of ethnic conflict, the fervour for the game has remained intact

When cricket goes corporate

Apr 11, 2013: Among the IPL's most distinctive achievements is how it has brought the world of Indian business into the game

Cricket on a divided island

Apr 9, 2013: Cyprus' best-known cricketer doesn't play for the national team, but the game soldiers on in the country

Wales cricket's charm offensive

Apr 7, 2013: The Champions Trophy will put the spotlight back on Cardiff and Welsh cricket, and the likes of Robert Croft plan to make the most of it

Way Back When

Barber's brilliant batting

Apr 4, 2013: Nearly forty years before Sehwag almost blazed to a double-century in a day, an English batsman set the template

Book extract: Triumph in Bombay

That April 2 feeling

Apr 2, 2013: Two years ago India won their second World Cup, casting a luminous spell that lent the illusion of lasting greatness

An expat's game, but made in China

Mar 30, 2013: Cricket administrators in the world's most populous country are focused on drawing as many locals into the fray as possible

Mohammad Irfan's to-do list

Mar 27, 2013: He's got the height and the bounce, but staying on the park may prove to be a challenge he'll need to work on through his career

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