Qadir in his blood

Mar 9, 2008: That action, that guile: just 14, Usman Qadir is a chip off the old block and looks set to go far

Handle with care

Mar 6, 2008: India's Under-19 World Cup winners may be barely old enough to drink but they've got big money chasing them. It's important that they get help to stay grounded and make sure they don't lose their way

Bill Brown

Invincible memories

Feb 23, 2008: One of five survivors from Bradman's 1948 side of immortals, Australia's oldest living Test cricketer remembers it all like it was yesterday - except when it comes to his own part in legend

To bowl, perchance to lead

Feb 18, 2008: Top-level international cricket now has two bowler-captains, Anil Kumble and Daniel Vettori, which is a whole lot more than there have been in recent times. We take a look at a little-understood breed

Smoke and mirrors

Feb 17, 2008: In the third in our series of reports on the state of cricket in Zimbabwe, we look at first-class cricket in the country

The cash in the cash cow

Feb 11, 2008: The IPL franchisees are paying big money for the privilege of owning teams, but they're not going to be seeing any returns for five years at least. A look at the economics of the league

A sorry saga of neglect

Feb 10, 2008: In the second in our series of reports on the state of cricket in Zimbabwe, we look at club cricket in the country

The test arena

Feb 8, 2008: Plenty of athletes come to the School of Human Movement at the University of Western Australia. Only cricketers do so with their hearts skipping a beat

Battling on despite the hardships

Feb 3, 2008: In the first part of our investigation into cricket inside Zimbabwe, a look at what's happening in the schools

The Wisden Cricketer: February 2008

A wag in the tail

Jan 29, 2008: Lower-order players bat longer, look better, score more tons, but their averages haven't really been improving

Australian idol

Jan 29, 2008: Just what is it that endears Sachin Tendulkar to crowds and cognoscenti alike Down Under? We asked a selection of Australia's great and good for their opinion

The Wisden Cricketer - February 2008

Back to the bad old days?

Jan 22, 2008: England's record since the 2005 Ashes is as mediocre now as before Duncan Fletcher. The Wisden Cricketer compares, contrasts and looks for the positives

Setting the house in order

Jan 20, 2008: Pakistan's ever-malleable domestic structure has for long suffered from apathy and polarised opinion among the country's cricket insiders. Now yet another series of changes may be in the offing

Full, but not filling

Jan 17, 2008: England play New Zealand in six Tests in a row, Sri Lanka have played 10 Tests against Bangladesh since 2000 and seven against Australia. Not only is the international schedule too full, it is hopelessly lopsided

West side story

Jan 15, 2008: At the WACA, they say, batsmen can leave alone balls pitched at a good length. Some tellable pitchside tales from Wild West Perth

Cricket, technology and the middle path

Jan 8, 2008: More technology or less? The ICC's proposed new system of referring contentious umpiring decisions may have its pros and cons in about equal measure, but it needs to be given a fair run

January 2008

Need votes? Dig out the whites

Dec 20, 2007: Australia's last Prime Minister, John Howard, was a "cricket tragic". He was also routed in the November election. A look at the curious relationship between cricket and politics in Australia

MCC lends a hand in Sri Lanka

Sumangela's field of dreams

Dec 16, 2007: Three years after it was devastated by the tsunami, a small corner of Sri Lanka is looking to the future with hope - and that's thanks in no small part to the world's premier cricket club

The lost boys

Dec 14, 2007: Once heralded as the next big brown hopes of spin, Danish Kaneria and Harbhajan Singh now find themselves losing the magic that made them great

An over with Michael Hussey

Mr Cricket turns Mr Sledger

Dec 13, 2007: Fancy being cover-driven by Mike Hussey and told "You're a bit keen"? And other sledges to boot

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