Pakistan in England

Cricket feels burden of proof

Feb 25, 2013: With criminal convictions looking increasingly unlikely, the game's corruption unit will pick up the investigation into the Pakistan betting scandal, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

2010: Summer of Pakistan

A judicious withdrawal

Feb 25, 2013: Now they have been left out

Papua New Guinea

PNG and Singapore register wins

Feb 25, 2013: Papua New Guinea 204 for 5 (Amini 71*, Ura 57, Arifin 1-24, Rahim 1-22) beat Malaysia 158 (Alagaratham 49, Dikana 2 for 14, Areni 2 for 27, Dai 2 for 41) by 46 runs

English cricket

A chance for Pietersen to regain the swagger

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Selvey writes in the Guardian that while Kevin Pietersen's rapid descent "from Kensington Oval to Kennington Oval in the blink of an eye" is quite shocking, the county break will give him a chance to regain his swagger before the Ashes.

Offbeat

Mohammad Asif cut from movie

Feb 25, 2013: It's not just Mohammad Asif's cricket career that has suffered because of the spot-fixing scandal surrounding the Lord's Test, his potential movie career has taken a hit too

Pakistan in England

Sinister, extraordinary and heartbreaking

Feb 25, 2013: While there is an understandable desire for swift resolution, the complexity of the spot-fixing case and the need to get any punishments absolutely spot on means that the ICC must take its time here, writes Rob Smyth in the Guardian .

English cricket

Kevin Pietersen's fall from grace is startling

Feb 25, 2013: "It would be tempting to present Kevin Pietersen’s omission from England’s one-day squad as a morality tale about how the mighty have fallen, as that is plainly how the man himself sees it," writes Derek Pringle in the Telegraph

Tests - bowling

The baker's dozen again: Bowler performances in fourth innings

Feb 25, 2013: A look at top bowling performances in the fourth innings in Tests

Michael Jeh

How deep does the malaise run

Feb 25, 2013: I'm in the middle of a bad dream; Like Jekyll & Hyde, Romantic and Pragmatist share my cricketing soul whenever I think of anything to do with Pakistani cricket

IPL

The fixing of England games

Feb 25, 2013: What's with the 18-year-olds of today

Betting/Corruption

A plea for clemency

Feb 25, 2013: If ever the players who have given statements to police are found guilty in court or by cricket authorities, I hope that the following is taken into account in the case of Mohammad Amir

Australian cricket

Shaken Victorians survive flying scare

Feb 25, 2013: Victoria’s squad was forced into the brace position to prepare for a possible crash landing when its plane had problems on the descent into Adelaide on Monday

Betting/Corruption

‘We didn’t suspect anything’ - Ponting

Feb 25, 2013: Ricky Ponting, writing in the Australian , outlines Australia’s philosophy of trying to win every game.

Mike Holmans

Cool to Trott

Feb 25, 2013: Our esteemed editor Sambit Bal has already said everything I would want to say about the betting scandal, so I'm going to write about cricket, if that's all right with you.

Betting/Corruption

Cricket must put its house in order fast

Feb 25, 2013: The British press has expressed shock, disappointment, anger and a sense of betrayal over the Pakistan spot-fixing allegations

How do Pakistan produce so many fast bowlers?

Feb 25, 2013: Watching young Mohammad Amir make Ricky Ponting dance to his tunes was both a sight and a statement

Samir Chopra

The insidious allure of spot-fixing

Feb 25, 2013: Another cricketing scandal is upon us.Well, the incorrigibility of Pakistan cricket is not new, so let us stop flogging that particular dead horse (after all, we know the usual round of bans, cover-ups, appeals, and reinstatements awaits us down

Australian cricket

Lots of needling but the compass points North

Feb 25, 2013: Marcus North, in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald , talks about the immense scrutiny that playing Test cricket brings, making a century on debut, working on his bowling and competition from young players.

2010: Summer of Pakistan

A final humiliation

Feb 25, 2013: Pakistan lost a Test match and a series but they might have lost something more important: their integrity

Pakistan in England

A tragedy for cricket

Feb 25, 2013: "Pakistan have been this way before — their Qayyum Inquiry into match-fixing was damning when it was published in the summer of 2000 — but that was in a time of peace in the country," writes Scyld Berry in the Telegraph on Sunday after