UAE cricket

The other T20 league in Dubai

Apr 20, 2014: Teams with Indian connections, a large presence of Pakistan players and a sprinkling of overseas cricketers make Dubai's Superstars Twenty20 tournament an interesting premise

Test cricket needs fewer teams, not more

Apr 20, 2014: Having the top Associate team play the lowest-ranked Test side without the threat of relegation shows how votes mean more to the ICC than results

Haroon Rasheed

Impressing Viv and Greg

Apr 17, 2014: Former Pakistan batsman Haroon Rasheed on the compliments he received from two batting legends, and his admiration for Gavaskar

Still plenty of ifs for Butt

Apr 16, 2014: Salman Butt appears to think that redemption will be his by insisting that players should refrain from "wrongdoing". That shouldn't gain him back the trust of those he duped

'I love to take batsmen on'

Apr 12, 2014: Wahab Riaz, the Pakistan left-arm quick, on the pain of missing out on a ten-for, and his love for numbers and batting

Are you sitting down for this?

Apr 7, 2014: Netherlands beat England last month. A look at some other big international upsets over the years

The World T20 roller coaster

Apr 2, 2014: Tantalising finishes, technicolor extravaganzas, and sport as opera - notes from an armchair

Pakistan v WI, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

The Afridi-Gul synchronised double slide

Apr 1, 2014: Plays of the day for the World T20 match between Pakistan and West Indies in Mirpur

Why Pakistan must change to fit Akmal

Apr 1, 2014: They have long mistaken his fearlessness for irresponsibility and clipped his wings. But he can't be denied for long

Bangladesh v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Heartache in Dhaka

Mar 31, 2014: Flying halfway across the world to watch Bangladesh play? It can be painful

Bangladesh v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

The Mirpur crowd's twin faces

Mar 30, 2014: ESPNcricinfo picks out the plays of the day from the World T20 match between Bangladesh and Pakistan

Umar Akmal's limited-overs exploits

Mar 28, 2014: The ability to play strokes all round the wicket against different types of bowlers makes him a high-value player in T20s and ODIs

The Shoaib Malik question

Mar 24, 2014: No one can give a satisfactory answer about why he's in the side and what has happened to his supposed utility. Maybe the answer has to do with his captaincy stint

Australia v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Australia catch the dropping infection

Mar 23, 2014: Plays of the day from the game between Australia and Pakistan in Mirpur

Can T20 get America interested?

Mar 23, 2014: Cricket learned lessons from baseball in devising its shortest format. Can it use T20 to break into the home of baseball?

India v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Comical running, and unsure outfielders

Mar 21, 2014: ESPNcricinfo presents plays from the India-Pakistan World T20 game

India v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Pakistan need to ride the momentum wave

Mar 20, 2014: Could Shahid Afridi's last-over sixes in the Asia Cup game against India help Pakistan break their eerie, winless streak against their archrivals in the World Twenty20?

Statsguru Awards

A South Africa show

Mar 14, 2014: The players of 2013, as decided by the numbers. Also starring George Bailey, Saeed Ajmal, and Virat Kohli

ODI bowling winner

Afridi's mysterious freakery

Mar 14, 2014: In Georgetown he employed indescribable bowling to achieve a feat of statistical ridiculousness

Life savers

Mar 12, 2014: Ten cricket people who were heroes off the field: resuscitating spectators, donating blood, and stopping bullets