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(c)Cricinfo en-gb http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espnci.png http://www.espncricinfo.com/ Their predecessors in the position had short reigns but Graeme Smith's team might just be the real deal http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/624650.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/624650.html Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:32:24 GMT Andrew Ramsey's account of his days as a cricket journalist (and why he called it a day) is a fine book, but it ought to have gone further http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/597878.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/597878.html Sun, 23 Dec 2012 05:10:49 GMT Gideon Haigh's speech at the Bradman Oration in Melbourne, during which he spoke about the the importance and pleasures of club cricket, and the impact it has had on Australia as a country http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/587974.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/587974.html Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:19:41 GMT Cricket's governing body has long been a fiefdom board presidents use to serve their countries' interests. It's time it became a modern policy-making institution instead http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/533875.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/533875.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:11:17 GMT Is it possible to compare the Invincibles of 1948 to the West Indian teams of the '80s and '90s? After all they were simply products of their time http://www.espncricinfo.com/thebig_2000_test/content/story/523047.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/thebig_2000_test/content/story/523047.html Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:38:51 GMT Many premature reports of its death later, the five-day game still stands, a byword for excellence in an era that encourages, and even worships, mass mediocrity http://www.espncricinfo.com/thebig_2000_test/content/story/519422.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/thebig_2000_test/content/story/519422.html Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:25:35 GMT CA needs to focus on developing proper cricketers, but it seems too much in thrall to the needs of Twenty20 to care http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/519371.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/519371.html Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:31:47 GMT Ireland deserve to participate in the 2015 World Cup. That the ICC executive board wishes to freeze them out reflects a new phase in the game's global evolution http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/512800.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/512800.html Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:48:05 GMT Players are expected to follow a code of conduct. But is there one such for those who govern the game? Self-regulation is no longer a solution to corruption in cricket http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/498604.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/498604.html Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:14:48 GMT Australians used to pride themselves on having the best cricket governance. Not anymore, now that the board seems bent on casting itself as a marketing organisation that dabbles in the game on the side http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/497175.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/497175.html Mon, 02 May 2011 08:03:28 GMT Form or intuition - what does one go by when picking a team to back for the Ashes? Both Australia and England seem vulnerable this time round http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/484727.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/484727.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:04:20 GMT There may be plenty of well-known problems inherent in picking all-time XIs, but the exercise is still a worthwhile one http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/477919.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/477919.html Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:16:19 GMT Our soon-to-be announced all-time world XI will be picked from a shortlist of 88. But there are plenty of stellar names outside those ranks, as this XI, chosen from those who weren't on the shortlists, proves http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/481072.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/481072.html Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:12:44 GMT The tendency to blame external elements for every problem - as seen in Ijaz Butt's recent utterances - can only be countered by making governance more transparent and being serious about conflicts of interest http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/479042.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/479042.html Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:29:25 GMT It's no wonder there's match-fixing in the modern game, with its environment of easy money and pervasive maladministration http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/475153.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/475153.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:21:50 GMT The circumstances were already in place. The Australian media magnate simply triggered the explosion http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/472304.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/472304.html Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:39:05 GMT To be legit, democracy needs to meet certain preconditions. In cricket, legitimacy is something the boards have been happy to overlook, as shown by the Howard affair http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/465926.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/465926.html Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:23:49 GMT John Howard has been knocked back - and knocked back without even an opportunity to address the rejectionists http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/465571.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/465571.html Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:16:24 GMT Those railing against the former Australian PM are not shining examples of rectitude themselves http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/463737.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/463737.html Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:52:04 GMT A hinge moment in cricket history when Test stars realised first-class contracts could be more profitable than playing for their countries http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/461980.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/461980.html Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:58:32 GMT