2 http://www.espncricinfo.com Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features. (c)Cricinfo en-gb http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espnci.png http://www.espncricinfo.com/ Neville Cardus' writing is alive, full of daring and almost novelistic observation. Cricket writing owes him a debt of gratitude http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/635485.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/635485.html Mon, 13 May 2013 16:30:57 GMT Playing against the Japan national side in London on a cold April day is a story bound to be told several times over http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/634338.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/634338.html Mon, 06 May 2013 16:13:18 GMT Risky or not, Johnson is thrilling in his unpredictability. More's the pity we won't see him this Ashes http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/632968.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/632968.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:56:41 GMT If captaincy was not regarded as an art before Brearley, it was after he had gone. His tenure may have been brief, but his impact endures still http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/631599.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/631599.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:25:06 GMT Cricket's relationship with its rules is a constantly evolving flirtation, unlike in golf, say, where things are more cut and dried http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/630478.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/630478.html Sat, 11 May 2013 06:59:00 GMT Clad in his space-garb, his gold pads and his gridiron helmet, shoulders rippling under his muscle shirt, Chris Gayle is an implacable object, driving cricket forwards, challenging the world to produce another batsman that plays like him http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/628820.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/628820.html Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:50:17 GMT Over the course of England's next series, James Anderson should become the 26th bowler to take 300 Test wickets. That no Englishman has reached 400 - or 10,000 runs with the bat - is indicative of how the record books left them behind http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/627802.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/627802.html Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:37 GMT In the space of eight days in 1876, WG Grace scored 839 runs, including two triple hundreds. He shaped the game we know today, inventing technique and influencing bowling http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/626744.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/626744.html Sat, 11 May 2013 06:58:28 GMT Modern bat manufacturers seem to be going to increasingly absurd lengths in coming up with exotic nouns in which batsmen can attempt to locate idealised versions of themselves http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/625578.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/625578.html Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:16:12 GMT Although he only played in four Tests prior to the sporting boycott of South Africa, Barry Richards still managed to confirm his greatness. However, the tragedy of his lost international career must be set in the context of a far greater struggle http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/623502.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/623502.html Sat, 11 May 2013 06:58:00 GMT The game's shortest format can learn lessons from baseball in particular when it comes to the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/622827.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/622827.html Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:27:55 GMT The m-word gets thrown about a lot in cricket, but what does it really mean? http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/597630.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/597630.html Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:24:06 GMT