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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Cricket being a non-Olympic sport is like being the sickly child in a Hollywood weepie, the one who is not allowed out to play with the other kids and instead watches from an upstairs room, shortened breaths misting the window as sad strings play in http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/612589.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/612589.html Wed, 18 Oct 2023 03:21:59 GMT Barney Ronay in the Guardian dissects the ITV coverage of the Indian Premier League http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617348.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617348.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There's always good humour when Navjot Singh Sidhu's around http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617346.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617346.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Four candidates are in the running to lead Pakistan for the World Twenty20 in the the Caribbean http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617344.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617344.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617342.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617342.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In the desperate search for superlatives, players and coaches are constantly going overboard, and a brilliant case in point is the IPL http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617323.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617323.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT While the motives behind the decisions to hand out bans to the Pakistan players are laudable, the haphazard manner in which they are likely to be carried out could see Pakistani cricket sink deeper into the quagmire http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617292.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617292.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The reason for Australia's vice-captain Michael Clarke for walking out on the tour of New Zealand, has disappointed Chris Rattue and in the New Zealand Herald , the writer wonders whether the batsman would have quit an Ashes series? http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617287.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617287.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The sport is big money in India, but this piece in the Economic Times believes it’s not quite cricket to prise such sums for new IPL franchises in a country where others sports house themselves in cowsheds and crumbling infrastructure. http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617281.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617281.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India captain MS Dhoni's rise to the top reflects the story of the rise of different layers of society, with cricket often anticipating that change http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617272.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617272.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tony Munro http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617271.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617271.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT They may have been worn down by failure but Bangladesh's story is also one of individual achievement in the face of much hardship http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617270.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617270.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England's Test series against Bangladesh could prove dangerous, not because the hosts are good, but because they are bad http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617267.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617267.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Given that Indian business houses account for so much of the game's income, any steps taken to boost Test cricket's popularity in the subcontinent must be encouraged http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617252.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617252.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617251.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617251.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It’s heartening that India is the No http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617247.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617247.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brendon and Nathan McCullum became the 10th set of brothers to represent New Zealand in cricket last year http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617246.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617246.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617212.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617212.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT It's become fashionable to criticise Lalit Modi at every opportunity, but his stance over the relocation (or not) of games appears reasonable http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617211.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617211.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The IPL doesn't count its success merely in terms of valuation on paper http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617207.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/617207.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT