Akhila Ranganna

What this IPL has taught us

Declining standards, expensive tickets and plummeting crowds but Chris Gayle still offers full value with bat in hand - Dileep Premachandran looks at five things we have learnt from the fourth season of the IPL

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

The new, improved Tremlett

Chris Tremlett picked up four wickets in Sri Lanka's second innings in Cardiff and his role in England's extraordinary victory showed that he has has lost his John Cleese-esque gawkiness and has got the balance right, writes Vic Marks in the

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

A cracked pitch

Rohit Mahajan and Satarupa Bhattacharjya find out that there's a a growing rumble against the BCCI’s power and the way the body rules the world of cricket

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Cricket’s Clockwork connection

What’s the connection between a set of pristine, genteel cricket whites and the violent anarchy of Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film A Clockwork Orange

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Apocalypso Now

The West Indies have been in decline for 20 years now, belying hopes countless times

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Beyond the IPL's floodlights

Former IMF chief and potential French president Dominique Staruss-Kahn, was charged with sexual assault in a New York hotel

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

England go for consistency of selection

England's selectors chose to go with Eoin Morgan over Ravi Bopara for the first Test against Sri Lanka, and Jonathan Agnew writing on BBC Sport says that while Bopara's bowling might have offered Andrew Strauss an option for a few overs here and

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

England's selection dilemmas

With the England selectors set to pick the Test squad for the series against Sri Lanka, one of the biggest debates is over who will be picked for the No

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

England's long-term goal: to be No. 1

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph England wicketkeeper Matt Prior says that while the Ashes win was the highlight of the winter, it was a stepping stone to achieve England's long-term goal

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Afridi's sacking uncalled for

Commenting on the PCB's decision to remove Shahid Afridi as Pakistan's ODI captain, an editorial in the Dawn states that while Afridi may have had his faults, he was an inspirational captain

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Jaffa for Jaffna

High-profile cricket is all set to make its debut in Jaffna after years of a bitter and bloody civil war

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Strauss and the art of leadership

Oliver Brown gets Andrew Strauss to dissect his own character as well as that of several England team-mates with bracing candour, and analyse the art of leadership that he is so deeply steeped in

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The IPL life, off the field

Glittering after-parties

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Sir Shane Warne?

In the Daily Telegraph , the retiring Shane Warne looks back at his career; he names Daryl Cullinan his favourite batsman to bowl to, Navjot Sidhu among his least favourites to face, Ian Chappell the biggest influence on him as a cricketer, and

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Parore's 'Himalayan' task

Former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Parore is just days away from scaling the biggest challenge of his sporting career - the Mt

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

How England's cricketers stack up

With just days left for the start of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka, the Daily Telegraph looks at how the England cricketers, who are likely to line up against Sri Lanka, are faring on the county circuit.

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Don't ignore the cracks

An editorial in kaieteurnewsonline.com states that the euphoria surrounding West Indies' victory over Pakistan in the first Test should not mask the the cracks that had been exposed in the relations between the WICB and coach Ottis Gibson on one

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

The IPL loses its lustre

After it started with a bang, the IPL, in its fourth season now, is having difficulty sustaining its early momentum when it burst forth with a TV-friendly format, cheerleaders and big salaries writes Shilpa Jamkhandikar on reuters.co.uk .

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Will Bopara bag the No. 6 slot?

With the retirement of Paul Collingwood, the No.6 spot in England's Test batting line-up is up for grabs

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

The speech that set Sri Lanka free

The MCC has announced former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as the speaker for its annual Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

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