Dustin Silgardo

Asian Games gold sign of Bangladesh's progress

Bangladesh's gold medal performance with a second-string cricket team in the Asian Games is a sign that the country is moving from being a cricket-loving nation to a cricketing one, according to the Daily Star

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Anderson, Swann and the real contents of the urn

In the Sunday Telegraph , Scyld Berry hails Jimmy Anderson’s second new-ball spell to Michael Hussey on Saturday as “the best wicketless spell in Australia in recent times.”

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Commercialism has suffocated the game

With the English papers abuzz with stories from the Ashes, Simon Heffer takes the opportunity to reflect on the aesthetics of cricket

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Afghanistan's Asian Games silver has come despite the war

Afghanistan’s progress in cricket has been remarkable considering there is only one ground with a turf pitch in the country, Rizwan Ali of the Associated Press reports

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

South Africa in clean-up mode before India series

Neil Manthorp looks ahead to India’s tour of South Africa by focusing on the off-field issues in both countries

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

A fast-bowling talent from Waziristan springs a surprise

Fast bowler Abdul Haq moved from North Waziristan in Pakistan to Abu Dhabi after being overlooked by the Pakistan selectors

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

The verdict is out on Shane Watson's renaissance

The BBC’s Oliver Brett attempts to explain the paradox that is Shane Watson: a man who has been Australia’s second highest run-scorer since the 2009 Ashes series, but is yet to impress many of his countrymen.

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Zaheer is crucial to India's attack

With Zaheer Khan out injured, India’s bowling will struggle in the third Test against New Zealand at Nagpur, R Kaushik predicts in the Deccan Herald

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

England need the old Kevin Pietersen back

Success on the field and off it may see Kevin Pietersen reinventing himself from a highly focused solo artist to a family man content to settle for the rung below the greats, Derek Pringle writes in the Daily Telegraph

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Limited overs, unlimited players

From left field, John Stern, editor of the Wisden Cricketer , has a unique idea for an innovation in one-day cricket: an American football-style squad system, wherein sides can name an almost unlimited number of players in their squad and use them

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

The Kookaburra challenge

England should not worry about bowling with the Kookaburra ball in Australia, says Vic Marks

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Speed thrills at dawn

The next Pakistan-South Africa Test is four days away but it’s already causing a few headaches

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Judgement day for Ponting

In the latest edition of Spin , the Guardian’s Andy Bull says despite all his achievements, Ricky Ponting’s reputation as a captain rests on the result of the upcoming Ashes series.

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Australia’s 17: a clever move or pure confusion?

In the Age , Peter Roebuck says Australia’s 17-strong squad for the first Ashes Test may seem shambolic at first sight, but is actually a sound strategic move and shows the selectors won’t be pressurised by marketers into showing their hand early.

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

The Ashes goes beyond cricket

In the Financial Times , Matthew Engel reminisces about how the 1962-63 Ashes series made him infatuated with Australia and says the Ashes is a unique bond between two countries at the uttermost ends of the earth.

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

West Indies still rely on Chanderpaul

In the Jamaican Observer , Hartley Anderson laments West Indies’ poor preparation for their tour of Sri Lanka and says Shivnarine Chanderpaul will be the key player in the Test series.

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

The challenge of popularising cricket in the USA

Tom Melville writes an open letter to Don Lockerbie, the CEO of the USA Cricket Association, on dreamcricket.com , warning him of how difficult it will be to make cricket popular among Americans.

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

The battle of the offies

In the Sunday Telegraph , Kerry O’Keeffe predicts Nathan Hauritz will take more wickets than Graeme Swann in the Ashes and Michael Clarke will get the most runs.

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Cricket confuses Chinese fans

Rizwan Ali of the Associated Press was at the first ever cricket match at the Asian Games, played between the women’s teams of China and Malaysia

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Ganguly makes another debut

If you saw Sourav Ganguly walking out onto the pitch of the Salt Lake Stadium, you would be forgiven for thinking he had turned up at the wrong ground in Kolkata

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

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