ESPNcricinfo staff

England join great sporting year

There have been some fantastic sporting moments for Britain this year, but until recently few had come from the cricketers

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Australia fast bowlers mismanaged

Young Australian fast bowlers are failing to maintain fitness and it points to too-much thinking being applied by Cricket Australia to a simple game, writes Mike Haysman in Super Sport

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Taylor's opting out of SA tour a mistake

Chris Rattue, in the New Zealand Herald, says Ross Taylor's decision to skip the South Africa tour is the wrong one

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Slack, loose and appalling'

Reaction to India's defeat in Kolkata has been strong

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

New Zealand players not without blame

After all the analysis of New Zealand's captaincy drama, some of the attention is now turning to the players

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ricky Ponting moving on..

It has not even been a week away from cricket and Ricky Ponting appears a changed man, writes Peter Lalor in the Australian, who speaks to the batsman about his emotional last day and his reflections on his career

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The plusses and minuses in New Zealand cricket

After John Wright's retirement from the New Zealand team set-up, the last remaining connection with the golden-age of New Zealand cricket - the 1980s - has been severed

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Not massively surprised about Cook'

Former England captain Andrew Strauss, speaking to Angus Fraser in the Independent, speaks about what he's been up to post retirement and his successor Alastair Cook

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

NZC board must resign

In the Weekend Herald, David Leggat notes the poor timing of New Zealand's decision to tell Ross Taylor of a change of captaincy, and argues that having been in charge since mid-2011, he had hardly been given a fair chance at the position.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Nasser's lack of foresight

After Alastair Cook became the first England batsman to score 23 Test centuries, former captain Nasser Hussain, writing in the Dailymail, recollects his early memories of having seen Cook

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ricky Ponting - An alternative view

Ricky Ponting hung on for a touch too long, says Clayton Murzello in Mid-Day, and the Australian selectors gave him a longer rope than their predecessors did for other great players.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The evolution of Panesar

In the Daily Telegraph, Simon Hughes looks at Panesar's evolution as a spinner, after his exceptional bowling in Kolkata

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

KP and me - Haigh

Gideon Haigh, in a blog in the Australian, shares his opinion on what led to the rise of Kerry Packer during a time when Australian cricket was thriving

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

New Zealand's captaincy controversy

It's hard to know what's more unfortunate: the timing of the great captaincy controversy, or the hypocrisy of the debate over the potential switch of skippers from Ross Taylor to Brendon McCullum

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Tendulkar fights

Sachin Tendulkar's half-century in Kolkata didn't resemble any of his signature attractive knocks, for he cut out the risks and knuckled down to carve out the runs in a more workman-like fashion, writes Andy Bull in the Guardian

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The father of Indian cricket in Madras

Read a profile of Buchi Babu and his role in the development of cricket in Madras on this blog

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Umpiring errors and DRS

In the Guardian, Mike Selvey suggests that it is actually the impact of the review system that has led to more errors when it isn't available

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Finn can test India

In the Daily Telegraph, Simon Hughes says Steven Finn, with his height, aggression and a bit of attitude can put the Indian batsmen on the back foot

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The off-field challenges of touring India

Scyld Berry, in the Daily Telegraph, writes of the problems travelling England journalists and players faced in India in times past and the changes they're seeing today

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Can Tendulkar evolve again?

Sachin Tendulkar, who has entered the last phase of his career, became more watchful after 2008 but will he revert to his old aggressive self to get out of his slump?

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

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