ESPNcricinfo staff

The mellowing down of Ponting

As Ricky Ponting's international career came to an end with the Perth Test, Osman Samiuddin, writing in the National, points to his changed image in the course of his career

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

New belief aided Bangladesh's success

Bangladesh's win against West indies, their biggest in ODIs, was borne by a belief that the team doesn't depend on their two best batsmen - Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal - anymore to win them games

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

USACA eyes Associates in scaled-down league

Months after plans were outlined for a professional Twenty20 competition in the USA that was going to be so impressive there was talk of it impacting on the English season, it seems the reality of finances and availability has led to a marked

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Kenya appoints first female chairman

Cricket Kenya has created a piece of history by electing a woman as its new chairman, the first female to head a national cricket board.

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Thorpe's guide to playing spin

Graham Thorpe has a key role to play in helping England deal with the subcontinental conditions. His training methods include cutting up bits of carpet to create rough in the nets and he told BBC Sport of his six-point plan to playing spin

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dhoni's demands based on 'unreasonable foundations'

MS Dhoni's demand for a pitch that turns from the first day, as a recipe for India's success, is based on "unreasonable foundations", believes Nirmal Shekar in The Hindu

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Du Plessis stands for a generation

Trained to attack in the shorter formats, the batsmen of this age are considered inept for situations that require them to go through the grind in a Test, but Faf du Plessis' marathon innings in Adelaide has reiterated the opposite again

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Another twenty in Qatar

Continuing their policy of reaching out to Arabian youth, the Qatar Cricket Association have been to Ali Bin Abi Taleb School in Doha and met with schoolchildren and teachers there

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Towards Mongolia

Cricket and Mongolia are two things that have not been cited in the same sentence too often in the history of the world

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

An apology to Faf

When Faf du Plessis was selected not everyone was convinced. Three innings into his Test career and those concerns appear very misplaced.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ponting declares

Ricky Ponting always talked like he made runs, in torrents. Then the runs dried up, and on Thursday so did the words, almost," writes Greg Baum in the Sydney Morning Herald

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ricky's highlights

The pieces keep flowing about the Ricky Ponting; the shots, the catches, the run outs, the person, the controversies

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Criticise Tendulkar, don't insult him

Like Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar has earned respect, says Dileep Premachandra in Wisden India

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Hammond, the forgotten batting great

Kevin Pietersen and Alastair Cook are one step away from breaking England's record of the most centuries scored in a career. Andy Bull, writing in the Guardian, focuses on the man who had held the record for more than 70 years, Wally Hammond

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Hope springs for Tests in India

Scyld Berry, writing in the Daily Telegraph, writes that there's much hope for the future of Test cricket in India given there's little sign of Twenty20 life in the maidans of Mumbai

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

"Workhorse" Giles to excel at coaching

Former England captain Michael Vaughan praises former spinner Ashley Giles' appointment as England's ODI and T20 team coach

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ashley Giles, the right man for the job

Warwickshire bowler Keith Barker writes in the Independent about how England's new limited-overs coach operates, and the strengths he brings to the job

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Indian conditions tailor made for England

In his Daily Telegraph column, Hughes suggests the biggest bonus for England was the bounce in the surface that favoured both their spinners and their batsman, in their historic victory in Mumbai

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

India must not panic over Mumbai loss

India's reversal at Wankhede should be followed by a precise postmortem, but it shouldn't trigger a witch-hunt, says Sandeep Dwivedi in the Indian Express

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Netherlands head to Truro

Netherlands will play one of their CB40 matches in 2013, against Nottinghamshire, at Truro as part of the Cornish Cricket Festival.

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

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