ESPNcricinfo staff

Dad's Army marches on

As India, led by Virender Sehwag, set about the bowling on day one of the first Test against England in Ahmedabad, Vic Marks, in the Guardian, envisaged the visiting captain, Alastair Cook, telling his men "Don't panic!"

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

No pictures? No worry

The English media is not publishing pictures of the current Test. Here's how The Telegraph defied the ban

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The Nayudu effect

G Viswanath, writing in Sportstar, tells of how the late Raj Singh Dungarpur once described Nayudu as a clever cricketer, who was dangerous with both bat and ball

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

MCC veteran recalls India's first Test victory

India won their first Test match 60 years ago beating MCC by an innings and eight runs. Andy Bull, writing in the Guardian, speaks to Fred Ridgway and Donald Carr, who were part of the MCC squad for the series

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

World T20 is a 'Major step forward for Disability Cricket'

England’s Visually Impaired team are in preparing for the first ever Twenty20 World Cup, which will feature eight teams and run from December 2 to 13 in India

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Sierra Leone cricketers dream of taking on world's greats

Monica Mark, from the Guardian, speaks to an official from the Sierra Leone Cricket Association, who says the game's popularity has surged since the decade-long civil war ended in 2002

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Onions on the first Test and life on tour

England fast bowler Graham Onions, writing for BBC, talks about preparations for the first Test, his own hopes of playing, and life on tour in India

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

He just couldn't say no

Makarand Waingankar, writing for the Times of India, says that Sunderam didn't have an impact in Tests because he was over-bowled in first-class cricket, which cost him his fitness

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

An interesting battle ahead

Osman Samiuddin in The National, writes on what the upcoming India-England Test series, set to begin on Thursday, means to the neutral

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Cricket teaches you so much about life'

Having returned to India's Test and ODI squad following his battle with cancer, Yuvraj Singh tells Derek Pringle, from the Daily Telegraph, that cricket helped him beat the disease and get his life back on track

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cook should learn from Clarke

As England begins its campaign of India under a new captain in Alastair Cook, Andy Bull, writing in the Guardian, points out similarities between him and Australia's captain Michael Clarke and predicts that Cook would be a positive captain

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Dismissed secretary sues USACA for $1.5m

Former USA Cricket Association executive secretary Kenwyn Williams has launched legal action for damages against the board, claiming in excess of $1.5 million for what he claims is action which exposed him to “public contempt, ridicule, aversion and

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Shane Warne on how to win in India

As England prepares to take on India in the first Test in Ahmedabad, Shane Warne, writing in the The Telegraph, shares a formula to be successful in India, taken from Australia's triumphant 2004 tour of India

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

India a daunting place for baptisms

In an anecdote-laden piece in the Observer, Frank Keating looks back England's tours to India and the difficulties inexperienced captains faced

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Gideon Haigh's 'best book yet'

When Haigh embarked upon his new book, On Warne , Ed Cowan said at its launch, he had been surprised. But Haigh was intrigued by Warne, and that has helped him churn out his "best book yet"

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Another Black Caps defeat, but does anyone care?

With incessant rain affecting the outcome of all four ODI's between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, Hamish Bidwell, writing for stuff.co.nz, says that the banality of short-form cricket has scarcely been better illustrated than by this series

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

'England win would be bigger than the Ashes'

Former England captain, Michael Vaughan, writing for the Daily Telegraph , says that a victory for England in the Test series against India would be bigger than the Ashes

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Serbia emerges from humble beginnings

Tristan Lavalette on how in Serbia cricket is slowly taking a hold among the indigenous population

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Flintoff circus rolls into the ring

In his latest venture to fill the gaping hole of retirement, Andrew Flintoff has taken to boxing and a convenient three-part TV series ahead of his first professional bout on November 30

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Will Motera curator save England their blushes?

Sumit Chakraberty, writing for DNA, says that the curator in Ahmedabad will, undoubtedly, produce a batting-friendly pitch which may favour spinners as well

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

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