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George Binoy

George Binoy

Deputy editor, ESPNcricinfo

Helmets for umpires

Helmets for umpires

Matthew Hayden striding down the pitch to smash bowlers during the IPL is an ominous sight from afar and one can empathise with Daryl Harper for wanting to wear a helmet while officiating in Twenty20 games.

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Why variety is the spice of life in Test cricket

Why variety is the spice of life in Test cricket

Rather than bemoan the occasional three-day game, we should enjoy the variations in conditions that set Tests aside, writes Lawrence Booth in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Journeymen put England on brink of victory

Journeymen put England on brink of victory

The first day at Lord’s witnessed the arrival of a special talent; now it was the turn of the journeymen, writes Mike Atherton in the Times .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
What's to love about the IPL?

What's to love about the IPL?

In her blog Free Hit for India Today , Sharda Ugra lists out five things to like about the IPL, ranging from Shane Warne's curious tactics to 'Buddy Talk'

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Headingley's decorous heritage

Headingley's decorous heritage

The Western Terrace at Headingley was far from the Viking-helmeted, gorilla-suited, false-breasted transvestite Bacchanal it is today, writes Harry Pearson in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Courtney Walsh still in love with cricket

Courtney Walsh still in love with cricket

For 21 years, Courtney Walsh ran the equivalent of 1000 miles in first-class cricket destroying metacarpals and careers with his pace and guile

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Flintoff's loss poses question of balance for England

Flintoff's loss poses question of balance for England

The lack of a real allrounder exposes the shallowness of Andrew Strauss's side's batting, writes Duncan Fletcher in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Does England's contracts system need an overhaul?

Does England's contracts system need an overhaul?

Centrally-contracted players or free-agents

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
The fielding doosra

The fielding doosra

While batsmanship has evolved, and bowlers have begun to assert themselves in the IPL, the fielder continues to use old techniques to meet new challenges, writes Suresh Menon on ESPNStar .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
'Lethal weapon' fires 'Desert roses' to victory

'Lethal weapon' fires 'Desert roses' to victory

Which IPL team opens with the ‘Rock at the top’ and the ‘Cannon’

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Flower can set England straight

Flower can set England straight

Will Andy Flower make a difference

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Cricket, lovely cricket, take it or leave it

Cricket, lovely cricket, take it or leave it

In the Trinidad Guardian , Alvin Corneal looks ahead to what the next three months holds in store for West Indies cricket.

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Harmy, you’re history now

Harmy, you’re history now

As England move into a brand new era, with a brand new coach who isn’t even called a coach — no, Andy Flower is England’s team director, whatever that means — we pass into this bracing new climate by discarding a few old faithfuls, especially Stephen

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Ten reasons why Ijaz Butt should be asked to quit

Ten reasons why Ijaz Butt should be asked to quit

Times are tough and Pakistan cricket needs a 'wartime consiglieri', who can help it come out of the current crisis, writes Khalid Hussain in the News on Sunday .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Oram's comments troubling for Test cricket

Oram's comments troubling for Test cricket

Jacob Oram has always impressed me as a young man of maturity and integrity and nobody can doubt his honesty here

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
England can thrive in life after Freddie

England can thrive in life after Freddie

How safe is Andrew Flintoff's place under England's new regime

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Mark Waugh bats against a snow ball

Mark Waugh bats against a snow ball

Not to be outdone by the Englishmen who played cricket on Mount Everest, Mark Waugh and thirteen other tough Aussies climbed three of the highest mountains in Australia in only three days

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
Sarwan remains a big barrier to English success

Sarwan remains a big barrier to English success

Nobbling the opposition’s best batsmen with cunning plans was one of several qualities England supporters took for granted when Duncan Fletcher was the national coach, writes Scyld Berry in the Sunday Telegraph .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
England run out of ideas

England run out of ideas

To turn again in Twenty20 cricket to Collingwood, a player who resigned from the one-day captaincy last summer on the same day as Michael Vaughan, smacks of a conservative choice in a game which demands liberation, and will not inspire confidence

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
An even contest between bat and ball

An even contest between bat and ball

One of the greatest, and indeed finest, variables in cricket, only matched to some extent by tennis and golf, is the nature of the surface the game is played on and here in South Africa, it has turned existing ideas on T20 cricket completely

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy
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