George Binoy

Deputy editor, ESPNcricinfo

No questions asked, no answers given

This is a time when we, in the media, need to pose some serious questions — both to the game’s administrators and, as an extension, to ourselves for leaving no stone unturned in hyping the IPL as a coming of age of world cricket when, in fact, it is

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

A century off 37 balls with Tendulkar's bat

When Shahid Afridi walked out to bat for the first time in a one-day international, against Sri Lanka in Nairobi in 1996, the bat in his hands once belonged to someone who had played many memorable innings, and several of them against Pakistan

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

The glory days of fearless Don Bradman

In 1929 there was no IPL and no Twenty20 slogathons, just a young Donald Bradman changing the sport for ever, writes Frank Keating in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Future opponents open together

All debutants provoke curiosity but Hughes does doubly so

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

'Hope my performance won’t go unnoticed'

RP Singh hasn't been part of the Indian team for a while now but the fast-bowler is currently wearing a purple cap in South Africa for being the IPL's highest wicket-taker

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Cricket breaks down Israel boundaries

Cricket For Change , a London-based charity, is helping bring Arabs and Jews together in Israel through cricket

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Rollercoaster ride for IPL fans in Durban

It's ironic that one of the main reasons given by IPL commissioner Lalit Modi for preferring South Africa to England as the venue for the IPL was the (good) weather

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Vaughan the artballer

Michael Vaughan was at Lord’s the other day

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Sachin on Sanath

They are rivals when opening for their countries but Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya have come together to form a formidable opening combination for the Mumbai Indians

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Everest conquered

They’ve done it

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

IPL brings the good, the bad, and Modi to Cape Town

There is plenty that is good about the self-professed greatest show on earth, but it must be careful not to over-reach itself, writes Lawrence Booth in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Blogger bounces Knight Riders

Things just aren’t going right for the Kolkata Knight Riders

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Flintoff beats Pietersen in IPL battle

If Saturday brought one or two murmurs about the $1.55m price tag slapped on Andrew Flintoff, last night quelled the chatter

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

A small price to pay for safety

No normal sport in an abnormal society

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Raise a glass to the monarch of the counties

David Foot, chronicler of county cricket, celebrates his 80th birthday, his enthusiasm for the game as bright as ever, writes Frank Keating in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Making fools of viewers 'strategically'

Cricket does not embrace change easily, but seldom is there widespread condemnation of an experiment

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

England still looking for fourth paceman

The headline-seizing contest between Ian Bell and Michael Vaughan for the No 3 position in the batting order is hiding a far harder task for the England selectors

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Pietersen vs Flintoff should kickstart IPL

After a haphazard start, a meeting of the two most costly players in the IPL - Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff - should ignite the tournament, writes Rick Broadbent in the Times .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Top-dog IPL seeks a new underdog

Watching the opening match of last year’s IPL, there had been several doubts in the minds of so-called cricket experts, including myself, that the road ahead for the tournament would not be easy once the novelty of its sideshow wore out, writes Kunal

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Brand vs flag

The Indian Express shines a light on one of the darker sides of the IPL: The blurring lines between conflicts of interest or, as they call it, between Brand and Flag

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

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