Jamie Alter

Kevin Pietersen drags hosts from the precipice

The Times' Mike Atherton looks at England's crucial match against India at Lord's and says Kevin Pietersen has been a bellwether for their fortunes in the ICC World Twenty20

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

The Ashes bring a summer of larrikins

Martin Kelner, in his Guardian blog, says he always feels bereft when the football season ends

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Mendis: more than a nice little turner

The mavericks of Sri Lanka are putting a unique stamp on Twenty20 with their endless capacity for reinvention, writes John Stern in the Sunday Times

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Yuvraj tempers England's hopes against India

India may have faltered against the West Indies, but Yuvraj Singh poses a grave threat to England's World Twenty20 hopes, says Steve James in the Daily Telegraph

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Johnson takes over as Australia's spearhead

Australia have been wounded by their early exit from the ICC World Twenty20, but they are certain to come back fighting in the Ashes, led by the best bowler on the planet: the fast left-armer Mitchell Johnson

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

'I like a tough life, you know' - Afridi

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Twenty20's revolutionary skills rip up the rule book

The Guardian 's Mike Selvey is of the opinion that Twenty20 has found its place courtesy of phenomenal athleticism and invention

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Cricket bosses can't handle wild ones

While it appears an embattled Andrew Symonds no longer fits in the evolving environment of the Australian cricket team, Robert Craddock says that when a player's life is spinning out of control, Australian cricket struggles to handle it

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Let's play hard ball

In India they’re worried about cheap and heavy bats affecting children’s cricket skills, but over in the UK its soft balls

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Graeme Pollock wary of commercialisation in cricket

Graeme Pollock, one of the finest left-hand batsmen the game has ever produced, believes that cricket has become too financial

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Invasion of the bail snatcher

We’ve heard of streakers, insects and mysterious vandals either holding up play or preventing it entirely, but a pitch invasion by a single person having a substantial effect on the result of a game

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Five's show pony Nicholas only second best in show

Mark Nicholas, a centaur with an excellent tailor and magnificent mane

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Now, after an England victory, is the time for assessment

Former England coach Duncan Fletcher believes the win over West Indies at Lords offers the right perspective to look at areas that England can improve

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Making junior cricket more effective

In his column for Sri Lanka's Sunday Times , SR Pathiravithana offers a few of the pros and cons that modern Sri Lankan feeder points face

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

A weapon no more

The Dawn 's Humair Ishtiaq looks at Pakistan's series against Australia in the UAE and says the lack of fight was surprising

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Mad as a batter

Twenty20 is still an infant, yet there's enough evidence to say that in this format, only uncertainty is a constant says Rohit Mahajan in this week's Outlook magazine

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Swann's continuing rise may surprise the Australians

Graeme Swann's impressive performance in the first Test against West Indies has got the Daily Telegraph's Steve James thinking the offspinner may give Australia a bit of trouble

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Even Tuffers knows to tone down the laddishness on TMS

Paul Hayward in his Observer blog fears that Test Match Special could be threatened by Radio 5

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

These are a few of my favourite things ...

Ever wondered if Michael Hussey had a crush on one of the brat pack while in school

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Once upon a time in rural Twenty20

The rural community remodeled as the fictional village Champaner in the 2001 Academy Award-nominated Hindi film Lagaan is set to actually host a cricket tournament

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

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