Jamie Alter

A Sri Lankan institution

There is history at the PSS

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Getting out of jail

More than 125 prisoners running across the ground covering the square at a live cricket match

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

The familiar figure donning the white coat

I make my way towards a man sitting silently against a white wall in the shade 50 meters away, head bent forward, arms resting on knees, far away from the madness

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Neil McKenzie is Mr Superstition

South Africa’s Neil McKenzie has ended his bizarre pre-game rituals and is ready to take on England, finds out Simon Wilde in the Sunday Times

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Bring back one-day wonder Ravi Bopara

Not alone in his thinking, Steve James believes Ravi Bopara's county form deserves to be rewarded with an England one-day recall

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Cronje and D'Oliveira; same country, different planet

In his column in The Times , Michael Atherton says that two documentaries on Monday evening, one about Hansie Cronje and one about Basil D'Oliveira, proved conclusively that sport remains the finest polygraph test known to man

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

'Fast bowling is about the donkey work sometimes'

As England begin the third Test, their bowling coach, Ottis Gibson, discusses swing, Steve Harmison and the day that Malcolm Marshall taught him the value of hard graft, in a chat with the Independent's Brian Viner

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Warne the magician

Shane Warne has proved it takes more than money to buy instant success even in the IPL, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Understanding the IPL’s financial levers

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Crowe and the art of captaincy

Martin Crowe, the former New Zealand captain, was a fine batsman in his time but also proved a shrewd leader, most notably for tossing offspinner Dipak Patel the new ball during the 1992 World Cup and for telling Mark Greatbatch to belt the cover

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Bright Lights and Big Money

The IPL has got heads turning and Somini Sengupta, attempting to strip down the Twenty20 tournament for an American audience in the New York Times , says it is "is trying to spin off India’s colonial inheritance into a money-making symbol of a

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Elegance in turmoil

VVS Laxman has wowed fans across the globe, not least in Australia, with his wristy elegance and sweetly-timed jabs and cuts

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

'I still am the only girl that plays at Karachi GymKhana'

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

IPL riches threaten to split England squad

Forget the notion that playing for England is the only thing that matters to Michael Vaughan and his side, says the Independent's Angus Fraser

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Twenty20 is destroying cricket's culture

William Rees-Mogg, of the Times , has seen the great Don Bradman bat, and isn't impressed with cricket's latest format

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

From the Vault: Arlott on Laker

Today's Guardian carries an archive obituary of Jim Laker by John Arlott 22 years after the former England spinner died

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Wisden plays itself in with well directed shots

The famous Wisden Almanack still has its place, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian , and is about more than handing out a few prizes every year

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

ECB must stop Twenty20 becoming road to India

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Cricket needs saving from itself

Even by the game's customary standards, it has been a traumatic week, writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Hampshire captaincy undecided

Just five weeks from the start of the English county season, Hampshire are at odds to pick the man to lead them in 2008

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