Nikita Bastian

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

It's all in the mind for Bopara

Ravi Bopara must add mental strength to abundant talent to make the most of his one-match chance against India, says Derek Pringle, writing in the Daily Telegraph .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Cozier: West Indies can learn from England

West Indies were the last team to beat England in a Test series - a hard-earned 1-0 win in the Wisden Trophy in 2009

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Paul Nixon settles down to the quiet life

As former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon's retires, Jon Culley, writing in the Independent , looks back on a career beset by the clinical inability to concentrate.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

<i>Tangiwai:</i> a tale of love, tragedy and cricket

Jacqueline Smith, writing in the New Zealand Herald , says Tangiwai , a movie named after the country's biggest rail disaster, is as much the tale of how cricketer Bob Blair braved the news of his fiancee Nerissa Love's death to bat for his team

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The global ‘ashes’ tour

Most of us (well, most readers of this site) live for cricket

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Rule of Law trampled on for 'spirit of the game'

James Lawton, writing in the Independent , says by commuting Bell’s sentence, India saved Trent Bridge from bitter scenes of recrimination, but laws are not there to be pushed aside when it suits the prejudices of any particular audience.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Vaughan: England bullied the tourists like Australia of old

Michael Vaughan, writing in the Daily Telegraph , says England bossed India on the field of play and even managed to convince them that Ian Bell should be given another chance – a brilliant performance in every respect.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Gary Sobers turns 75

Tony Cozier, writing in the Trinidad Express , looks back on Gary Sobers' remarkable record as the legendary all-rounder celebrates his 75th birthday and voices disappointment over his omission from the ICC's all-time dream Test XI that was voted

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Keeping the 'Indian way' alive

Writing in the Hindu , Suresh Menon says, despite the tendency to over-coach at the junior levels, India's cricketers still play the Indian way, and that is something their fans must be grateful to Test cricket for.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Ayaz Memon: Why no cricket in Mumbai's elite schools?

Why are elite educational institutions in south Mumbai - many of which have been modelled on the British public school - no longer fostering cricketing talent, asks Ayaz Memon, writing in the Hindustan Times .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Sri Lanka, Australia playing with cricketing abacus

SR Pathiravithana, writing in Sri Lanka's Sunday Times , says there has been no other cricket contest between Australia and Sri Lanka that has taken place on so even a keel as the upcoming tour, with neither side able to claim a clear cut

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Commentators' curse

Will India's TV experts ever relinquish their jarring partisanship, asks Pradeep Magazine, writing in Outlook .

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Dravid still invaluable, Broad back to best

Rahul Dravid's second fine century of the series showed how valuable he is to the tourists' cause, says David Lloyd, writing in the Independent .

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Hayden not worried by T20's influence

Matthew Hayden tells Peter Lalor of the Australian that cricket lovers should stop worrying so much about Twenty20 breeding a generation of batsman who can't leave the ball outside the off stump, and suggests that perhaps there is too much focus

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

No more nets with Tendulkar for Panesar

Most bowlers say bowling to Sachin Tendulkar teaches them many things

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There's too much emphasis on dot balls - Bishan Bedi

Bishan Bedi talks to Spin magazine’s George Dobell about his concerns over the modern game and reveals his optimism for its future.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Dhoni needs to reconnect with his old self

Suresh Menon, writing for Cricketnext , says MS Dhoni's self-consciousness is not helping India and he needs to go back to being the positive captain he once was.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

India's original men in white

Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, writing in Live Mint , looks backs on the first ‘Indian’ cricket team to tour abroad in 1911, which brought together different communities as a symbol of nationalism in pre-independent India.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Boycott, Vaughan and Steve Waugh on their top Tests

BBC 's Jonathan Agnew asks former England captains Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Vaughan, and former Australia captain Steve Waugh to nominate their greatest Test match of all time

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Nasser Hussain: Here comes explosive India

Ahead of the first England-India Test, Nasser Hussain, writing in the Daily Mail , does a quick check of the touring party, player by player.

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