Nishi Narayanan

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Leap as you would lead

After racing a plane, training with commandos, winning the Twenty20 World Cup and beating Australia in Australia, what can our bored hero do to spice up his life

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

It's time for Shah to sparkle

That a batsman of Owais Shah's inherent talent could play only two Test matches in 13 years is lamentable, and indicative of some fundamental failings on the part of both the player and the England management, writes Andy Bull in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Sreesanth - the sexy vegetarian

Batsmen alert: He may look like he’s after your blood but he really isn’t and he may look beastly in his run-up but he’s really a beauty

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Same old fustrating Bell

Yet again Ian Bell managed, with considerable elan, to turn promise into abject disappointment

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

From Chris to captain cool

Garfield Myers in the Jamaica Observer charts Chris Gayle's journey from playing cricket over the wall from his home with his brothers as a kid in Kingston to captaining West Indies

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Playing the comeback kid

When Kevin Pietersen walks out to the wicket at Sabina Park, his first Test innings since being removed as England captain after five months, all eyes will be on him

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

India unsafe for Pakistan players

Pakistan's decision not to send their players to India for the IPL's second season could be a prudent one at a time when crowds in stadiums could turn hostile towards professional athletes from the country, Sharda Ugra writes in her blog Free Hit

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

'Ranatunga had problems with all' - Lokuge

Gamini Lokuge, the Sri Lanka sports minister, has been involved in a lof of cricket controversies during his ongoing term, the most recent being a defamation suit filed by Arjuna Ranatunga, who he sacked as Sri Lanka Cricket's interim committee chief

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

A role model for Strauss

The Guardian 's David Foot wonders which former captain would be an ideal role model for Andrew Strauss.

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Free-to-air or not?

In England a review of which sports should be shown live on free-to-air TV has begun

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Tendulkar on switch-hitting

Sachin Tendulkar airs his opinions on night Tests, the switch-hit, over-rates, world domination and more in an interview with the Hindu .

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

An Aussie as the England coach

England are hunting for a new coach following the sacking of Peter Moores, and Shane Warne believes the team needs somebody from outside their set-up to take an objective view and bring in a few ideas

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Nuts enough to work with KP?

The England board could replace coach Peter Moores by the end of the week and it's time to look at some of the contenders.

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Fire the boss!

As the row between Kevin Pietersen, the England cricket captain, and Peter Moores, the head coach, begins to establish some kind of rhythm, it seems increasingly likely that Moores will have to go, writes Simon Barnes in the Times :

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

The decline of Australian sport

For years, Australia has been pound-for-pound the greatest sporting nation, winning golds, grand slams and World Cups, taking particular pleasure in crushing England

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

ODIs can help Test batting

Limited-overs cricket can help a Test opener, according to Mark Richardson, who feels Tim McIntosh and Jamie How need to get some runs in the one-day format to keep their place in the Test side

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Impact players of 2009

On the BBC website, Oliver Brett lists out six players to watch out for in 2009 - one player from each of the two teams touring England in the summer, three up-and-coming players on the county scene attempting to break into the national senior

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Tin-foil Australia

Ever since the India tour this October, Australia's fear factor has vapourised

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

No more quota required

Graeme Smith is currently leading one of the most gifted generations of cricketers to emanate from South Africa yet the quota issue hovers uncomfortably even now when not one member of the current squad needs this “interference”, writes Lungani

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Dhoni gets extortion letter

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been provided with extra security after reportedly receiving an extortion letter demanding Rs50 lakh (US$ 103,091)

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

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