Nishi Narayanan

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Getting ready for spin in Kanpur

If India take a few gambles in Kanpur to try and square the series, it might mean their playing three spinners and just one full-time seamer to share the new ball with Sourav Ganguly

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Unfocussed India

As a country India has begun to achieve a lot and grow in confidence so it is no longer appropriate for the cricketers to lose focus after every famous victory, writes Peter Roebuck in the Hindu .

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Serial offender

Shoaib Akhtar has been banned from international cricket for five years and the Times ' Richard Hobson believes the Pakistan board have saved themselves many hours of disciplinary hearings in the year ahead.

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Dravid's early days

Former Test batsman and current Tamil Nadu coach WV Raman recalls the days when, even as an Under-19 batsman, Rahul Dravid showed an aptitude for correct technique and a stomach for a fight

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Hair and his effigies

For all that Darrell Hair is a fine umpire, his reinstatement will exacerbate racial divides within cricket's governing bodies, writes Barney Ronay in the Guardian :

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No. 1 courtsey Bangladesh

On paper, South African cricket is at the top of the world

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The worst IPL team name

Paul Holden asks if the Mumbai Indians is the worst IPL team name, whether John Bracewell is on drugs, whether India are taking over the world game and more in his blog Sideline Slogger :

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Clown princes

Bangladesh lost both Tests and all three ODIs against South Africa and the Dhaka-based Daily Star 's Shakil Kasem is convinced the team is fast approaching the status of Clown Princes.

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Windy Wellington

In the Guardian Vic Marks describes an edgy and windy day at the Basin Reserve where England made several fielding errors.

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IPL or warm-ups?

Five New Zealand players are set to play in the IPL which clashes with the start of their tour of England

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No longer cricket's Huck Finn

Dale Steyn brings an uncommon freshness to his profession of fast bowling, a sense that he is a human being of normal height and build at once amazed and disturbed by his ability to take someone’s head off with a shiny, stitched orb, writes Telford

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The post-Shane Bond era

Some predictions for the second Test in Wellington from Sideline Slogger Paul Holden:

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'The worst NZ side in 40 years'

Overjoyed by the victory of 'the worst team in 40 years' over England, Paul Holden analyses the Hamilton Test in his blog the Sideline Slogger .

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The blossoming of Ishant

Harsha Bhogle wasn't particularly impressed with Ishant Sharma when he first saw him at nets in England

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The great Indian dream

India's CB Series campaign reflects the personality of Mahendra Singh Dhoni according to the editors at the Hindu .

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Twenty golden overs

Middlesex captain Ed Smith suggests the best way forward for cricket may be to embrace IPL in the short term, while dedicating its full attention to outwitting it in the future

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Chappell set for a challenge?

Will Greg Chappell be reunited with his alter ego, Rahul Dravid

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Leap Day memories

There aren't too many cricketing memories to list under February 29, Leap Day

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Why are Australia reluctant to tour Pakistan?

Saad Shafqat writes in the Pakistan daily, Dawn that it makes no sense for Australia to single out Pakistan as a country they are unwilling to tour for security reasons

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Dale's Bangla trip

Dale Steyn talks of his form over the last year, of Morne Morkel's Twenty20 World Cup performance and his plans to go fishing in Chittagong in this interview with the Dhaka-based Daily Star .

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