Siddhartha Talya

ODI cricket needs to return to basics

The viability of ODIs in the wake of Twenty20 cricket has been a subject of much discussion in recent months

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Vanuatu ease past Samoa

A round-up of matches from the Non World Cricket League

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England not mentally equipped for ODIs

England's 1-6 embarrassment against Australia in the recent ODI series was a reflection of their inability to think on their feet, a consquence of a lack of intensity in county cricket and ordinary bowling and fielding, writes Derek Pringle in the

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Samoa overcome the Cook Islands

Samoa took control of the ICC EAP Trophy Non World Cricket League section after an excellent eight-wicket (D/L method) win over the Cook Islands on Monday.

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What attracts politicians to cricket?

An increasing number of Indian politicians are getting involved with cricket

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ODI cricket's declining importance

Dileep Premachandran, in his blog in the Guardian , says ODI cricket generally lacks in importance, barring the World Cup, and discusses ways in which the format could be made more relevant.

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England's ailing batting line-up

Lawrence Booth, in his final blog of The Spin in the Guardian , analyses England's batting line-up and its disappointing performance in the ODI series so far

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A time of transition for Australia

Though Ricky Ponting will return to captain Australia after a period of rest, Michael Clarke's leadership in the first two one-dayers in England has provided enough indication that the gradual transition towards his taking over the role on a

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Estonia hope to attract more local talent

Tim Heath, the captain, is alleged to have attracted dozens of native-born Estonians to cricket during visits to Tallinn's nightclubs, and perhaps he did, but that might be glossing over the Estonia Cricket Association's (ECA) comprehensive schools

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Ijaz Butt's failed reign

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Watch out for Rashid

Adil Rashid's statistics from England's loss in the first ODI against Australia may not be earth shattering but the way he went about his game with his disciplined bowling and measured batting bodes well for English cricket, writes Stephen Brenkley

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War stops play

Patrick Kidd, in his blog in the Times , revisits the summer of 1939 when the Second World War brought the West Indies tour of England to an abrupt end

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IPL should move away from personality cults

The IPL can only flourish through an institutional framework and not by the cult of personalities, writes Harsha Bhogle in the Indian Express

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The problems with Pakistan cricket

Irfan Husain, writing in the Dawn , examines some of the problems plaguing the game in Pakistan

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England can rule the world

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'Viv's drug was his passion for cricket'

While rubbishing former Pakistan batsman Qasim Omar's claims that Viv Richards used to take performance enhancing drugs in his time, his brother Mervyn Richards has said the only thing that kept him going was an undying passion for the game

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A call for innovation

Simon Wilde proposes a new means of making Test cricket more competitive, calling for a world Test championship with knockout stages at the end of the tournament, and with each innings limited to 110 overs to eliminate the possibility of a draw and

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Will Flintoff answer the higher call?

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Norway wins Nordic Cup Twenty20 tournament

Tony Munro

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The final nail in the Windies coffin

The grimmest and bleakest aspect of the revelations and implications of the dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players' Association, and the resulting loss to Bangladesh, is that West Indies Test cricket is dead, writes

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