Fast scoring in the first three innings now means there’s lots of time left in the game for the chase

We were the ones with skills, scoring at a good rate while the Aussies dropped catches and conceded overthrows

Like all dynasties, Australian cricket may be re-discovering that nothing last forever

I may be a cricket-obsessive and I may be helping in a very marginal way to produce the ‘cricket world.’ But I am not a cricket fanatic or fundamentalist, it is not a religion for me

Instead of trying to defend the status quo, the ICC should undertake an orderly retreat aiming to leave itself with enhanced authority over diminished territory.

Great captaincy also means creating a dominant position and pressing home your advantage

Kallis’ real problem is that he hasn’t ‘marketed’ himself well

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Ashwell Prince is now the ideal number five, the mould for the position having shifted 180 degrees from Dexter to Steve Waugh (or maybe Allan Border?) Five is now the ‘glue’ of the batting order, the one around whom the rest bat.

Watching a Test match is still a great way to spend a day, and for your kids to learn the game

Optimally there should be four umpires per match but even with three rotating, umpires would spend only two sessions per day on the field.

I don’t expect that Mugabe will relinquish his hold on power anytime soon ..

The real problem is deficient corporate governance, affirmative action is simply the context for the fight

Unlike white South Africa, neither Mugabe nor his supporters seem to care much about cricket, sport generally, or their image in the West