What can we expect from the 2010s?
Decade review: City-based franchises or a world Test championship? Rob Steen lists the best- and worst-case scenarios
What football and basketball can teach cricket
The influx of big money into cricket in the last decade has parallels in other sports. By Jayaditya Gupta
Little cricket, lots of corruption
Decade review: Zimbabwe lost Test status, most of its senior players, and the compassion of the cricketing world in the 2000s. By Martin Williamson
Whatever happened to context?
Decade review: Cricket has become a victim of the culture of fun. Now there are no sub-plots, no drama and no rivalries. By Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
The age of the bat
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Why 55 is the new 50
Numbers indicate that the noughties was the best decade for batting in a long, long time. By S Rajesh
From match-fixing to Modi
Decade review: The last 10 years in Indian cricket were defined by three kinds of madness. By Rahul Bhattacharya
Where is the game headed?
Harsha Bhogle: Twenty20 can save or destroy cricket. India, the financial backbone, must lead the rest into the next decade with responsibility and vision
Coaches: eyewash or essential?
Decade review: In the 2000s, the role of coach assumed more importance and complexity than ever before. By Peter English
West Indies' downward spiral
In the 2000s, the team went further and faster down a slippery slope, as infighting, apathy and instability came to reign. By Vaneisa Baksh
The world money made
Decade review: The BCCI's clout grew through the 2000s and the other boards fell in line. By Osman Samiuddin
The screen-eyed monster
Decade review: The 2000s saw the game's television economy grow and dictate terms like never before. By Ashok Malik
A crisis too good to waste
Decade review: The ICC is struggling to remain relevant and also competing for players and money with the BCCI. By Gideon Haigh
Bigger, faster, greedier
Decade review: From a genteel pursuit, cricket became big business in the 2000s, and lost a lot in the bargain. By Sambit Bal
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