Features

Time to check Pollard's red-ball value

Kieron Pollard showed composure, common sense and courage during his century against Australia in Sydney; if he can more regularly bat as he did in that game, a Test call-up cannot be far off

12-Feb-2013•Tony Cozier

Bowler-captains, and bowling records

Also: near quadruples, most top-order dismissals, hundreds in each innings, and an allrounder nicknamed Popeye

12-Feb-2013•Steven Lynch

'I am angry every time I bowl'

Shapoor Zadran talks about cranking himself up, his favourite bowler, and playing in the BPL

12-Feb-2013•Interview by Mohammad Isam

Would somebody call the Buttler?

Such is the uncertainty surrounding England's one-day wicketkeeping that a few hours before the first match of the tour few knew Jos Buttler had been favoured to Jonny Bairstow

11-Feb-2013•George Dobell

A World Cup without the best umpires

Umpiring errors have come at crucial times in this tournament, and they have not been made by the men most suited for the job

11-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit in Mumbai

What is the most influential innovation in cricket?

Accidental or intentional, departures from the norm often aid the evolution of a sport. Five writers pick their top innovations in cricket

11-Feb-2013

The four horsemen of the apocalypse

The fast bowlers who form South Africa's attack are all right-armers, but each poses a different challenge to the batsman

11-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

Stafanie Taylor, a role model at 21

The West Indian allrounder bears her responsibility to help spread the game in the Caribbean with calmness and assurance

10-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

A horses-for-courses squad

India's selectors didn't have too many riches to pick from, and given the limitations, have chosen a fairly balanced squad

10-Feb-2013•Sharda Ugra and Amol Karhadkar

Healthy competition, strength in depth

Future stars, experienced campaigners and fresh coaches made for a hard-fought Sunfoil Series. Apart from a lack of spinners, the signs are good for South Africa

10-Feb-2013•Firdose Moonda

New schedule, same malaise

The game was dead when the overnight batsmen came out to bat on the final day

10-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya in Mumbai

'I wanted the captain to throw the ball to me in any circumstance'

Cathryn Fitzpatrick, the Australia women's coach, can teach her charges plenty about work ethic, though she doesn't think they are less mentally tough than their predecessors

10-Feb-2013•Interview by Abhishek Purohit

The contenders for the Australia series

Ahead of the meeting of the national selection panel, which coincides with the final day of the ongoing Irani Cup, a look at what's on offer for the selectors for the upcoming Australia series

09-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya in Mumbai

Surreal like a Salvador Dali

Twenty20 like modern art? It was at Eden Park

09-Feb-2013•Alex Braae

No answers to India's bowling worries

There are several openings for bowlers in the Test line-up, but none of the contenders have presented a strong case during the Irani Cup

08-Feb-2013• Siddhartha Talya in Mumbai

Tough Jaffer revives comeback hopes

Age may not be on his side, but Jaffer's prolific run should merit more than an outside chance of being considered for selection

07-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya in Mumbai

'You don't want the ball to go past you'

England's Lydia Greenway on what helps make her one of the best fielders in the world

07-Feb-2013•Interview by Abhishek Purohit

Diverse city, static cricket

Leicestershire has a big Asian-origin community, but you wouldn't know that if you saw its county team

07-Feb-2013•Tim Wigmore

The youngest veteran in town

What does it take to be counted as an old-timer these days? Not much, it would seem

07-Feb-2013•Steven Lynch

Kaushalya at the heart of Sri Lanka's campaign

Eshani Kaushalya, an allrounder who evokes memories of Arjuna Ranatunga, played important innings in both of Sri Lanka's wins in Group A

06-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

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