Administration

Inspired by the London 2012 Olympics, the ICC is enlisting volunteers to recreate a 'fantastic atmosphere' at the Champions Trophy later this year

ICC latch on to Volunteering-fever

25-Feb-2013•Alex Winter

Swords out for dissenting tongues

If you want women, fame and money, it's probably better to be a cricketer than a cricket administrator

Why the Sri Lanka captain needs to zip it

Memo to Mahela

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Michael Clarke's academy dreams

Michael Clarke has bought a multi-million dollar property in New South Wales with the intention of turning it into a cricket academy

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

No winners after loss of trust

It's a shame, that at least for the short term, the ECB and Kevin Pietersen aren't together anymore. They do seem to deserve each other right now

There was a time when I thought that instead of playing Test Cricket; Ian Bell should be oiled up, naked and playing his cover drive in a giant birdcage at parties

Ian Bell and the naked truth

A sportsman has to grapple with the challenges of life after retirement, sometimes having to compromise his self esteem, as in a career in administration, writes former India allrounder Sanjay Bangar in cricketnext.com .

Challenges of post-retirement career

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

How do you judge a cricketer by numbers alone?

Lost amid the hype of the launch of the Big Bash League was the suggestion that Cricket Australia might move to a more performance-based contract system

25-Feb-2013•Michael Jeh

Government and sports don't mix

Writing in Mint about the proposed law to regulate sports bodies in India, Ayaz Memon points out that the Indian government has a dismal track record in sports administration

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

The truth about team culture

As much as I love cricket, I can't bring myself to sift through the entire contents of the Argus report

25-Feb-2013•Michael Jeh

Power above integrity, an Asian malady requires remedy

India dominating in the Caribbean, Pakistan cricketers shining in an English domestic tournament, Sri Lanka winning at the home of cricket, Bangladesh a full member of the ICC, all rosy in the garden of South Asian cricket?

Imran Khan has described it as a suicide attack but you might wonder if there is anything left worth destroying?

Can ICC stop this ruin and ridicule?

Governance of international cricket requires much broader skills than ability with ball and willow. But nobody bought a match ticket or sports subscription in the hope seeing an administrator make a well considered decision

Afridi in, Butt out

Any tinge of happiness at Pakistan's Test series victory over New Zealand is rapidly vanishing courtesy of a farce orchestrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board

Divide, rule, and destroy

The two semi-finals in the Ranji Trophy Plate League are going to be crucial, with the big promotion to the elite group at stake

Is it fair to have semi-finals in the Plate League?

This is the story of a game that was being touted as an exciting encounter, between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

A rulebook beyond reason

I remember playing a Duleep Trophy match against West Zone at the PCA Stadium in Mohali

'Poor' Mohali pitch hurts Test cricket

I wrote this at the Chennai airport while waiting for my flight back to Delhi

A tournament with potential