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Sri Lanka in a World Cup funk

For a Sri Lanka fan, the team's losing streak in the New Zealand ODIs is perhaps the equivalent of getting paralysed by poison. Your body is immobile giving the impression that you've died, but inside, you are still very much alive. Screaming.

29-Jan-2015•Damith Samarakoon

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In his piece for the Guardian's Spin, John Ashdown draws on his childhood memories and mulls on how the seemingly rigid rules of cricket can be warped - with a little creativity - to allow its practitioners a quick game of cricket in unlikely condi

28-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

A letter from Bradman

How I unearthed a precious gem while shifting stuff from one room to another in my house

26-Jan-2015•Vaibhav Verma

Tiger Shoaib appeals to the Prime Minister

17-Jan-2015•Mohammad Isam

The charm of the Boxing Day Test

This annual fixture is special not just for the cricket, but also because it satisfies one of the tenets of Christmas - bringing people together

21-Dec-2014•Jonathan Wilson

Healing by putting your bat out

Touching tributes by strangers all over the world have helped immensely in recovering from the pain of Phillip Hughes' death

07-Dec-2014•Russell Jackson

The problem with watching England

It's not just about wanting your side to win; there's also the matter of which players you want to do well

06-Dec-2014•Nicholas Hogg

On growing disenchanted with the game, and the bouncer

A fan on how his appetite for cricket and excitement at witnessing a good dose of short stuff at the Gabba this December waned once news of Phillip Hughes came in

02-Dec-2014•Santosh Vijaykumar

Embracing Maxwell's unpredictability

Fans pop a vein when his ludicrous tactics fail, shrug when he succeeds. Either way, cricket's first bona fide troll is not about to change

13-Nov-2014•Russell Jackson

Acknowledging the Indian who doesn't care for cricket

Yes, such a tribe exists, and it cannot be dismissed easily in this age when we constantly worry about the game's future

07-Nov-2014•Samir Chopra

Dear West Indies cricket

A letter from a fan who grew up idolising the great Caribbean sides of the '80s

04-Nov-2014•Nicholas Hogg

The renewability of cricket

We as players and spectators have a great deal to do with the perceived complexity of the game, simply because we change over time

23-Oct-2014•Samir Chopra

Has cricket hit the roof?

Ashok Malik, in Asian Age, wonders cricket-viewing has hit a peak in India considering the decline in the team's performance since the 2000s and other sports vying for the average fan's interest

19-Oct-2014

The visceral beauty of fandom

It is the fans' money and attention, and the players' skills and efforts that are indispensable to sport. Investors and broadcasters merely market the show

12-Oct-2014•Kartikeya Date

Confessions of a Pakistan fan-turned-cynic

It is time we accept that the team is a lesser force now, and will be. Highs are momentary, enveloped by a sense of hopelessness

09-Oct-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Moeen Ali: England's man of the summer

He has won respect with his cricket doing the talking, not letting himself be crushed by shameful boos from fans

09-Sep-2014•Kamran Abbasi

The unquestioning loyalty of the sports nut

True sports fans are like Harley-Davidson loyalists. Poor marketing and tacky innovations will never turn them away from the game they love

05-Sep-2014•Russell Jackson

The power of booing

It has value when used against players who have transgressed - particularly if they have somehow offended the spirit of the game

01-Sep-2014•Jonathan Wilson

Is India's connection with fans failing?

Tanya Aldred, in the Telegraph, ponders how the BCCI's stringent control of players talking to the media is hurting the fans from connecting with this new Indian team

27-Aug-2014

Me, my <i>Bapi</i> and Bangladesh cricket

A son recalls the highs that Bangladesh cricket gave him and his father

23-Aug-2014•Zeeshan Mahmud

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