Selection

Uncertainty at three for Australia, still

After the Andrew Hilditch years, there is something nice and warm about John Inverarity's honesty. Even when you don't agree with his take on things

25-Feb-2013•Jarrod Kimber

Was Quiney the sacrificial lamb?

Was Quiney genuinely the best available batsman in the country three weeks ago when he made his Test debut?

25-Feb-2013•Michael Jeh

Why isn't Albie's potential being maximised?

South Africa's use of the world's most experienced Twenty20 cricketer continues to baffle. Amid the third consecutive thrilling climax of the World T20, Albie Morkel cut a forlorn figure in field

25-Feb-2013•Aashish Pattani

Tahir embodies new South Africa

Imran Tahir appeared in front of me as an Alice-band wearing back-of-the-hand magician. Prancing around county cricket making batsmen look like complete idiots

25-Feb-2013•Jarrod Kimber

Will the mandarins snuff out Pietersen?

It appears that Pietersen appears poised to lose his battle against authority, and English cricket will have driven away another talent while the men in authority continue in their unrepentant ways

25-Feb-2013•Girish Menon

Smith gamble fails to pay

Steve Smith is barely 23 years old and he's already a relic of another era. He is the last of Andrew Hilditch's big Ashes gambles

25-Feb-2013•Jarrod Kimber

Matty or Trotty?

The last few days summed up why I watch the England side abroad. Not only has the cricket picked up from an English point of view, but perhaps more importantly there is also a feeling in the air that the tour has finally started.

25-Feb-2013•Richard Kemp

A decent middle-age spread

From Philip and Alan Sutherland, Australia

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Beer and the Wizard of Oz

Kimber justifies Michael Beer's selection and Tyers gets nostalgic about England's desperado days

25-Feb-2013•Alan Tyers and Jarrod Kimber

Australia's big tent of panic

A new blog in which an Aussie and an Englishman bicker over various things to do with the Ashes

25-Feb-2013•Alan Tyers and Jarrod Kimber

The best of the best

While it can be argued that picking fantasy XIs are ultimately exercises in futility, they also serve the worthiest of causes

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The flawed selection of the A team

Undoubtedly, India A cricket catches my fancy like nothing else, more than even an odd international tournament here and there

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

Making sense of strange omissions

Men in the hot seat prefer not to ruffle feathers, more so when the going is tough

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

A question of contracts

It is disheartening to not be given a contract after having scored more than 1700 runs last season

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

The cry goes up again: pick Monty!

Tomorrow England announce a squad for the one-day series

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

The fantasy of the balanced side

Both teams set out to play this Ashes series with a balanced side - five bowlers and five specialist batsmen

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Who's in the composite team?

It's time to pick the old composite team

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Aussies decide to be more like England

The Australian selectors have decided on their strategy for winning back the Ashes: being more like England

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

Ed Joyce: another gamble

Yesterday England lost their most experienced batsman

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

England place their trust in rust

England’s winter began, in India, with two bad days followed by a good one

25-Feb-2013•Tim de Lisle

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