Socio-cultural

Is England falling out of love with cricket?

Much of the game still runs to the timescales of a different, distant age. Nothing about the way we live now suggests these ideas still work

12-May-2015•Jon Hotten

Why does cricket need the Associates?

Because it gives more young people the chance to enjoy a sport, and society is better for the existence of sport

22-Mar-2015•Kartikeya Date

Napier shows us World Cup joy

Outside the tournament venues, New Zealand is welcoming fans to enjoy its beauty and its cricket, nowhere more heart-warmingly than at Clifton Cricket Club

02-Mar-2015•Will Macpherson

What's with all the talk about Pakistan's lack of heart?

It seems fashionable when they fail to blame it on an absence of passion; the real reasons are probably much more prosaic

23-Feb-2015•Hassan Cheema

Let's embrace all of cricket's ages

Peter Willey and George Sharp's dispute with the ECB highlights how we tend to look at what people can't do after a certain age rather than what they can do better

17-Feb-2015•Jon Hotten

Just what is the Australian way?

It's not as easily defined as just saying it is about playing positive, aggressive cricket at all times

02-Jan-2015•Russell Jackson

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

Grieving for a stranger

Not having known Phillip Hughes does not make the pain of losing him hurt less

05-Dec-2014•Samir Chopra

A song called Younis

For a country torn by internal strife, he offers hope with his magnanimity, humility and cheerful disposition

27-Nov-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

In praise of those who don't set the pulse racing

Pakistan cricket has largely been about celebrating the winners, the mercurial, the flamboyant, but its current success has been built on players who are largely the opposite

08-Nov-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

A village state of mind

There's something to be said for being unsure of cricket, its whims and unwritten rules, but wanting more, and playing on regardless

02-Nov-2014•Vithushan Ehantharajah

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 gentlemen of the village green

A tribute to men for whom a game of cricket was just that

18-Oct-2014•Michael Jeh

What is defined as bullying on a sporting field?

Standing up to an intimidating opposition rather than complaining about them might be an old-school attitude, but it's still relevant

16-Oct-2014•Nicholas Hogg

The nature v nurture debate in cricket

In an article for Aeon magazine, David Papineau explores the idea of nature v nurture in cricket by comparing it with other sports

16-Sep-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

The Lahoris in the Champions League

They don't quite inspire the awe that their legendary predecessors did, but they will do well if they keep the cricketing traditions of the city alive

14-Sep-2014•Hassan Cheema

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

All hail the new, macho Fawad Alam

He had phenomenal numbers before he sprouted luxuriant facial hair, but it seems Pakistanis have started to take him seriously only now

27-Aug-2014•Ahmer Naqvi

Catching practice with South Africa

South Africa train Sri Lankan schoolchildren to raise money for the country's blind team

22-Jul-2014•Firdose Moonda in Colombo

The value of a cricketer's brand

Andrew Strauss will recover from the indiscreet remark he made about Kevin Pietersen, but his image won't be entirely as it was

10-Jul-2014•Michael Jeh

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