Socio-cultural

A constant in a disorderly world

A tribute to the Wisden Almanack ahead of the launch of its 150th edition

07-Apr-2013

CLR's wife remembers <i>Beyond a Boundary</i>

Selma James, wife of CLR James, shares her memories of the book Beyond a Boundary

03-Apr-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The instinct of walking away

Michael Jeh discusses the importance of training a cricketer's instincts to recognise and walk away from danger in public interactions

30-Mar-2013

Stance on SL players against IPL's spirit

The recent controversy surrounding the participation of Sri Lankan players and the IPL's response to the issue may have done the game a disservice, writes Mini Kapoor in the Indian Express

29-Mar-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The decline of working-class cricketers in England

Before the Second World War, the majority of the English team were of working-class backgrounds. When England recently took the field against New Zealand, that number had dropped to just one-third

13-Mar-2013

The evolution of Parvez Rasool

In Tehelka, Baba Umar traces the growth of Jammu & Kashmir allrounder Parvez Rasool, stating that one of the biggest challenges he faces is shutting out political symbolism

11-Mar-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

The potential of Uganda

Two weeks in Africa, coaching children cricket and also raising HIV awareness

06-Mar-2013•Freddie Wilde

The Sachin Tendulkar Experience

Was it visual? A shotmaking feast of such delicious complexity, that one could often taste it in layers? Was it vicarious? The lower middle-class, living its most vivid world-beating fantasies through an aberration within their ilk

25-Feb-2013•Kali Kishore

Attend a charity concert to please your mom

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are finding a musical way of supporting their charitable causes

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Fernando

The city v small-town cricketer

A few years ago, when I was still playing for Delhi, I saw a young Delhi batsman struggling against short-pitched deliveries in the nets

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

Why Sachin and Shahid should let the curtain fall

What do you do when the magic dies? When eyes, slower in reaching focus, and hands and body, sluggish in finding shapes and arcs, betray you?

25-Feb-2013•Kamran Abbasi

What's wrong with commercialising cricket?

A journalist from a local news channel in Punjab recently questioned me about the growing commercialisation of Indian cricket

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

The cricketer's endless quest for honour

George Bernard Shaw once famously remarked that when he was young, he realised that nine out of ten things he did were failures

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

The power of sports

In India people got interested in cricket because of nation v nation concept. It provided us an observable platform to get even with the English who ruled us for over two centuries; it also provided us a stage to upstage an unfriendly neighbour

25-Feb-2013•Sourabh Bhargava

Does being prolific in domestic cricket matter?

Is thriving in domestic cricket, scoring tons, and excelling in the longer format any good, after all

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

Is dedication dying?

The scales are heavily tilted in favour of the ones playing in the money-spinning IPL with regard to both money and recognition, and in some cases even selection

25-Feb-2013•Aakash Chopra

Abid Nabi and Muslims in Indian Cricket

When Abid Nabi plays for India(people who have seen him bowl assure me he will) against Pakistan, I can not begin to imagine the historical baggage he will be carrying

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

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