Different Strokes

Should we love them more? Or less?

Should we love them more? Or less?

That really is the question, isn’t it

25-Feb-2013•Shanaka Amarasinghe

George Bailey: charm and larrikin in one genuine package

George Bailey: charm and larrikin in one genuine package

The first time I met George Bailey, I had this premonition that he would one day captain Australia. And so it has come to pass

25-Feb-2013•Michael Jeh

Can England really be that bad again?

Can England really be that bad again?

As Senna the Soothsayer used to say in Up Pompeii , “Woe, woe, and thrice woe!” Except that she was usually wrong, whereas it is the only sensible reaction to England's dismal performance in the first Test against Pakistan, in Dubai.

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

To whom is it an insult anyway?

To whom is it an insult anyway?

A terrible racial slur in one culture is your everyday greeting in another

25-Feb-2013•Shanaka Amarasinghe

The importance of Tremlett's scare factor

The importance of Tremlett's scare factor

Tim Bresnan's injury is a big problem for England in only one respect: they lose their mascot

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

England aim at unfamiliar heights in unfamiliar conditions

England aim at unfamiliar heights in unfamiliar conditions

It looks like I picked the wrong time to come back to Test cricket

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

A new dawn for Test cricket

A new dawn for Test cricket

Apparently the end of the world is signalled by the rise of two suns

25-Feb-2013•Shanaka Amarasinghe

Playing the long game

Playing the long game

The India v England ODI series has seen the boot not just on the other foot, but planted firmly up England's backside

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

Horrible batting, good outcricket

Horrible batting, good outcricket

England have at last managed to lose a cricket match , and a good thing too: it was getting monotonous

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

At last, Bopara and India perform

At last, Bopara and India perform

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

Bench press, anyone?

Bench press, anyone?

By and large Asian cricketers are not too fond of working on their fitness - and it shows

25-Feb-2013•Shanaka Amarasinghe

The era of great bowlers is not over

The era of great bowlers is not over

For my birthday, my mother sent me a copy of “Not In My Day, Sir”, a collection of letters on cricket published in Britain's most traditional newspaper, the Daily Telegraph

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

A thank you letter

A thank you letter

Dear Mr Strauss and Mr Dhoni,

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

The Hayden way

The Hayden way

Matthew Hayden has come out of retirement to sign up with Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League

25-Feb-2013•Michael Jeh

Mission accomplished for Cook

Mission accomplished for Cook

Mission accomplished, and then some

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

A Test XI with potential or proven ability?

A Test XI with potential or proven ability?

Throughout his career, Simon Katich was a relatively low-key character

25-Feb-2013•Michael Jeh

Hail Mahela

Hail Mahela

The best sort of cricket match to watch is one which your team wins and your favourite player on the other side gets a hundred or a five-for

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

An extraordinary Cardiff ending

An extraordinary Cardiff ending

Before play started on the fifth day at Cardiff, I was thinking what a prosaic Test match it had been

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

Pakistani men can't bat

Pakistani men can't bat

How long can you last in international cricket without being able to bat

25-Feb-2013•Saad Shafqat

Steven Finn - new and improved

Steven Finn - new and improved

I had hoped for more from my first live match of the season, but I didn't even get three days because I couldn't be bothered to trek up to the ground to watch Middlesex knock off 54 runs to win on the third morning

25-Feb-2013•Mike Holmans

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