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Tales of an Afghan, the Basin, and a poet

Tales of an Afghan, the Basin, and a poet

Some recommended reading on ESPNcricinfo over the past weeke

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Fan's eye view of IPL

Fan's eye view of IPL

Here's another plan to make you part of Cricinfo

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The heart of the matter

The heart of the matter

And here's what you ought to have read on Cricinfo last week.

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

India's finest slip fielder

India's finest slip fielder

Mohammad Azharuddin will rank as the greatest all-round Indian fielder, and he was quite brilliant in the slips, but as a specialist and for sheer longevity, Dravid stands alone

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Why spinners can make Sehwag look silly

Why spinners can make Sehwag look silly

Sehwag is among the most unbelievable batsman of his time, and the most frustrating too. Against spinners he doesn't rate, he isn't even prepared to confer the bowler of one ball of watchfulness

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

How to hold live discussions with readers

How to hold live discussions with readers

We have always looked for ways to engage you in our coverage of cricket and some of you might have noticed or indeed taken part in the live discussions we have been conducting on the site in the last few weeks

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

An unhealthy obsession with the Ashes

An unhealthy obsession with the Ashes

The way large sections of the English cricket establishment have managed to work themselves up over Kent signing Stuart Clark for the first part of the next summer is a needless distraction and reeks of hypocrisy

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

A matter of time

A matter of time

It is not unusual for sport to adjust its timing to suit the structure and space of television but Test matches starting at noon will still feel strange

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The reading room

The reading room

It's only the second week and I am already running a day late in supplying my list of things you ought to read on ESPNcricinfo

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

It runs on the site

It runs on the site

Here's a little ritual I want to start on the blog. Every Monday I will put together a list of recommended reading from pieces published on Cricinfo

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The fire that was soothing

The fire that was soothing

Cricket is the most cerebral of field sports, but a fast bowler letting rip on a responsive surface is it's animal moment, and in a sublime sense

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

Cricket's disaster journalism

Cricket's disaster journalism

There is always a buzz around our offices when big stories break. But big stories in recent weeks have only meant bad news, and it has gotten progressively, sickeningly worse

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The good draw and the bad draw

The good draw and the bad draw

I have a simple rule to judge a good Test: it must carry the possibility of a result till lunch on the last day

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

A conversation with readers

A conversation with readers

Cricinfo's primary duty has always been to its readers, and one of the great gifts of the internet, is the connection it allows between the reader and the writer. This page will be a modest attempt to further that connection

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

The pitch needs attention

The pitch needs attention

The dead pitch is Karachi was as poor as the one in Chennai where Virender Sehwag scored a faster than run-a-ball hundred

25-Feb-2013•Sambit Bal

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