General

It would be pleasant to report that Scotland's cricketers were warming up for Tuesday's Twenty20 meeting with England, but sadly the opposite is true

Andrew Strauss was asked at a press conference this week whether he had been watching the IPL and, if so, how much of that time had been spent hiding behind the sofa in fear of an injury to a star player

If Strauss' philosophy as England captain pans out successfully over the next 11 weeks, he could bring out his own self-help title

Without the influence of Kevin Pietersen the England team probably wouldn't have turned around and flown back to India. Now he seems ready to set out a new direction for the whole of English cricket

Michael Vaughan's plan was to return to Yorkshire, churn out the runs, earn a winter tour place and have another crack at Australia in 2009. So much for the best-laid plans

Why the Indian board urgently needs a full-time unit to handle all media-related matters

Patience is running out in the international community with the continuing failure of the USA Cricket Association to fulfil obligations which followed the implementation of a new constitution and fresh elections in March

Surrey's signing of Shoaib Akhtar is optimistic, misguided or both

The next World Twenty20 will have women's matches staged alongside the men's - and a good move it is, too

Steven Price reports that time is running out for Zimbabwe Cricket and its head Peter Chingoka

Ivo Tennant looks at the Kolpak question, one that Glamorgan in particular is seeking to answer

The Twenty20 Cup may not be a patch on the IPL but there's a lot more riding on the tournament this year

Ivo Tennant looks at the redevelopment of Lord's, where things could go down as well as up

As news of the ICC decision regarding the finances of Zimbabwe Cricket filtered through to the cricket fraternity, the general reaction was one of anger but not surprise

A study on trauma to the Indian psyche

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