Guest Column

Poor leadership breeds poor results

A captain who doesn't merit his place, a coach who isn't delivering the needed results, and a board that doesn't know how to govern. Pakistan have plenty going against them of late

25-Jul-2008•Ramiz Raja

Feuding barons, tottering Aussie

The Bradshaw-Stewart Twenty20 proposal was good for the game and the fans, but it collided with the ECB's prime directive

21-Jul-2008•William Buckland

Don't punish cricket for Mugabe's sins

Why banning Zimbabwe from the game for political reasons isn't the way to go

01-Jul-2008•John Traicos

A fan's dilemma

Just which team does one cheer for in the IPL? A cricket watcher agonises

07-May-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

Too legit to quit

The first two weeks of the IPL have proved that while Twenty20 is far from perfect, it is a valid form in its own right with its own unique attractions and pleasures

05-May-2008•Lawrence Booth

Big across the border

The ICL is being lapped up in Pakistan. It helps that they have a team of their own to root for

03-Apr-2008•Saad Shafqat

Footwork my foot

In the light of Sehwag's latest blitzkrieg, it is worth asking: what value does technical correctness in general, and footwork in particular, hold these days?

02-Apr-2008•Suresh Menon

Opportunity, choice and the IPL

Talk about silly money all you like, but the bottomline is, the IPL will bring competition and the rules of the market into cricket - and that can't be bad

13-Mar-2008•Amit Varma

The 30-year catfight

New Zealand may be in the dungeons of the Test championship, but when it comes to sniping and infighting they are world leaders

29-Feb-2008•Richard Boock

Still red in tooth and claw

Never mind the retirements, reports of Australia's decline are exaggerated

24-Feb-2008•Kevin Mitchell

The unwanted revolution

The ECB's proposed player-rotation policy will be impossible to implement, not to mention unfair to the players and fans

09-Feb-2008•Angus Fraser

Wake up and smell the prejudice

In the wake of Monkeygate, Indians must confront the ugly fact that they are racist - unconsciously or otherwise

01-Feb-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

Cricket's brand new age

Franchisees have forked over big money for the privilege of owning IPL teams. A look at how they'll be hoping to earn their money back

25-Jan-2008•Ashok Malik

Sledging: a convert writes

I used to enjoy sledging because it mirrored life. Not anymore. There is only so much trouble everybody can stomach

11-Jan-2008•Rahul Bhattacharya

Some balance, please

True, India were sinned against in the Sydney Test, but they're no innocents, and the reaction of the media back home has been consummately over the top

09-Jan-2008•Suresh Menon

What's caste got to do with it?

A recent Australian newspaper article points to the preponderance of Brahmins in India's Test side in Australia. That's merely a result of circumstances and not by design

06-Jan-2008•Salil Tripathi

C is for cock-up

The world can call them chokers and laugh but South Africa's exit from the World Twenty20 had its roots in simpler cricketing reasons

22-Sep-2007•Robert Houwing

Feeding frenzy

India's cricket fans may be overheated, but the country's media is worse still

06-Apr-2007•Amit Varma

South Asia's natural game

The World Cup could return to the region where it forms part of the fabric

13-Mar-2007•Saad Shafqat

Pawar 1, Dalmiya 0

One year after it took charge, Sharad Pawar's BCCI has managed to score some points over its predecessor

15-Sep-2006•Ashok Malik

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