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With the likes of Michael Hussey, David Hussey and Ponting getting old, Australia team is losing players who scored in bulk. They have inexperienced batsmen who are not yet ready to fill their predecessors' shoes

A friend gets agitated every time someone refers to Tendulkar as Sachin. "It's always Ponting, Lara, Dravid, Kallis … and Sachin," he cribs. He then rants about how this clouds the world's assessment of a man is who, at best, "above average"

He was not that brilliant a player for whom words would fall short; he was no Viv Richards, he was no Jacques Kallis, he was simply Mark Boucher; yet the announcement of his retirement has somewhere left us with a feeling of an unexplained gloom

The reality is that in the current environment access to players, especially marquee players like Tendulkar, is becoming increasingly limited

At an open session organised for the media in Chennai, Taibu came across as an engaging young man. He had a ready smile, sparkling eyes, and stories to tell

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

It is possible to argue that England have damaged Irish cricket; England calling up the likes of Eoin Morgan has caused a significant talent drain in the Irish player pool. However, it is also possible to argue that England have helped Ireland more than d

For any ICC decision to be applicable it needs a 70% vote and India, with support from other boards, has been able to thwart some of the recommendations of the erstwhile veto-wielding nations

Who are the leading spinners in world cricket at the moment? Harbhajan? Vettori? Swann? Ajmal? Or somebody else?

For us Pakistan fans, abnormal is normal. The love that one has for their favourite sports team is different to any other kind of love. It's not bigger. It's just different, and probably brings with it a lot more sorrow than any other kind of love

Since the introduction of Twenty20, the mystery bowler, particularly the mystery spinner, has had an unprecedented impact on the game. Coupled with the addition of the Decision Review System mystery has thrived

In the longer form of the game, Ireland have been consistently bagging solid results, despite the fact that they often have to do without their stronger players who are on county duty

I don't think it's any coincidence that many international Test sides are experiencing batting fragility; a solid technique is often sacrificed in limited-overs cricket, in favour of a bit of extra power and the subsequent higher likelihood of boundaries

The West Indies might have had criticism about their performance on tour, but they have warmed the hearts of those who have watched them

Five years down the line, Rohit Sharma hasn't played a single Test, is not a permanent fixture in the ODI playing XI and is, if he is indeed picked, a floater in the batting order

By Martin Jones, UK

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