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'Hopefully, there's still a long way to go'

As Sachin Tendulkar geared up for his 16th season in international cricket at a training camp at Chennai, he talked about the satisfaction that comes from a job well done ..

14-Jul-2004

The surprise is the lack of surprise

There were two surprising features in the announcement of the 14-man Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup

07-Jul-2004•Analysis by Osman Samiuddin

Sorry, but they can't be official

James Sutherland, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, wants official Test status for the Super Series matches between Australia and the Rest of the World - but that, the way things stand at the moment, is simply not possible

06-Jul-2004•Wisden Comment by Anand Vasu

A crucial experiment

The bright orange sun sank on the faraway horizon

05-Jul-2004•Roving Reporter by Christian Ryan

Fleming flays England's flat bowling

In his newspaper column this morning, Michael Atherton wrote that England are no better at one-day cricket than they were five years ago, and that they were in serious danger of failing to qualify for the final of a "second-rate triangular

04-Jul-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Freddie Auld

A question of stability

The Pakistan Cricket Board will have to introduce central contracts at some stage if the team is to become more professional in its approach

02-Jul-2004•Osman Samiuddin

The selection condundrum continues

Ahead of the Americas Cup and the Intercontinental Cup fixtures in Bermuda in July, the USA Cricket Association selection committee is sticking to its guns over the USA teams it has selected for the contests -- and in doing so running into a firestorm

01-Jul-2004•Comment by Deb K Das

Another respectable face departs

The departure of Vince Hogg as the Zimbabwe Cricket Union's chief executive is another blow to its attempts to maintain a veneer of credibility - but in fact the only surprise is that he hung around so long

24-Jun-2004•Martin Williamson

Another warrior gone

It would not have come as too much of a surprise that Sir Viv Richards is no longer chairman of selectors for the West Indies Cricket Board

22-Jun-2004•Wisden Comment by Vaneisa Baksh

Richards - powerless to resist?

Yesterday's simple announcement that Viv Richards had stood down as West Indies' chief selector to pursue his media commitments seems, on the face of it, straightforward

21-Jun-2004•Martin Williamson

Pakistan embrace the era of the super-coach

After a period of barely relenting turmoil, today's announcement from the Pakistan Cricket Board may finally signal an upturn in the fortunes of their national team

16-Jun-2004•Wisden Comment by Andrew Miller

Was he pushed or did he jump?

And then there were none

16-Jun-2004•Osman Samiuddin

The truth according to the ZCU

The Zimbabwe Cricket Union's policy towards the media appears to be a simple one: If you repeat something often enough, it eventually becomes accepted as the truth

14-Jun-2004•Martin Williamson

England betray their muddled thinking

England's Test team continues to go from strength to strength, but on today's evidence, the thinking behind the one-day squad remains as muddled as ever

12-Jun-2004•Wisden Comment by Andrew Miller

Paradise lost

Michael Slater, opening batsman extraordinaire and born entertainer, has called it a day

09-Jun-2004•Christian Ryan

Paradise lost

Michael Slater, opening batsman extraordinaire and born entertainer, has called it a day

09-Jun-2004•Christian Ryan

The last flight?

There's a chance Glenn McGrath was today named in an Australian cricket squad for the last time

08-Jun-2004•Christian Ryan

The aura of the individual

For Pakistan, the Asia Cup can't come soon enough

05-Jun-2004•Osman Samiuddin

Thank you and goodnight

While the hard-liners on the board will privately celebrate today's valedictory statement from 13 of Zimbabwe's rebel cricketers, no doubt claiming it as a victory, it is one that has been achieved at the cost of cricket's future in Zimbabwe

04-Jun-2004•Martin Williamson

Quintessentially Australian ... almost, but not quite

There was something quintessentially Australian about Nasser Hussain, England's greatest modern captain

01-Jun-2004•Christian Ryan

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