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'Instead of bowlers let's just have pitchers' - Simpson

'Instead of bowlers let's just have pitchers' - Simpson

Bobby Simpson knows a thing or two about chuckers

04-May-2004•Anand Vasu

Simpson: 'I think it's obvious when a ball is not bowled'

Simpson: 'I think it's obvious when a ball is not bowled'

Bobby Simpson knows a thing or two about chuckers

04-May-2004•Anand Vasu

Battle for power within the ZCU

Battle for power within the ZCU

It looks as if cracks inside the ZCU are now beginning to widen

01-May-2004•Martin Williamson

Mind games or flesh wounds?

Mind games or flesh wounds?

First there was David Beckham's metatarsal; now there is Shoaib Akhtar's rib

01-May-2004•Osman Samiuddin

A simple case of appeasement

A simple case of appeasement

Des Wilson's departure signals an end to the ECB's moral stance and an admission that money is what matters

28-Apr-2004•Martin Williamson

'The cancer is at the heart of the board'

'The cancer is at the heart of the board'

One of the senior Zimbabwe 'rebel' players, who obviously needs to remain anonymous, spoke exclusively to Wisden Cricinfo

A man for all seasons

A man for all seasons

Willie Watson, who has died at 84, saved the 1953 Lord's Test with a memorable innings, and was one of the last to play both cricket and football for England

Pakistan pay for failures across the board

Pakistan pay for failures across the board

The Pakistan Cricket Board is at it again

22-Apr-2004•Wisden Comment by Kamran Abbasi

The perils of bits-and-pieces selection

The perils of bits-and-pieces selection

As with most British inventions, especially the daft ones, bits-and-pieces selection policy appears belatedly to have caught on in Australia

22-Apr-2004•Christian Ryan

The price of morality

The price of morality

It's been a week for U-turns in Britain

21-Apr-2004•Martin Williamson

Into the valley of death

Into the valley of death

As if the backdrop of virtual civil war within the cricketing establishment wasn't enough to undermine Zimbabwe's morale ahead of the first one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo on Tuesday, the Zimbabwe XI will be one of the least experienced - and

19-Apr-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Lies, racism and the ZCU

Lies, racism and the ZCU

The events of the last fortnight have left Zimbabwean cricket in turmoil, but at least they have finally dispelled any lingering suggestions that the Zimbabwe Cricket Union is an independent, non-political organisation

19-Apr-2004•Martin Williamson

High in the sky

High in the sky

The celebrations never really stopped

18-Apr-2004•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu on Flight IC 012

A young Pakistani side

A young Pakistani side

This historic series, the first full one between India and Pakistan in 14 years, was expected to be a closely fought one

17-Apr-2004•Marks on Ten by Osman Samiuddin

Walking the talk

Walking the talk

Amit Varma ranks the Indians' performance in the Test series against Pakistan

17-Apr-2004•Marks out of Ten by Amit Varma

'When you get one big innings, it spurs you on'

'When you get one big innings, it spurs you on'

When you've just played the biggest innings of your life - 270 runs from an astounding 12 hours and 20 minutes - and set up a series win that has never been achieved before, you're entitled to a bit of rest

16-Apr-2004•Anand Vasu in Rawalpindi

Meet the match referee

Meet the match referee

Ranjan Madugalle cut his cricketing career short because he wanted to concentrate on building a post-retirement career

15-Apr-2004•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu in Rawalpindi

Mission accomplished

Mission accomplished

Andrew Miller gives his marks out of ten for England's tour of the Caribbean

15-Apr-2004•Andrew Miller

'I am not as positive as Sehwag' - Yuvraj Singh

'I am not as positive as Sehwag' - Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh spoke to Wisden Cricinfo about the innings that launched his Test career

14-Apr-2004•Anand Vasu

Life's a pitch

Life's a pitch

Preparing a pitch isn't easy

14-Apr-2004•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu in Rawalpindi

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