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From hero to villain in 10 minutes

From hero to villain in 10 minutes

For nearly a week, Steve Waugh has obsessed sports-loving Australia

05-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Brisbane

Fighting ground

Fighting ground

Having decided to take the busway - the tarmac equivalent of the underground - to the Gabba from South Bank, I find myself boxed in by a motley crew of Australian fans

04-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Dileep Premachandran

Merv Hughes kebabs

Merv Hughes kebabs

Brisbane, according to the bus driver who took us into the centre, is the biggest city (area-wise) in the Southern Hemisphere

03-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Dileep Premachandran in Brisbane

Merv Hughes kebabs

Merv Hughes kebabs

Brisbane, according to the bus driver who took us into the centre, is the biggest city (area-wise) in the Southern Hemisphere

03-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Dileep Premachandran in Brisbane

An amateur in a professional world

An amateur in a professional world

02-Dec-2003•Kamran Abbasi

The Englishmen abroad

The Englishmen abroad

It doesn't take long for the lobster in every Englishman to come snapping to the surface

02-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Andrew Miller at Galle

An amateur in a professional world

An amateur in a professional world

02-Dec-2003•Kamran Abbasi

Hitching a ride to Hikkaduwa

Hitching a ride to Hikkaduwa

As England prepare for their first Test in Sri Lanka, it's raining again ..

01-Dec-2003•Roving Reporter by Andrew Miller in Galle

A hard man with a soft touch

A hard man with a soft touch

Christian Ryan examines Steve Waughs's often contradictory nature in his extraordinary career which has made him an icon in Australia

28-Nov-2003•Christian Ryan

The most influential man of the last decade

The most influential man of the last decade

Stevev Lynch on the retirement of Steve Waugh, the most influential cricketer of the last decade

26-Nov-2003•Steven Lynch

The man who changed the game

The man who changed the game

Never has a cricketer had so appropriate a surname

26-Nov-2003•Simon Barnes

Opportunity knocks

Opportunity knocks

Lynn McConnell on the challenges and chances ahead for New Zealand squad touring Pakistan

25-Nov-2003•Lynn McConnell

An improvement in standards: is it too much to ask?

An improvement in standards: is it too much to ask?

Kamran Abbasi on the controversies of which have rocked Asian cricket this last week

24-Nov-2003•Kamran Abbasi

A scrum-down in a Colombo cafe

A scrum-down in a Colombo cafe

If you're watching the rugby World Cup final you can't do so from a much more neutral spot than Colombo ..

22-Nov-2003•Roving Reporter by Andrew Miller

India leave for Australia under a cloud

India leave for Australia under a cloud

India left for their tour of Australia under an unwanted cloud - firstly the bad weather and then the bribery allegations

21-Nov-2003•Roving Reporter: Anand Vasu in Chennai

Far from the centre of attention

Far from the centre of attention

A soggy Andrew Miller samples the delights of the Premadasa Stadium

21-Nov-2003•The Roving Reporter by Andrew Miller

Winning when it matters

Winning when it matters

Ponting -- and the team he leads -- cares about just one thing: being on the winning side when the final ball is bowled

19-Nov-2003•Roving Reporter by Soumya Bhattacharya

The Ranji bowl without the cream

The Ranji bowl without the cream

Last year's Ranji Trophy finalists, Mumbai and Tamil Nadu, have little time to savour their emphatic start to the season: for the next three weeks, they will struggle to field competitive XIs having lost the cream of their talent to the Indian

19-Nov-2003•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

More centuries than your average ground

More centuries than your average ground

Dambulla, where the one-day series kicked off, is an anciemt centre of Sri Lankan civilisation

18-Nov-2003•Roving Reporter by Andrew Miller

Lungpower of the masses

Lungpower of the masses

Everyone takes the Eden Gardens crowd seriously

18-Nov-2003•Roving Reporter by Soumya Bhattacharya

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