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Lord's gets turf transplant

After the incongruous site of spectators watching Olympic archery from the Long Room during the summer, Lord's has now been transformed into what looks like a speedway circuit - but not for long

25-Feb-2013•Alan Gardner

The world's longest net session

There are plenty of international batsmen who could benefit from a few more hours in the nets. Perhaps they could learn from Jade Child, a cricketer from Ricky Ponting's home town of Launceston.

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Raina blames it on the "nephew"

Suresh Raina has become the latest of a long list of cricketers who have got into trouble over their tweets - but his response might be the cue for future explanations

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Cricket's parting of the waves

While not quite a miracle, it is certainly an unusual occurance that allows a cricket match to be played in the middle of the sea

25-Feb-2013•Alex Winter

Chanderpaul and his son make runs

Another Chanderpaul is on the rise, in club cricket in the Caribbean at least, and the teenage Tagenarine is learning his trade by batting with his accomplished father, Shivnarine, West Indies' highest run-scorer in Tests.

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

India wear their hopes on their sleeve

We've all heard that superstitions play a role in sports. The Indian cricket team believes in wearing their hopes on their sleeve, literally

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Gayle backs the cricketer in Usain Bolt

Can Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, hold his own on a cricket field? Chris Gayle, one of the most destructive Twenty20 batsmen, certainly thinks so.

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Now, the 'instant' bat

From timeless Tests to Twenty20, cricket has been increasingly compressed as a sport

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The Murali Cup

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are supporting an initiative to promote the game in the war-affected northern region of Sri Lanka

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Fernando

Flintoff's latest venture

Seemingly bored once more with retirement, Andrew Flintoff has decided he will turn his hand to boxing in his latest search for publicity

25-Feb-2013•Alex Winter

Unmukt's college blues

Unmukt Chand, captain of India's Under-19 World Cup winning team, may be the toast of the country right now but back in his college he's just another student paying the price for skipping classes

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

New Zealand's own Thommo

New Zealand have not had the best of times on the cricket field off late and actor Ryan O'Kane has taken a break from perfecting Jeff Thomson's action to offer his services to the national side

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Storm in Hyderabadi dinner-plate

It's the most unlikely spat - a storm in a dinner-plate, if you will - between the most unlikely protagonists

25-Feb-2013•Jayaditya Gupta

Michael Clarke's academy dreams

Michael Clarke has bought a multi-million dollar property in New South Wales with the intention of turning it into a cricket academy

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Filching the floodlights

Night cricket is an institution in Pakistan but comes into its own during the month of Ramadan, when daytime activities are severely curtailed

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

Yohan Blake's cricket dreams

Fresh off his silver-winning sprint at the Olympics on Sunday night Yohan Blake declared his next targets

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Gold medal stops play?

So you've heard of dogs stopping play and interruptions caused by streakers and missing bails

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Sri Lanka mutes vuvuzelas

Music is an integral part of the cricket experience in Sri Lanka and the beats of the Papare bands do their bit in keeping the crowds in good humour in the heat

25-Feb-2013•Devashish Fuloria

Hash's hair-raising honour

Hashim Amla's match-winning triple century at The Oval has won him praise from the most unlikely quarter - the Beard Liberation Front (BLF), a UK-based informal network of the bearded

25-Feb-2013•Devashish Fuloria

Amla steamrolls England, pips Els

Sunday bore witness to two South African sporting success stories on British shores, with Hashim Amla's triple century followed later in the day by a surprise victory for Ernie Els at The Open

25-Feb-2013•Alan Gardner

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