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Virender Sehwag, arguably the modern era's most unorthodox and audacious batsman, has credited Sunil Gavaskar, one of the most composed and technically correct batsmen ever, for opening up more methods to attack.

Sunny and Viru make a combo

Glenn McGrath's playing engagements are becoming increasingly rare, but the honours don't seem to trail far behind the former Australian fast bowler

McGrath vies for Aussie honour

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Greybeard Matthews upstages Jaques

Symonds says McCullum is a lump of what?

So sometimes it’s a bit hard to make sense of Andrew Symonds, but his radio interview with Australian comedians Roy and HG on Triple M on Friday was particularly hard to work out

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

What's in a name?

So cricket won't be India's national sport - not for the moment, at least

Cuts across the editorial departments of most of the UK’s national newspapers have been well documented, with the Daily Telegraph being among the leaders, cutting back many established journalists while hiring past and present players to plug

Silence of the Vaughan

However late it is, and however many post-match beers you might have had, it might be best to avoid popping into the Mandarin House in Knighton, Wales where the owner showed his love for the game by using a rat-gnawed cricket bat to stir a pan of

Adding splice to a post-match curry

It’s not quite the equivalent of convincing Merv Hughes to shave off his moustache but it’s close

Dreadlock holiday

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

England cause flight detour

Travelling on the same flight as an international cricket team might be exciting for fans but it could also be a nuisance to those passengers hoping to arrive at their destination on time

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Botham springs to KP's defence

Satirical magazine Private Eye notes the angry response of Ian Botham to the sacking of Kevin Pietersen as England captain, with the standard attacks on “buffoons in blazers” and “chinless wonders who rule Lord's”.

What does an allrounder do after he retires

Pollock hopes to swap greentops for putting greens

25-Feb-2013•Peter English

Don't try calling Monty

Monty Panesar is forever talking about the right areas - well, while on holiday in South Africa after England's tour of India he found himself in the wrong area.

25-Feb-2013•Andrew McGlashan

China fail despite baby boom

As if there weren’t enough statisticians in the world, someone, somewhere, has calculated that when China played Maldives in the Asian Cricket Council Challenge this week the population differential was around 3300

Australia are currently clinging on to the No

ICC takes Test Championship trophy from Australia

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

As the Crowe flies

Martin Crowe is shifting to Sky TV's rugby channel, and has rubbished reports that he was ousted from his cricket commentator position because of a clash with New Zealand Cricket

Greg Chappell didn't make too many friends during his rough tenure as India's coach

I wasn't comfortable with Chappell - Sehwag

Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Sharad Pawar will award Rs 60 lakh to the Mumbai team which won the Ranji Trophy, an amount equal to the winner's purse

Mumbai reaping rewards for Ranji win

Matthew Hayden and Harbhajan Singh have had a few spats and Hayden revealed after his retirement when it all began.

When Hayden met Harbhajan for the first time

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

A rugby tackle for Ryder

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Justin Vaughan is likely to talk to his counterparts at the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) as he explores ways to deal with Jesse Ryder's alcohol problem.