The Long Handle

If you want to dominate world cricket, you better import bits of the country you want to acclimatise to

The mysterious entity is taking a very dim view of English cricket right now

What happened to the secret weapon that sweeps you to victory?

There's a sorely underappreciated class of superstar in the IPL

When the head of the ECB speaks, you listen. And smirk

The Delhi Daredevils have figured it all out

Teams are discovering that if Sehwag doesn't get you, Saha, Maxwell, Miller, Bailey, or someone else will

It doesn't matter if T20 is "real cricket" or not. What matters it that it pays the bills

It's not too long before we see the first mass fight on a cricket field. Smacks need to be delivered to bottoms before that day comes

No other team provides as many chuckles as consistently

Even if that team is based 4130 miles away

Why are last year's all-conquering Intergalactic Champions of T20 rooting around at the foot of the table?

Don't tell anyone but he's a double agent

Is that they're not designed for catching a cricket ball

Because the cricketing gods won't let 'em, that's why

It's that time of year when the game turns dangerously sexy

Decentralisation of wasteful expenditures should go a long way in improving the governing body's image

Just when you stop trusting them, they pull off a grand triumph

Fans of the million-dollar league aren't going to watch it go broke, are they?

After a four-month odyssey of defeat, the players aren't the only ones in need of self-analysis