The Long Handle

Hooray, the IPL is coming to town and there's nothing you can do about it

Why clear-the-air meetings don't work if everyone doesn't agree to not be honest

Giles Clarke wants English cricket to learn from the rugby team. How presumptuous

Do you have it in you to follow him on Twitter?

He's attempting to to introduce English cricket into the 1990s

Fans of the five-day stuff think it will last forever, even if nobody is watching

And why it's disappointing to hear Michael Clarke use it

And why we must thank umpire Johan Cloete for it

It may come as a surprise to many that the erstwhile Wheelie Bin is not heading the England set-up. It was to this writer certainly

He allowed the world to believe that he had been on the receiving end of some tough questions, but the transcript reveals a different story

His minders may frown at his decision to have a drink before a game, but do fans care if Jesse Ryder's hydration levels were down a notch as long as he can still do magic with a bat?

How one fast bowler gatecrashed several batting tea parties

How Hyderabad and Kolkata wrestled for Ishant, and other delights from a parallel universe

It's called IPLopoly. And it's televised

...the more the ECB reminds you of the days when the sun never set on the MCC

In which our hero performs feats of athleticism while checking his email

It's particularly hard to stand up against bullies when all your friends desert you. But that doesn't mean you should stop trying

And the larger problem of what happens when cricketers open their mouths

There comes a time when even the most tolerant country has to draw the line

There are advantages to the proposed restructuring of the ICC (and we're not talking only about savings on furniture)