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The myth of the elegant left-hander

The myth of the elegant left-hander

Why does the world insist that left-hand batsmen are naturally elegant and graceful?

09-Mar-2009•Suresh Menon

The heart of the game

The heart of the game

To experience cricket in Barbados is to feel the game at its purest, most joyous

25-Feb-2009•Sambit Bal

Losing my religion

Losing my religion

The change of guard in Indian cricket has pulled the rug out from under the feet of a generation of cricket watchers

07-Nov-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Ode to a magazine

Ode to a magazine

Thirty-six years after it first began publication, Pakistan's best loved cricket publication closed its doors this April

22-Sep-2008•Osman Samiuddin

A good year for the ladies

A good year for the ladies

Our correspondent tells of how the women in his family have taken to cricket with a vengeance, consigning him to non-playing status in the process

16-Sep-2008•Kamran Abbasi

The Don and I

The Don and I

Bradman was supposed to be cold and aloof, but that's not how he came across to a pilgrim from India 15 years ago

25-Aug-2008•Suresh Menon

High scores

High scores

Why few experiences in cricket can hold a candle to that of watching a game from the ramparts of the Galle Fort

11-Aug-2008•Sambit Bal

Good old-fashioned

Good old-fashioned

England's recent series in New Zealand was a refreshing throwback to a more peaceful era, before money got its grubby thumbs all over the game

11-Apr-2008•Andrew Miller

Half the battle

Half the battle

Cricket is perhaps unique among team sports in that individual face-offs within the larger contests matter almost as much as the main event. Tendulkar v Lee, anyone?

18-Mar-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

Raised on radio

Raised on radio

In the West Indies, the relationship you formed with cricket was filtered through one omnipresent medium

28-Feb-2008•Vaneisa Baksh

Pommie among the enemy

Pommie among the enemy

An Englishwoman signs up to play for the same club side as Karen Rolton and Emma Sampson and lives to tell the tale

04-Feb-2008•Jenny Thompson

Wake up, tune in

Wake up, tune in

On the joys of watching cricket in Australia - both at the ground and at the crack of dawn on TV in India

24-Jan-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

One hand writing, one clapping

One hand writing, one clapping

Am I a writer with a fan inside me or am I a fan who writes? A cricket writer's perennial dilemma

19-Nov-2007•Osman Samiuddin

Men of the people

Men of the people

In the West Indies, cricketers are not superstars - they're the boys next door

08-Mar-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Sorcerer and apprentice

Sorcerer and apprentice

Warne v Pietersen, a cricket rivalry for the ages

09-Jan-2007•Gideon Haigh

Magic and chaos

Magic and chaos

A familiar madness has visited Pakistan cricket again. But all is not lost

30-Nov-2006•Kamran Abbasi

No chat, no Ashes

No chat, no Ashes

Taunts and insults are as much a part of cricket as bats and balls, and never more so than during the Ashes

21-Nov-2006•Simon Briggs

An over with Warnie

An over with Warnie

Facing an over from Shane Warne and living to tell the tale

14-Aug-2006•Jenny Thompson

Two beginnings

Two beginnings

Two memorable debuts from the 1996 Lord's Test

26-May-2006•Harsha Bhogle

The Unenglishman

The Unenglishman

Pietersen would have us believe he is as English as the next guy. Hardly

03-Apr-2006•Paul Coupar

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