The Surfer

The importance of the Ranji grind

In the IPL era, few people in India care about the Ranji Trophy, but the flagship event of the Indian domestic calendar plays a crucial role in getting players ready for the highest level

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

West Indies batsmen in a spin

In the Trinidad Express , Tony Cozier argues that West Indies' recent travails against spin in Chittagong are symptomatic of a malaise that runs deep, and can be seen in the domestic stats where tweakers enjoy an almost over-bearing dominance on

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Reduced cricket coverage the thin edge of the wedge

Radio Sport has announced it will not be broadcasting live commentary of the Plunket Shield, New Zealand’s domestic first-class competition, this year

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Empty stadiums a message for administrators

The recent one-day series between England and India in India drew surprisingly sparse crowds, especially for the last two games

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Who else but the Don

Greg Baum unveils No

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

I was successful as I had killer's instinct - Imran

Belinda Luscombe, from Time , has a brief chat with Imran Khan on his links with cricket and politics.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Lillee, the perfect fast bowler

In the Sydney Morning Herald , Mike Brearley writes in rich detail of a fierce opponent who went on to win his respect and become a close friend - Dennis Lillee.

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

England pay the price for bullying teams at home

"It is always harder to play away from home but England have to lose their short-sighted vision of playing on green wickets in this country," writes Michael Vaughan in the Daily Telegraph .

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

'Never felt I'm the greatest bowler'

Muttiah Muralitharan talks to Mihir Bose, writing for the London Evening Standard , about his career, who he thinks are the best batsmen, umpire Darrell Hair and, among other things, his fondness for Galle.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Keith Miller: the best captain Australia never had

Keith Miller is perhaps the most glamorous cricketer to come out of Australia, and one of the most talented

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Indian cricket's Diwali moments

Mid-Day lists some of India's best cricketing moments from past Diwalis

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Who are the donkeys now?

England head into the final one-day international against India in Kolkata desperate to avoid an embarrassing 5-0 whitewash

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

England's Wankhede successes

England have had two big ODI wins against India at the Wankhede Stadium - the 1987 World Cup semi-final and a series-levelling win in 2002 when Andrew Flintoff famously took his shirt off in celebration

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Cook's baptism of fire

Alastair Cook's first tour as one-day captain has been a heated one, in which his players have sometimes expressed frustration with each other as well as the opposition

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Sri Lankan cricket - competitive but not yet complete

Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara - and Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas who've retired - have been great cricketers but the fact that they haven't been able to win a Test for their country in India, Australia and South Africa in their

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

An unconventional spearhead

With Zaheer Khan injured, and Ishant Sharma just recovering from injury, Praveen Kumar is India's No

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

India's future bright

While India's one-day series victory over England with a young side may not offer a foolproof guide to prospects in longer formats, the mood of the matches and the buoyancy of the Indians bode well, says Peter Roebuck in the Hindu .

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

An ill-tempered series

In the Guardian , Mike Selvey says the ongoing ODI series between India and England has been a fractious one

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

'Anywhere for cricket'

Ramachandra Guha is a fan of Suresh Menon's biography of the Bishan Singh Bedi - Bishan: Portrait of a Cricketer - an effort he describes as "rich, detailed, affectionate, yet not uncritical"

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Of simultaneous Testing and Bashing

This summer, Australian cricket's two big summer attractions - the Big Bash League and a promising Test series - are set to run parallel to each other, dividing the season, and stakeholder loyalties down the middle

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

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