The Surfer

A visit to the MRF Pace Foundation

Andrew Alderson from the New Zealand Herald visits the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai and looks at how the school has groomed generations of pace bowlers to represent India and others in international cricket, helped in no small measure by the

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Trott uses brains, not brawn

Crowds may love the thrill of a six, but it takes more than biffing to build an innings

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

A Japanese scholar at Chepauk

The World Cup’s last league game, between India and West Indies, will have an unusual spectator in the stands

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Zimbabwe's return to Test cricket is premature

Zimbabwe have not played a Test match since September 2005, but are poised to return to the five-day game in August this year

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Something Beefy

From The Ashes , a new film on the 1981 Ashes series that’s scheduled to release this summer, showcases how Ian Botham’s deeds remain imperishable despite all the changes England have witnessed says Barney Ronay, writing in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Bend it like Salma Bi

Writing in the Guardian , Huma Qureshi introduces us to player and coach Salma Bi

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Don’t shoot the judge

Sanjay Manjrekar, writing in Outlook India , finds it amazing that umpiring errors get talked about and debated over in the Indian media quite so much

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Bharat Ratna for Tendulkar?

As Sachin Tendulkar stands on the threshold of a century of international centuries, Rohit Mahajan, writing in Outlook India , presents people’s arguments for and against bestowing the batting maestro with India’s highest civilian award – which,

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Dhoni's decisions key to Indian success

Suresh Menon writes in DNA that MS Dhoni should put aside personal feelings and choose teams that will serve the country best

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

The banal and the unfunny

In DNA , Avirook Sen bemoans the state of commentary in India, and in particular criticises the work of Sunil Gavaskar and Navjot Sidhu

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Bangladesh's rich cricketing hinterland

In the Indian Express , Devendra Pandey looks at the small-town revolution sweeping through the Bangladesh national team

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

England's great escape

England pulled off a thrilling victory over West Indies in what was a must-win game for them in Chennai on Thursday

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Tackling Murali will be key

Ahead of the all-important Group A clash between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, Nathan Astle in the New Zealand Herald writes that if the New Zealand batsmen are able to negotiate the threat posed by Muttiah Muralitharan, it will go a long way in

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Australia living on borrowed time

Australia have been heavily reliant on their pace attack in this World Cup with mixed results and post Australia's victory over Canada in Bangalore on Wednesday, Peter Roebuck, in the Sydney Morning Herald writes that Australia cannot keep losing

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Tiredness not an excuse for England

England have not been good enough, discipilined enough and clinical enough in their World Cup campaign, writes Dominic Cork in the Independent .

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

A whole different ball game in India

In its intensity, its passion and its sheer scale, cricket in India is unsurpassed by any sport I've covered, writes Andy Bull in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Tendulkar and India: the inseparable bond

Manu Joseph introduces Sachin Tendulkar to the USA, writing in the New York Times that the he is an icon who, in his ways and in the country's way of adoring him, defines India in a profound way that economic indicators and the laments of

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Laxman looks back on the Kolkata Test

Ten years after VVS Laxman scored his 281 against Australia at Eden Gardens, he spoke to Mid Day's Clayton Murzello about what the knock meant to Indian cricket

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

A conspiracy to zombify

"Even cows and pigs have laws governing their transportation, so why can’t England cricketers?" is Daniel Brigham's way of summing up England's crazy schedule in the lead-up to and during the World Cup, in the Wisden Cricketer .

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

The early signs of genius

With Sachin Tendulkar on the verge of a century of international centuries, Steve James, writing in the Daily Telegraph remembers the first and only time he played against ‘tiny, impossibly young-looking fellow with a curly mop of hair poking out

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

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