The Surfer

Out and About in the Imagined Community

Christian Drury writes about the "imagined communities" of cricket" and how transformations in the sport have had their impact on such communities formed through spectatorship and fandom

19-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

What to make of Jonathan Trott?

England batsman's explanation for his Ashes exit in his interviews this week has upset and angered many but neither his words nor his manner are convincing

19-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Chauvinism and patriotism not the same

The recent suspension of 67 Kashmiri students by a university in Uttar Pradesh for cheering for Pakistan in the recent Asia Cup match has twisted the real meaning of the word sedition

13-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Down from his celestial heights

Reviewing ESPNcricinfo's book, Sachin Tendulkar: The Man Cricket Loved Back, for Business Standard, Joel Rai relishes the way the player's mortal and human side, with some flaws, is brought forward

12-Mar-2014

New tricks for Yuvraj and Harbhajan

Siddhartha Sharma of the Indian Express writes about how Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh are using their time on the Indian domestic circuit to try and resurrect their international careers

09-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Cricket was not my first love'

Curtly Ambrose was the scourge of several batsmen but he might have never played cricket had his mother not insisted as much as she did

08-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Australia winning matches but losing fans?

Congratulations to the Australian cricket team, says David Sygall in the Sydney Morning Herald. The results will be long remembered. So too the way in which they were achieved

08-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cake-break for Test lulls

What does a ritual involving a cake being buried in the sea got to do with Test cricket? Greg Baum, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, explains..

07-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

'I've also spent the last 24 hours crying'

04-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Westfield speaks out

04-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kevin Pietersen, the <i>Fortunato</i>

03-Mar-2014

A feminine touch to Afghan history

Saurabh Somani, writing for Wisden India, sheds light on some young women from Afghanistan who made a long trip to cheer for their team during their historic win against Bangladesh

03-Mar-2014

Tendulkar from the other side

Hassan Cheema, writing for the Nightwatchman, illustrates how Pakistan viewed and defined themselves through the successes and failures of Sachin Tendulkar

03-Mar-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Warner's honesty deserves respect

In the Sydney Morning Herald, Greg Baum says David Warner deserves praise and not censure for his comments on South Africa's ability to reverse swing the ball in Port Elizabeth

01-Mar-2014

Shadow of Allen Stanford grips Antigua

The ECB may have tried to quickly forget the 'Twenty20 for 20' but Allen Stanford's downfall cost thousands of jobs and left a giant hole in Antigua's economy, writes Stephen Brenkley in the Independent

28-Feb-2014

What next for West Indies?

Twenty20 is king of Caribbean cricket but West Indies needs to find players who can perform in the longer form of the game, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian

27-Feb-2014

'Graeme Pollock is the second best batsman I played against'

Graeme Pollock turns 70 today. In Mid-Day, Ian Chappell pays tribute to the former South Africa batsman

27-Feb-2014

What next from Ashwin? Medium pace?

Reacting to the new bowling action R Ashwin used against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, former India spinner Maninder Singh says the bowler is experimenting so much that he is bound to lose his consistency

27-Feb-2014

A collapse months in the waiting

Geoff Lemon, writing for the Guardian, believes that it was only a matter of time before Australia's wobbly top order would dragged the rest of the team down

25-Feb-2014

The importance of the 'x-factor'

Paul Collingwood, in an interview with Donald McRae of the Guardian, opens up about his relationship with Duncan Fletcher, leading Scotland to the 2015 World Cup, and his current stint as assistant coach of England

24-Feb-2014

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