Miscellaneous

The grey area of depression

Oct 9, 2013:

Pakistan A v South Africans, Sharjah, 2nd day

Shehzad impresses with fluent fifty

Oct 9, 2013: Fluent fifties from openers Ahmed Shehzad and Shan Masood, and No. 3 batsman Azhar Ali helped Pakistan A reach 230 for 4 at the end of the first day against the South Africans

West Indies cricket

Curious selection for a curious tour

Oct 9, 2013: Mike King, in Nation News, attempts to discover the significance of the hastily arranged West Indies tour of India in November, while dissecting personnel chosen by the tourists

Pakistan cricket

Time for a Yousuf revival?

Oct 9, 2013:

India cricket

Probe panel could clip BCCI's wings

Oct 9, 2013: The three-member probe panel appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the spot-fixing issue includes two people who are independent of the BCCI and the panel will submit its report directly to the court and not the BCCI

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2013 / ICC World Cup Qualifier 2014

NSW U19s beat Hong Kong by 78 runs in tour opener

Oct 9, 2013: The NSW U19s have scored a comfortable 78-run victory over Hong Kong in a 50-over match played at the Blacktown International Sportspark in Sydney.

Dhaka Premier Division 2013

Cricket Coaching School-Brothers Union match cancelled

Oct 9, 2013: Investigations into Cricket Coaching School's claim that they had arrived to the ground late because of a traffic jam will begin after Eid, until which time the tournament is closed

West Indies in India 2013-14

Test team should build around Chanderpaul - Gibbs

Oct 9, 2013: Former West Indies offspinner, Lance Gibbs, believes the current West Indies team need to build around their most experienced player, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, if they are to continue to achieve success at the Test level

Miscellaneous

Cannabis museum highlights cricket connection

Oct 9, 2013:

Indian cricket

Dhoni faces defining challenge

Oct 9, 2013: G Unnikrishnan of Deccan Herald predicts captain MS Dhoni's legacy is on the line as India get back on the road again for the 2013 summer

Sri Lanka news

Tillakaratne Dilshan to quit Tests

Oct 9, 2013: Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is set to retire from Test cricket

Sans mohawk

Oct 9, 2013:

New Zealand in Bangladesh 2013-14

What New Zealand need to succeed in Bangladesh

Oct 9, 2013: Five points to keep in mind as they play in alien conditions and try not to repeat the mistakes made in the 2010 one-day series loss

West Indies v New Zealand, 2nd women's ODI, Jamaica

Quintyne helps West Indies women level series

Oct 9, 2013: West Indies women levelled the series against New Zealand Women in the second game in Jamaica, courtesy a late lower-order push and excellent bowling to defend a total of 148

Rhapsody in blue

Oct 9, 2013: Never before was one colour seared into our eyeballs as on the night of the Champions League final

Bangladesh v New Zealand, 1st Test, Chittagong, 1st day

Bangladesh hit back after Williamson century

Oct 9, 2013: Kane Williamson and Peter Fulton were comfortably dealing with the Bangladesh spinners, until they found their mojo in the final hour as New Zealand went to stumps on 280 for 5

Honest, simple, Harmy

Oct 9, 2013: Steve Harmison was a standard-bearer for a new breed of sporting hero: understated, self-effacing, unafraid to non-conform or to reveal vulnerability

England cricket

Harmison, the enforcer

Oct 9, 2013: A chronicle of Steve Harmison's career, from the highs of Ashes 2005 and helping Durham to consecutive County Championships, to a low-key farewell from Test cricket

What Hafeez's Test career tells us about failure

Oct 9, 2013: He has broken into the Test side three times and departed each time making the same mistakes. Has he simply reached the limit of his ability?

The no-commentary broadcast option

Oct 9, 2013: It's time to provide viewers with a choice, and perhaps force commentators to step up their game in the process