English cricket

A hero in a dystopian wasteland

Feb 25, 2013: Just as Mad Max struck his own path through the Australian outback, Graham Thorpe was a bastion of consistency in the quagmire of batting collapses

English cricket

The itinerant cricketer

Feb 25, 2013: When he's not turning in sharp all-round performances for his county or England, Luke Wright is a T20 specialist for hire, donning the colours of various teams in the Indian Premier League, the Big Bash League and the Bangladesh Premier League

Women's World Cup 2013

Making music on the sidelines

Feb 25, 2013: Matches involving hosts India in the Women's World Cup drew crowds of around 2,000 to the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai

English cricket

Panesar: Clown no more

Feb 25, 2013: Monty Panesar underwent a resurgence with England in 2012, helping the Test team to an historic series win in India

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

Australia peaking at the right time

Feb 25, 2013: Australia are unbeaten after five games of this tournament and it looks like they're peaking at just the right time for the final

New Zealand

Nick Knight and the 'Lovely Eoin fan club'

Feb 25, 2013: And why New Zealand commentary is so understated

New Zealand cricket

Astle turns into speed 'bogan'

Feb 25, 2013: Former New Zealand cricketer Nathan Astle has stepped up a few gears after giving up cricket, reveling in a love for speedway racing

Zimbabwe cricket

Flower on the black armband story

Feb 25, 2013: Ten years after the black armband protest by Andy Flower and Henry Olonga in the 2003 World Cup, Flower, now England's coach, opens up about the whole story of the bold move in an interview with BBC radio.

Cricket News Hurl

Swollen fatherhood

Feb 25, 2013: The IPL tried to put a price tag on the priceless this week. Only $260,000 for Jesse Ryder? His wrists are worth more than that on their own

Women's World Cup 2013

Women's cricket goes global

Feb 25, 2013: The current World Cup in India has seen plenty of promising performances, and even more compelling characters, emerge from the less established nations

Australian cricket

Unearthing an old Indian formula

Feb 25, 2013: In the Sydney Morning Herald , former Australian cricketer Dean Jones puts forth his spin on the 'Indian theory' that can help the Australian cricket team win the four-match Test series

Indian domestic cricket

The stoic supporter

Feb 25, 2013: When Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record for most first-class centuries at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday, former India player Gursharan Singh would have remembered another Irani Cup match 23 years ago

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

Sthalekar's journey

Feb 25, 2013: While England-Australia clashes always get the pulse racing, allrounder Lisa Sthalekar has told me she would like the ICC and national governing bodies in cricket to arrange more series between the higher and lower ranked women’s countries, in

West Indies Cricket

Chanderpaul Junior ready to take centrestage

Feb 25, 2013: It is not uncommon to see sons and daughters unable to live up to the 'hype' of their parents' great successes because, quite frankly, the bar has been set impossibly high

Country-wise look at dismissals in Tests

Feb 25, 2013: A stats analysis to determine the distribution of Test wickets by team and host country

Papua New Guinea

PNG gain WT20 Qualifier slot

Feb 25, 2013: Papua New Guinea have secured a place at the World Twenty20 Qualifiers in Dubai later this year after winning the ICC East Asia-Pacific Championship in Auckland with victory over Vanuatu.

Batting

T20 leading to more batting collapses?

Feb 25, 2013: To fear Dale Steyn is common sense, writes Andy Bull in the Guardian , while also pointing to the increase in frequency of Test-batting collapses in the past few years.

IPL

The 25-thousand-dollar wave

Feb 25, 2013: The IPL auction unabashedly displays cricket's new-found financial muscle. As one owner put it: "the money doesn't matter" - to these people price is merely a figure, not an obstacle

The fickle finger of franchise favour

Feb 25, 2013: In which we praise a fine new reality-television series

Indian cricket

BCCI acting irresponsibly

Feb 25, 2013: In the wake of the BCCI not having given a group of English cricketers the chance to practice on its grounds, Suresh Menon, writing in IBN Live , criticises the board for its unabashed 'muscle-flexing at every turn', and says that it is still far