Women's cricket

Encouraging the women's game

Feb 25, 2013: Stephan Shemilt in the BBC , reports from the sidelines of the ICC Women's World Cup on how the attitudes towards the women's game in India are gradually changing.

Pakistan in South Africa 2012-13

What sub-50 innings scores teach us

Feb 25, 2013: A wealth of learning is packed into this post. (And also the most meaningless stat of the month)

Canada

Canada to tour Trinidad & Tobago

Feb 25, 2013: Canada have announced a short tour of Trinidad and Tobago to begin their season

Captaincy

Ingredients of an effective captain

Feb 25, 2013: Former England captain Mike Brearley , who works now as a psychotherapist, talks about the importance and tactics of captaincy, the Kevin Pietersen saga, the role of coaches and more, in an interview with Subhash Jayaraman in the Cricket Couch .

Pakistan cricket

Pakistan's capitulation not due to mindless batting

Feb 25, 2013: Pakistan's capitulation against South Africa , when they were bowled out for 49, their lowest total in Tests, can't be seen as a case of self-destruction similar to their low totals of 53 and 59 in Sharjah against Australia ten years ago, says Osman Sa

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

Edwards' legend grows

Feb 25, 2013: The scream Charlotte Edwards let out when she reached her century against India hinted at the pressure she had been under

Cricket News Hurl

Meeting cricket's power couple

Feb 25, 2013: There was probably a time last weekend when you started crying uncontrollably; you didn't know why, it just hit you

The charming amateurism of the Bangladesh board

Feb 25, 2013: What's money when you can get players to play for the love of the game?

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

A disgrace no more

Feb 25, 2013: Outside of the semi-professional ranks of England, Australia and New Zealand, women's cricket is a disgrace. Almost every team is a minnow

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

How Sri Lanka turned its women's cricket around

Feb 25, 2013: I can’t think of a bigger upset in 40 years of Women’s World Cup cricket than Sri Lanka's win over England

Sri Lankan cricket

Attend a charity concert to please your mom

Feb 25, 2013: Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are finding a musical way of supporting their charitable causes

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

Cricket's new identical twins

Feb 25, 2013: It was terrific to see Thirush Kamini become the first Indian woman to hit a hundred in a World Cup, when she reached three figures in the opening game against West Indies

Pakistan in South Africa 2013

Batsmen in a fight for respect

Feb 25, 2013: At the beginning of Misbah's reign, Pakistan drew a series against South Africa. Expectations were low, and the dead wickets of the Emirates helped, but Pakistan seemed ripe for humiliation

Indian cricket

Memories of a classic

Feb 25, 2013: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan recalls a great Test match between India and Pakistan that ended this day, 14 years ago

Indian cricket

'I still have that hunger'

Feb 25, 2013: Struggling to overcome a calf injury that kept him out of the Irani Cup and possibly the first part of the Australian series, Zaheer Khan is determined to make a comeback

Grounds

The most beautiful grounds in the world - Part II

Feb 25, 2013: In the Guardian , readers pick their favourite venues around the world

Indian Premier League

Clarke keen on IPL

Feb 25, 2013: Having drawn the maximum reserve price ahead of the player auction, Australian captain Clarke is eager to play his first full season of the Indian Premier League

English cricket

The cult of autograph hunters lives on

Feb 25, 2013: Frank Keating was an avid autograph collector; in the Guardian , Andy Bull says the cult of autograph hunters is alive and well.

Australian cricket

Making sense of the 'Warnifesto'

Feb 25, 2013: While Shane Warne's manifesto for Australian cricket might seem radical to some, Gideon Haigh believes it has plenty in common with the current model.

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

Do you know a World Cup is about to begin?

Feb 25, 2013: Until you walk right up to the gates of the Cricket Club of India, you would have no idea that the ICC Women's World Cup was taking place in Mumbai