English cricket

County cricket poorer without Blackwell

Feb 25, 2013: Andy Bull, writing in the Guardian , reflects on England allrounder Ian Blackwell , whose county career is likely to be over after his release from Durham last week

Kenya

Cricket Kenya refuses to sanction unauthorised event

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket Kenya's new chairman Jackie Janmohammed is facing the first challenge of her tenure with her board refusing to sanction a planned three-day tournament in Nairobi

ICC

ICC European Division 1 heading to England

Feb 25, 2013: ICC Europe has today announced the tournament schedule for 2013.

English cricket

Strauss on life after cricket, England and Cook

Feb 25, 2013: Former England captain Andrew Strauss, in an interview with All Out Cricket , talks about life after retirement, watching England play, and his successor Alastair Cook.

Cricket

Cricket's explicit association with food

Feb 25, 2013: "There are sound cultural reasons for cricket's prandial pageantry," writes Gideon Haigh in the Australian's Cuts & Glances blog

Multistats

Using over-rate fines for important research

Feb 25, 2013: If something isn't done to stop cricket from further slowing down, the game could be severely threatened by 2100

Indian cricket

New ODI rules will further test Ashwin

Feb 25, 2013: With only four fielders now allowed in the deep, the already prevalent tendency among off spinners such as R Ashwin to protect the leg side and bowl straight will only grow more exaggerated, writes Karthik Krishnaswamy in the Indian Express

Where have all the 'thinking batsmen' gone?

Feb 25, 2013: I'm starting to form the view that when the pitch is a bit lively with two new balls, modern batsmen have stopped thinking for themselves

Ireland

Ireland secure Pakistan matches

Feb 25, 2013: Ireland have secured more valuable game-time against Full Member opposition, confirming a two-match one-day series against Pakistan in May as part of the visitors' preparations for the Champions Trophy.

Australian cricket

'Longest beer snake' spotted at SCG

Feb 25, 2013: The abandonment of Sunday's ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka in Sydney left many dissatisfied but some in the crowd channelled their frustration in a productive way, creating the longest beer snake

Ranji Trophy 2012-13, SF

Ranji Trophy 2012-13, Semi-finals, Day 6

Feb 25, 2013: Mumbai (toss) 454 for 8 decl

Ranji Trophy 2012-13, SF

Ranji Trophy 2012-13, Semi-finals, Day 5

Feb 25, 2013: Services 164 for 3 (Swain 64*) trail Mumbai (toss) 454 for 8 decl

West Indies cricket

The Caribbean Ashes

Feb 25, 2013: There's one rivalry within the Caribbean nexus that is big and is only getting bigger - Guyana v Trinidad (or Trinidad v Guyana, depending on your allegiances)

New Zealand cricket

Dad's advice helped McClenaghan

Feb 25, 2013: Fast bowler Mitchell McLenaghan tells New Zealand Herald that come the 2015 World Cup, New Zealand will have a formidable fast bowling line-up

Aftab Ahmed is one of us

Feb 25, 2013: He's not going to bore you with descriptions of what he bench-pressed or how much he ran today

Cricket news hurl

Bailey's Burgers Are Better

Feb 25, 2013: This week Jesse Ryder made the news not just for his mega-wicked 46 from 17 balls and two wickets that put Wellington into the final of some tournament, but because he may be back

Big Bash League

Big Bash League: boon or bane?

Feb 25, 2013: People who praise the BBL, how exactly are they quantifying their eulogy? Is it fun? Yes. Is it exciting? Debatable. Is the cricket of a high standard? Perhaps. Is it benefitting Australian cricket? Certainly not

Analysing Test dismissals across the ages

Feb 25, 2013: A detailed look at various forms of dismissals in Tests, and their frequency over the years

Indian cricket

Dhoni returns to where it all began

Feb 25, 2013: Andy Wilson, writing in The Guardian, tells the story of how a young goalkeeper became captain of India's cricket team and led them to the top of the world, speaking to those who knew Dhoni when he grew up

Cricket news

A sub-zero World Cup

Feb 25, 2013: Come Sunday, six teams will compete for the sixth unofficial Snow Cricket 'World Cup', in Montreal, Canada organised by the Pirates of the St. Lawrence Cricket Club