Were India right to leave out Sehwag?

Feb 25, 2013:

West Indies cricket

'Fire in Babylon' fails to glow

Feb 25, 2013: Ajaz Ashraf, in the Dailytimes , writes that the movie Fire in Babylon turned out to be a slight disappointment in its attempt to apply a political narrative to the golden age of West Indies cricket, when probably there wasn't one.

World Twenty20

T20 strategies taking cricket to new level

Feb 25, 2013: Players have analysed the opposition, the match situations, game patterns, etc

World Twenty20

Why pick Razzaq and then bench him?

Feb 25, 2013: Including Abdul Razzaq in Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad and then confining him to the dugout underlines the fact that there is something wrong with their planning, says Khalid Hussain in the News .

Sri Lanka

Why the Super Over is the future of cricket

Feb 25, 2013: What's not to like about competition boiled down to a crazed cocktail of skill and luck?

World Twenty20 2012

'Neither of you deserve to win'

Feb 25, 2013: There is no super speed with a Super Over. Add to that the bail that seemed to have jumped off on its own volition, and the whole process seemed to take longer than the game itself

English cricket

Cricket's parting of the waves

Feb 25, 2013: While not quite a miracle, it is certainly an unusual occurance that allows a cricket match to be played in the middle of the sea

Women's World Twenty20 2012

Why the difference between the men's and women's game?

Feb 25, 2013: The opening game of this tournament was held where only one group would be playing, miles from any other side, and against a team that doesn't draw a crowd

Indian cricket

Why Sehwag continues to disappoint

Feb 25, 2013: Virender Sehwag, who hasn't been among the runs in the ongoing World Twenty20, was left out of the India team for their final group encounter against England on Sunday

Of cricket bats and economic divisions

Feb 25, 2013: A cricket field brings together twenty-two players, encapsulating diversity that goes beyond the merely physical: class, religion, language

World Twenty20 2012

Paradoxical Pakistan are an emerging threat

Feb 25, 2013: If it is a rare pleasure for Pakistan to thank their batsmen for a victory, twice in a row is a luxury. Bowlers win matches for Pakistan, batsmen sometimes save them

One ball, 286 runs: fact or fiction?

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket has built up more than its fair share of urban legends over the years. Perhaps the most interesting of the legends are those on the middle ground: improbable, but not inconceivable; difficult to prove, yet also difficult to disprove

ICC World Twenty20

Don't believe the invisible leprechauns

Feb 25, 2013: Or, a deep and meaningful analysis of England's shambolic collapse against India

Indian cricket

Vijay's double-ton shouldn't linger for long in his mind

Feb 25, 2013: In terms of skills alone, Murali Vijay was fit as India's opener

World Twenty20 2012

Has the group stage of the WT20 been a success?

Feb 25, 2013:

English cricket

Selection remains an inexact science

Feb 25, 2013: Joe Root and Nick Compton are the new faces in England's tour party to India, but the routes taken by both have been contrasting

West Indies cricket

Chanderpaul and his son make runs

Feb 25, 2013: Another Chanderpaul is on the rise, in club cricket in the Caribbean at least, and the teenage Tagenarine is learning his trade by batting with his accomplished father, Shivnarine, West Indies' highest run-scorer in Tests.

World Twenty20

What is the problem with England and spin?

Feb 25, 2013: Loking back at England's capitulation against spin in their World Twenty20 game against India in Colombo, Simon Hughes writes that England have got it wrong

World Twenty20 2012

Ireland, you will be back

Feb 25, 2013: Ireland leave the tournament soggy and sick. In their must win game, they never bowled a ball. Ireland cricket has had far better tournaments than this

ICC World Twenty20

Television creates a farce at T20 World Cup

Feb 25, 2013: "As jokes go, Saturday night's Twenty20 World Cup Group C clash between Sri Lanka and South Africa was one of the least funny," writes Hamish Bidwell for Fairfax News