Sri Lankan cricket

Sri Lanka mutes vuvuzelas

Feb 25, 2013: Music is an integral part of the cricket experience in Sri Lanka and the beats of the Papare bands do their bit in keeping the crowds in good humour in the heat

Administration

Challenges of post-retirement career

Feb 25, 2013: A sportsman has to grapple with the challenges of life after retirement, sometimes having to compromise his self esteem, as in a career in administration, writes former India allrounder Sanjay Bangar in cricketnext.com .

Afghanistan cricket

A colourful read

Feb 25, 2013: Chetna Keer, writing in Deccan Herald , praises the book, the 'Taliban Cricket Club' by Timeri N

English cricket

Captain Strauss under media scrutiny

Feb 25, 2013: After England's comprehensive defeat at The Oval, former South Africa captain Kepler Wessels, writing in Supersport , says that the English press will have their knives out for captain Andrew Strauss if the Test series against South Africa were to

LV= County Championship, Sunday July 29

Feb 25, 2013: 4.45pm: Jon Culley at Nottinghamshire v Sussex

LV= County Championship, Saturday July 28

Feb 25, 2013: 5.30pm: Les Smith at Durham v Middlesex

England v South Africa 2012

Coping with unexpected defeat

Feb 25, 2013: Friday, 27th July As the entire population of Britain apart from everyone who doesn’t live in the bottom right hand corner of it goes Bronze-Age-pagan-sports-festival-with-sinister-corporate-overtones crazy, spare a thought for a group of 12

Rules

Cricket rules vs common sense

Feb 25, 2013: Alook at three new modifications to the rules of the game which seem dubious at best and at odds with the spirit of the game, at worst

South African cricket

Amla has capacity to break new ground

Feb 25, 2013: Hashim Amla's 311 not out against England at The Oval may have been the first triple-century by a South African, but it assumes more significance because he was a black and would not have been allowed to represent his country under apartheid rule

LV= County Championship, Friday July 27

Feb 25, 2013: 6.15pm: Jon Culley at Nottinghamshire v Sussex

South Africa in England 2012

What comes after surgical disembowelment?

Feb 25, 2013: If it's England that's getting its intestines removed, it'll probably be followed by a Test victory

The glorious uncertainty of the County Championship

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket doesn’t exactly dominate newspaper back pages at the best of times, but this summer it’s almost been invisible, hidden away among so many other high-profile sporting events and headline-grabbing stories

South Africa in England, 2012

Always connected in the world of cricket

Feb 25, 2013: It does not matter how small the world gets, it will never get smaller than cricket. Like a large, extended family, everyone knows everyone else, because they know somebody who knows the person they are meeting, somehow

Commentary

Alan Gibson's commentary was sublime art

Feb 25, 2013: Former English commentator Alan Gibson was arguably the most learned commentator, remarks Arunabha Sengupta in cricketcountry.com , for he turned cricket commentary into "sublime art".

English cricket

English T20 tournament needs revamp

Feb 25, 2013: As the Friends Life t20 season nears its end this year, Paul Newman, writing in the Daily Mail , analyses why the tournament has failed to sustain the popularity that it had gained in its early years.

South African cricket

Amla's batting like Zaheer Abbas

Feb 25, 2013: Hashim Amla's batting during his triple century against England at The Oval was reminiscent of Zaheer Abbas at his best, writes Rob Bagchi in the Guardian .

Sri Lanka cricket

Murali's 709th

Feb 25, 2013: In 2007, I headed to Sri Lanka for the England's three-Test series. It has always been a favourite place of mine to photograph and watch cricket

South African cricket

Hash's hair-raising honour

Feb 25, 2013: Hashim Amla's match-winning triple century at The Oval has won him praise from the most unlikely quarter - the Beard Liberation Front (BLF), a UK-based informal network of the bearded

South Africa in England, 2012

The English crowd experience

Feb 25, 2013: Generosity. It's not what you expect from a crowd that has paid to get something. But it is what The Oval crowd was all about

South Africa in England 2012

Steyn underlines No. 1 credentials

Feb 25, 2013: After Steyn's spell with the second new ball hastened a dominant victory at The Oval, Vic Marks applauds Graeme Smith's go-to bowler