Indian cricket

Reliving India's Test debut

Feb 25, 2013: Eighty years on from India's first Test match, Boria Majumdar looks back on the match and tour in the Outlook , with captain CK Nayudu’s scrapbooks as a source.

India in Sri Lanka 2012

The colourful drive to Hambantota

Feb 25, 2013: Slight trepidation as I queue up in immigration at Mumbai airport for my first international flight. The bureaucratic expression of the officer turns into a broad smile as I answer 'cricket' to his question 'purpose of visit'

Time to close the Rahul-Parnell case

Feb 25, 2013: By all accounts, Rahul and Parnell did what a pair of young men might do in a big city once the working day is done

Australian cricket

Is sledging for winners?

Feb 25, 2013: When a team wins as much as Steve Waugh's Australia did, you can't really question their captain's strategies

New Zealand cricket

'New Zealand won't be defeated in West Indies Tests'

Feb 25, 2013: Despite the comprehensive loss in the T20I and ODI series against West Indies, New Zealand will not lose the Test series that begins on July 25 in Antigua, says former New Zealand opener Mark Richardson in the New Zealand Herald .

South African cricket

Amla among the best

Feb 25, 2013: Hashim Amla, who scored a double-century against England at The Oval on Sunday, has quietly entered the ranks of the best batsmen in the world, says Steve James in the Telegraph .

Indian cricket

India-Pak series convenient for everyone

Feb 25, 2013: An India-Pakistan series benefits a number of people and thus, has been squeezed in an already crowded cricket calendar

Cricket, the most dangerous ball game

Feb 25, 2013: Ruchir Joshi, in the Mail Today , points out the apathy in India towards the dangers that cricket could pose to the safety of child cricketers.

South Africa in England 2012

Time to offer Amla some cheesecake

Feb 25, 2013: I've not been inside Jonathan Trott's head for the last two days, but I bet he's had more than one nightmare in that time. You know the nightmare

LV= County Championship, Saturday July 21

Feb 25, 2013: 6.05pm: Ivo Tennant at Somerset v Warwickshire

England v South Africa 2012

What the Cook-Trott partnership says about you

Feb 25, 2013: Your personality revealed through a pair of deadbatters

Australian cricket

'He got everything he could out of himself'

Feb 25, 2013: Ricky Ponting pays tribute to the recently retired Brett Lee, lauding his professionalism, loyalty and determination

Australian cricket

18-day demolition in five minutes

Feb 25, 2013: As Adelaide Oval is set to undergo renovation aimed at increasing the seating capacity to 50,000, news.com.au provides a five-minute time-lapse video of an 18-day demolition of the historical stadium.

New Zealand cricket

Hesson suited to be manager

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Hesson, New Zealand's new coach, is traditional and organised, better suited to the post of a manager, writes Jonathan Millmow in Fairfaz News NZ

Women's cricket

'Indian women tough opponents'

Feb 25, 2013: India may have lost the five-match ODI series against England women, but former fast bowler Isa Guha says the Indians were no easy opponents, in alloutcricket.com

English cricket

'English domestic cricket not the same'

Feb 25, 2013: English domestic cricket, which attracted the likes of Imran Khan to hone their skills, is suffering from the lack of quality of overseas professionals since private T20 leagues around the world have become more lucrative, writes Richard Gibson in

English cricket

'Pietersen's loyalty for England temporary'

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Atherton, writing in his blog , justifies why he thinks Kevin Pietesen will have no qualms to stop aiming to play for England when he doesn't need it, later in his career.

New Zealand cricket

'Wagner may catch West Indies off guard'

Feb 25, 2013: Neil Wagner , who was named in the New Zealand squad against WICB President's XI that begins on Friday in Antigua, may be a tough prospect for the hosts if he makes his debut in the first Test, writes Adrian Seconi in Otago Daily Times .

LV= County Championship, Friday July 20

Feb 25, 2013: 5.20pm: Ivo Tennant at Somerset v Warwickshire

Indian cricket

'Pakistanis better in hospitality'

Feb 25, 2013: As India hosts Pakistan in five months, Ajaz Ashraf, writing in Daily Times , reasons why Pakistan is a better host.