Australian cricket

Dean Jones turns golf pro

Feb 25, 2013: Hooking the ball over the boundary was never a problem for Dean Jones during his cricket career but he'll be hoping he never does it is his new profession

South African cricket

Mark Boucher doesn't do self-pity

Feb 25, 2013: The hardest decision Mark Boucher ever made in his life was the one to retire, and he made it two months ago, writes Neil Manthorp in the Telegraph .

English cricket

Has this cricket season been a complete wash-out?

Feb 25, 2013: In the Telegraph , Scyld Berry wonders if there has ever been a cricket season so badly affected by the rain ...

Indian cricket

'You don't need a designation to bring about change'

Feb 25, 2013: Gautam Gambhir talks about his preparation for the season ahead, his lack of centuries in Tests, and his attitude towards leadership in an interview with Hindustan Times .

Australia in England 2012

Australia sleeps through Bailey's best

Feb 25, 2013: When George Bailey came to the crease batting at No 7 in a rain-affected match in a series that Australia had already been smashed in, while most Aussies were tucked under their doonas

LV= County Championship, Wednesday July 11, 2012

Feb 25, 2013: 5.25pm: George Dobell at Surrey v Lancashire

South Africa in England 2012

The diminishing returns of disembowelment by eagle

Feb 25, 2013: Why England v Australia is like having your liver ripped out by a bird of prey

Uganda

Steve Tikolo crosses borders to join Uganda

Feb 25, 2013: Former Kenya captain Steve Tikolo has been appointed as the new batting coach of Uganda.

Indian cricket

Sunny Days

Feb 25, 2013: On Sunil Gavaskar's 63rd birthday, Mid-Day celebrates the occasion with a gallery of photos featuring significant moments from the batsman's life.

Australia

Aussies go to the dogs

Feb 25, 2013: Their coach wants them to exhibit canine behaviour

Indian cricket

Tendulkar on the art of batting

Feb 25, 2013: Sachin Tendulkar talks to Pradeep Magazine on his approach to batting, why being technically correct is key and the importance of shot selection

South Africa in England, 2012

A South African touch to Somerset

Feb 25, 2013: So this is it. The tour everyone wants to go on. The visit to the country that is the home of cricket which will culminate with a Test at ground known as the home of cricket

Australia in England 2012

The 'Rashes' effect

Feb 25, 2013: If you listen intently you can almost hear the hum of a huge Test series coming up. That is if you have an ear trumpet and it's aimed at Somerset this week

South African cricket

'An experience of a lifetime'

Feb 25, 2013: Paddy Upton, writing in his blog , relives the experience of visiting the training camp of adventurer and explorer Mike Horn in Switzerland , where the South African team took part in some rigorous hiking, mountain-biking and other adventure

Who is the most successful captain of them all?

Feb 25, 2013: Satyam Mukherjee, a scientist at Northwestern University in Illinois, has tried to come up with an answer to a question that has often inspired much debate: who was the greatest captain the game has seen

Indian cricket

India's selectors must earn their money

Feb 25, 2013: Sachin Tendulkar is perfectly entitled to want to continue playing but the final decision should not be his, says Dileep Premachandran, in the National .

New Zealand cricket

Test cricket at Auckland's Tank Farm?

Feb 25, 2013: Amid the talk about bringing Test cricket back to Auckland with a stadium at Victoria Park, an article in the New Zealand Herald discusses the possibility of developing a Test venue at Tank Farm.

New Zealand cricket

Don't judge Williamson on his early captaincy

Feb 25, 2013: Ahmed Rizvi, in the National , says giving Kane Williamson a longer run as New Zealand captain might be worthwhile.

South African cricket

Smith's uncanny capacity to unsettle England

Feb 25, 2013: England should remember that it is best not to rile Graeme Smith, Steve James points out in the Daily Telegraph .

Sledging is not necessary

Feb 25, 2013: So Paul Nixon, gifted ex-international cricketer and intellectual giant, thinks that sledging is a sign of wanting to win