Indian Premier League

Are we killing the golden goose?

Feb 25, 2013: The success of the IPL in India has distorted the cricket landscape, writes Greg Chappell in The Hindu

Australia in West Indies 2012

When Chanders went bonkers

Feb 25, 2013: And Gayle went all Boycott

Indian cricket

Flamboyant Farokh

Feb 25, 2013: In the Times of India , Makarand Waingankar looks back at the fun-filled career of former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer

Cricket books

Top 10 cricket books

Feb 25, 2013: In the Guardian Shehan Karunatilaka, the author of Chinaman , picks his ten favourites cricket books, including classics like Beyond a boundary and Don Bradman's Art of cricket .

English cricket

Is the current England side the country's greatest?

Feb 25, 2013: England’s fast bowler James Anderson recently said he wanted the current side to be one of the greatest England teams there has ever been

Australian cricket

Toughest tests loom for Clarke

Feb 25, 2013: Ed Jackson, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , says that despite Australia’s recent Test success against West Indies

Indian Premier League

A low-key IPL is not good news for the league

Feb 25, 2013: For the league to survive, IPL 5 must draw more fans and profit in its second half, says Desh Gaurav Chopra Sekhri in the Indian Express .

LV= County Championship, Wednesday May 2

Feb 25, 2013: 6.45pm: Alan Gardner wraps up the day's play

Pakistan cricket

'I'm about winning' - Dav Whatmore

Feb 25, 2013: Two months into his job as Pakistan coach, Dav Whatmore speaks to the National 's Osman Samiuddin about why he decided to take up the post, his plans for the side and how difficult coaching in the subcontinent can be.

West Indies cricket

Stewart weighs up West Indies' chances in England

Feb 25, 2013: West Indies' bowling is their strong suit and their coach is familiar with the conditions, but will their batsmen step up to the challenge posed by the England quicks, asks Alec Stewart in BBC Sport .

New Zealand cricket

John Wright has right to be angry

Feb 25, 2013: Mark Geenty, writing for Fairfax NZ News , says John Wright stepped in at one of New Zealand Cricket's darkest hours and, in a cruel irony, walks away with the sport plunged back to the abyss of December 2010.

Newsfile IPL 2012

Newsfile: May 2

Feb 25, 2013: Ganguly fined: Pune Warriors captain Sourav Ganguly has been fined for his team’s slow over-rate in their match against Deccan Chargers on Tuesday

New Zealand

Wright and Buchanan: an imperfect pairing

Feb 25, 2013: A café near my place is shutting down

Deccan Chargers

A squabble by the seaside

Feb 25, 2013: Tuesday’s colour-coordinated clash retold

Ryan Ten Doeschate

$2 a day, but no lack of smiles

Feb 25, 2013: April 25 It is a rare day off and some of the guys are heading out to play golf this afternoon

English cricket

Matt Coles - future England star?

Feb 25, 2013: From Daniel Stone, United Kingdom

Newsfile IPL 2012

Newsfile: May 1

Feb 25, 2013: Raina first to 2000: Chennai Super Kings’ Suresh Raina was the first batsman to reach an aggregate of 2000 runs in the IPL

Australian cricket

Shooting the PM

Feb 25, 2013: How often do you see a national leader sitting in a Test match dressing room?

Indian cricket

A diversionary manoeuvre

Feb 25, 2013: How do we assess Sachin Tendulkar’s entry into the Rajya Sabha, asks Ashok Malik in the Times of India

Indian Premier League

Steyn turns on the magic

Feb 25, 2013: Dale Steyn produced arguably the most testing spell in IPL history against Mumbai Indians on Sunday and picked up two wickets for ten runs