New Zealand cricket

Neil Wagner: South Africa's gift to New Zealand

Feb 25, 2013: South Africa born New Zealand fast-bowler Neil Wagner has generated considerable interest in New Zealand through his performances in first-class cricket

LV= County Championship, Sunday April 22

Feb 25, 2013: 7.25pm: George Dobell’s round-up

Australian cricket

Capturing Clarke

Feb 25, 2013: This photo I've chosen to share is a bit different from the action in and around the matches of most of my other posts

Rewind to the Ganguly of 2002

Feb 25, 2013: Sourav Ganguly’s not one to restrain his emotions, as we’ve seen with his celebrations on the Lord’s balcony after India’s thrilling victory over England in the Natwest Series final in 2002

Australia in West Indies 2012

Ottis' twilight zone

Feb 25, 2013: Ottis Gibson wakes up and knows something is wrong

Pune Warriors

Rauf calls for protection

Feb 25, 2013: The ball didn’t stop chasing umpire Asad Rauf when Pune Warriors took on Delhi Daredevils at the Ferozshah Kotla, and each time it was Sourav Ganguly who was his tormentor

Stats

Decline in no-balls

Feb 25, 2013: By Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Newsfile IPL 2012

Newsfile: April 21

Feb 25, 2013: Tendulkar fit: Following a finger injury that kept him out of four IPL games out of Mumbai Indians' five this season, Sachin Tendulkar is set to return

Indian cricket

Yuvraj on the World Cup, cancer and more

Feb 25, 2013: From India's World Cup glory to his fight against cancer and the IPL, Yuvraj Singh tells all in an interview with Shirin Sadikot for ipl20.com .

LV= County Championship, Saturday April 21

Feb 25, 2013: 7.10pm: George Dobell’s round-up

Stats

The last-over blitz

Feb 25, 2013: The overall run rate in IPL 2012 is so far a fairly middling 7.69, but there’ve been some sizzling last-over performances, especially by teams batting second

IPL 2012

How good is the IPL as a TV product?

Feb 25, 2013: By Aamod Desai, India ‘… And it’s time for the strategic time-out,’ the commentator says only to reappear – or rather, only to be reheard – about five seconds short of 2.5 minutes as the crowd at the ground counts down those seconds on the ticker

Dirk Nannes

Bring your patience on away trips

Feb 25, 2013: The flight to Chandigarh was standard enough

Newsfile IPL 2012

Newsfile: April 20

Feb 25, 2013: Critics “evil,” says Samuels: Most bowlers who have been warned for a suspect action keep mum and work on correcting it

Pakistan cricket

Flogged, beaten, dead

Feb 25, 2013: We await with trepidation any further attempt to resurrect Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan. What do you do with a horse that has been flogged, beaten, and is already dead?

LV County Championship 2012: Friday, April 20

Feb 25, 2013: 8pm: Alex Winter at Kent v Gloucestershire

Deccan Chargers

The catch that wasn't

Feb 25, 2013: On Tuesday, Deccan Chargers coach Darren Lehmann was fuming after his team put down three chances en route to defeat against Rajasthan Royals

Australia in the West Indies 2011-12

Am I wrong in not caring about the IPL?

Feb 25, 2013: The reason English viewers aren't all that interested is not because the IPL is Indian

Insects

Biblical plagues? We’ve got those

Feb 25, 2013: It’s Kings XI v KKR, starring a cast of flying thousands

Deccan Chargers

Friendships put to the test

Feb 25, 2013: Some of the magic of the IPL is the friendships it breeds between players from different countries