New Zealand cricket

A tailormade opportunity for Ross

Feb 25, 2013: David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald believes this could the season when New Zealand discover their new middle-order rock.

Australia in India 2008-09

Tendulkar stands tallest

Feb 25, 2013:

English cricket

Sate my appetite

Feb 25, 2013: The actor and comedian, Miles Jupp, is a frustrated man

Australia in India 2008-09

From here on

Feb 25, 2013: The quality of cricket in the first Test at Bangalore may not have been great, but the quality of contest was quite gripping

Papua New Guinea

The Barramundi gear up for Argentina

Feb 25, 2013: Tony Munro

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in Australia 2007-08

Settling down in Chandigarh

Feb 25, 2013: As the moon rises the buzz on the Chandigarh streets lifts from relatively quiet - from what I’ve seen in India - to buoyant, busy and honkingly loud

Australian Cricket

Kumble will answer Ponting

Feb 25, 2013: From Nicholas Angel, Australia Ricky Ponting has said that the disappointing form of his opposing captain Anil Kumble could turn into an issue for India at the selection table

Indian cricket

Vengsarkar's mistake as selector

Feb 25, 2013: From Mahesh, India As Dilip Vengsarkar made way for Srikanth, there was a fair bit of appreciation from the press, and from himself too, of his tenure

Australia in India 2008-09

Ponting: The best since Bradman

Feb 25, 2013:

English cricket

Lucre who's talking

Feb 25, 2013: Sri Lanka's decision to accept Lalit Modi's $70m offer is comeuppance for the ECB's reluctance to grant the nation Test matches in England, writes Gideon Haigh in the Guardian .

English cricket

Warne is right: Monty has not learnt since day one

Feb 25, 2013: Monty Panesar is a commendable bowler, yet his inability to learn from his own mistakes has been to his detriment, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

Wicketkeepers

Test wicketkeepers - an analysis

Feb 25, 2013: The toughest job in Test cricket is that of the wicketkeeper

Extras

Nothing 'rebel' about it

Feb 25, 2013: From Ashok Sridharan, India Let me clarify at the outset that these are no more than random reflections on the ICL

Indian cricket

The fixation with pitches

Feb 25, 2013: Ideally the Indians with three good medium pacers in the side should be going in for a pitch that will have true bounce and carry on the first two days, but the management is obsessed with the theory that two spinners should take a majority of

Australia in India 2008-09

Hot milk with turmeric for breakfast

Feb 25, 2013: Bananas, banana shakes, eggs and hot milk with turmeric form part of Sachin Tendulkar’s breakfast, according to the chef at the hotel at which the teams are staying in Mohali

Player rankings

Exciting to be among the elite

Feb 25, 2013: It is an honour to be named in the top 20 of the batting rankings, while I am delighted that the progress of Alicia Smith and Ashlyn Kilowan has also been recognised in the bowling rankings

ICC

The IPL: the last redoubt of capitalism

Feb 25, 2013: In the Age , Greg Baum considers the proposed US$70 million deal between India and Sri Lanka - a key plank of the agreement would be Sri Lanka's unconditional support for the IPL - which he believes is indicative of the currents in world cricket.

New age

Debate for the future 2: The English option

Feb 25, 2013: I have never been a fan of neutral venues but the predicament of Pakistan cricket calls for pragmatism

County cricket

Does the county format benefit players?

Feb 25, 2013: We don't have contracts at the state level in India and there is no benefit year even at the end of an illustrious first-class career

Allan Llewellyn on Australia in India 2008-09

Roads and rodents of Chandigarh

Feb 25, 2013: Chandigarh feels like it’s in a different country to Bangalore