Australian cricket

Siddle's call-up a sign of a new direction for Victorian cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Siddle's inclusion to Australia's Test squad to play four matches in India has given Victoria reason to believe more cricketers can emerge from that state, reports Lyall Johnson in the Age

The first flashpoint?

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Indian cricket

Three slips, one gully

Feb 25, 2013: Rohit Mahajan, in Outlook , writes that Lalit Modi, the "fiendishly efficient" IPL boss, has his influence pared down.

English cricket

'I felt like a foreigner in the England dressing-room'- Graeme Hick

Feb 25, 2013: Simon Hughes speaks to Graeme Hick about his illustrious career, its highs and lows, and reasons for his limited international success

Indian cricket

The fine line between experience and experiment

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck, writing in the Hindu , feels that phasing out the old guard is a difficult process, particularly in the case of the current Indian middle order

Offbeat

Shane Warne: the musical

Feb 25, 2013: In the Guardian , Carrie Dunn says Shane Warne has songs such as Take the Pill (about his ban for taking a prohibition diuretic in 2003) and What an SMS I'm In.

Zimbabwe cricket

South Africa should not let Zimbabwe back in

Feb 25, 2013: Mtutuzeli Nyoka cannot be serious … an olive branch to Zimbabwe’s Peter Chingoka

Pakistan cricket

'I want to pay my country back for all that it's given me'- Mushtaq Ahmed

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Gary's laboratory

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Player diaries

Fiji's bankers and soliders prepare themselves

Feb 25, 2013: Although we haven’t won any of our practice matches, the Fiji boys feel ready for the start of the tournament on Saturday.

Indian cricket

'Will the BCCI ever learn?'

Feb 25, 2013: Chetan Narula, writing in Dreamcricket.com , feels the BCCI has many questions to answer

Allrounders

The best Test all-rounders: a follow-up

Feb 25, 2013: The previous post on allrounders received a high number of quality responses

Ashes

Matthew Hayden's long wait

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Australia in India 2008-09

Ganguly's problems at practice

Feb 25, 2013: Sourav Ganguly's first attempts at getting some practice ahead of the Test series against Australia didn’t go too well, the Times of India reported

English cricket

Durham's triumphant season

Feb 25, 2013: The Third Umpire blog hosts a review of Durham’s triumphant county season

England in India 2008-09

Pace can rattle India's batting order

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Indian cricket

Dream farewells can't be scripted in boardrooms

Feb 25, 2013: Harsha Bhogle, writing in the Indian Express criticises the idea of a VRS scheme for India's senior cricketers

South African cricket

Fast bowling factory closing?

Feb 25, 2013: Rob Houwing, writing on Sport24 , says he will be following the SuperSport Series as closely as possible for any signs of a true new tearaway shock bowler or two.

ICC

Power to the batting side

Feb 25, 2013: In the New Zealand Herald , David Leggat says that the latest tweak to the Powerplay rule, which allows the batting team to decide when either the second or the third Powerplay should be taken, will be a further advantage to the batsmen.

Stats

The best ODI bowlers

Feb 25, 2013: Arvind Iyengar crunches numbers and comes up with a list of the best ODI bowlers of all time on ESPNStar