Ashes

Ashes grounds rated

Feb 25, 2013: Lord's unsurprisingly ranks as the top ground for an Ashes Test while Sophia Gardens is one of the least preferred among 45 county cricketers surveyed in the London-based magazine Property Week .

Ashes

The ultimate showdown

Feb 25, 2013: Nothing compares to the Ashes, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian

Ashes

The way we did it in 2005

Feb 25, 2013: An attacking Simon Jones, good form as a team and plenty of preparation

Michael Jeh

Out with the excuses, now

Feb 25, 2013: I’m firmly in the camp of those who think that this modern preoccupation with multiple coaches and support staff is a case of massive overkill

Indian cricket

Time for Sharma and Raina to step up

Feb 25, 2013: Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina have an abundance of talent, but their perfromances on the field haven't stacked up high enough

Ashes

Conveniently ignoring the truth

Feb 25, 2013: Simon Wilde, in the Times , reminds readers of a certain 5-0 whitewash which has been forgotten by the British media in the run up to the Ashes

Peter English on The Ashes, 2009

More toil for Hauritz

Feb 25, 2013: Nathan Hauritz must have thought his luck had changed when he was batting on the first day and the ball hit the stumps without removing the bail

Canada

Canada name Saini as interim president

Feb 25, 2013: Ranjit Saini has been appointed as interim president of Cricket Canada pending a permanent appointment in the coming months

Ashes

Don't bury the past, England

Feb 25, 2013: If England are really set on learning from history, of course, they don't need to look quite as far back as 90 years

Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2009

Instinctive cricket rules

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Haysman, who's off to commentate on the Sri Lanka-Pakistan series, is excited about the prospect of watching two teams who rely on instincts and sometimes throw the coaching manual into the sea

Australian cricket

The un-Australian prime minister

Feb 25, 2013: John Howard must be spitting out his tea in disgust at the comments of his successor as Australia’s prime minister, Kevin Rudd

Peter English on The Ashes, 2009

Disagreeing with Jack Fingleton

Feb 25, 2013: “The beauty of the Worcester ground, I think, is slightly exaggerated,” Jack Fingleton wrote in Brightly Fades the Don

Ashes 2009

Britain all set for the Ashes

Feb 25, 2013:

English cricket

One rule for one, one for Fred?

Feb 25, 2013: Andrew Flintoff's dodgy alarm clock has given the England management a difficult few days ahead of the Ashes after the allrounder missed the bus during their team-bonding trip to Belgium to view the war graves

Ashes

RIP Michael Vaughan’s Cricket Career

Feb 25, 2013: Obituary: Michael Vaughan’s Cricket Career (1993-2009)

English cricket

Who's the better leader?

Feb 25, 2013: Was Michael Vaughan a better captain than Ray Illingworth, whose 12 England victories trail behind his total but who won them when the pickings were not so easy from emerging nations such as Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and when the West Indies at their

Ashes

For old times' sake

Feb 25, 2013: Next week's Ashes will once witness proper cricket again, with a past that embraces a bit of chicanery and mutual loathing as well as great deeds and more affection, if you look for it, than there used to be

Peter English on The Ashes, 2009

The importance of Worcester

Feb 25, 2013: Worcester used to be the opening stop on Australia’s Ashes tour, but times changed itineraries and on this trip it is the second venue for the team, and my first

Ashes 2009

Ponting the mellow 'England' skipper

Feb 25, 2013: Things are a bit confusing in Worcester this week, with Australians sitting on both sides of the fence, and even Ricky Ponting forgot his allegiance

Freud in the slips

Feb 25, 2013: Both Test cricket and psychoanalysis are out of tune with a world that demands quick results