Australian cricket

Cricket bosses can't handle wild ones

Feb 25, 2013: While it appears an embattled Andrew Symonds no longer fits in the evolving environment of the Australian cricket team, Robert Craddock says that when a player's life is spinning out of control, Australian cricket struggles to handle it

ICC World Twenty20

Twenty20's revolutionary skills rip up the rule book

Feb 25, 2013: The Guardian 's Mike Selvey is of the opinion that Twenty20 has found its place courtesy of phenomenal athleticism and invention

Cricket

Cricket rakes in the moolah

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket is growing increasingly lucrative, and the players don't seem to mind it, despite the adverse impact on Test cricket and the danger of dwindling national loyalties, writes Greg Baum in the Age .

Twenty20 World Cup 2009

It's the batting, stupid

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ICC World Twenty20

No Pietersen, no Plan B

Feb 25, 2013: England's over-dependence on Kevin Pietersen is looking really unhealthy and the inconsistency is glaring

ICC World Twenty20

Why Pakistan should win the World Twenty20

Feb 25, 2013: In the Times , Simon Wilde makes a strong case for either India or South Africa to lift the World Twenty20, but his heart goes out to a team which needs the trophy more than the rest - Pakistan

Ashes

England trip gives Hughes clues

Feb 25, 2013: In the Australian , Peter Lalor chats to Phillip Hughes about his recent stint with Middlesex and how it has helped prepare him for the Ashes.

ICC World Twenty20

World Twenty20 repeats the trick

Feb 25, 2013: Dave Tickner, in his blog on Cricket365.com , says the World Twenty20 has, so far, been an enormous hit except for the forgivable blips of the farcical opening ceremony and the ridiculously attired cheerleaders.

ICC World Twenty20

Dhoni's first major misstep

Feb 25, 2013: Vikas Singh, in his blog in the Times of India , says MS Dhoni's handling of the fiasco surrounding Virender Sehwag's injury represents his first major misstep as India's captain.

A tribute to fielders

Feb 25, 2013: Prem Panicker, in his blog Smoke Signals , pays tribute to the unsung heroes who rarely get the credit they deserve for their impact on the outcomes of cricket matches.

Australian cricket

Sport and booze are inseparable

Feb 25, 2013: In the Times , Michael Atherton wonders if he is alone in thinking that there is something deeply ambivalent about cricket's - sport's - attitude to alcohol

Indian cricket

Ojha has changed the thinking of modern spinners

Feb 25, 2013: In the Hindu , Makarand Waingankar writes that a delightful outcome of effective strategy management in the T20 format is the emergence and handling of spinners

Ashes

The origin of the Ashes and the right to burn

Feb 25, 2013: In the Guardian , Mike Selvey delivers a history lesson on the origin of the Ashes.

Ashes

Times turn for Katich

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Uganda

Lara opens new ground in Uganda

Feb 25, 2013: A new cricket ground has been built in Mbarara, the south west of Uganda, which was opened by Brian Lara

World Twenty20 2009

I hate being back-packed

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England cricket

The perils of Facebook

Feb 25, 2013: Steve Smith, the captain of Llandudno in Wales, has been banned for life and three other players suspended after insults against a rival side were posted on the club’s Facebook site.

Indian Premier League

In a hell called KKR

Feb 25, 2013: Kolkata Knight Riders had a tumultous IPL in South Africa - the entire team needed dialogue and, more importantly, shared understanding and focus

ICC World Twenty20

Ashes for England, history for Broad

Feb 25, 2013: Here are the Official Confectionery Stall Conclusions From Days 1 to 5 Of the World Twenty20

Ashes

Things to do in Leicester when you're dead

Feb 25, 2013: There are differing opinions over whether Australia's early exit from the ICC World Twenty20 will help or hinder their Ashes preparations