Kenya

Odumbe takes swipe at Kenya's management

Feb 25, 2013: The increasingly-bitter Maurice Odumbe, who is in the final year of his ban for associating with a bookmaker, has launched a rather predictable swipe at the Kenyan board, blaming it for the country’s absence from the ICC World Twenty20

Indian cricket

The Gautam Gambit

Feb 25, 2013:

Twenty20

The rise of Twenty20, the fall of ODIs

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Selvey writes in the Guardian on the future of ODI cricket, which he feels is bleak, thanks to the rapid rise of Twenty20.

Indian cricket

Brave, new India

Feb 25, 2013: Rohit Sharma's 53-ball 80 carried India to an emphatic victory in the much-anticipated warm-up game against Pakistan on Wednesday

Twenty20 World Cup 2009

British Asians can electrify this World Cup

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Australian cricket

Symonds and 'weak officials' got it wrong

Feb 25, 2013: Robert Craddock writes in the Courier-Mail that Andrew Symonds was a player never humble enough to learn from his mistakes, governed by weak officials who let him get away with far too much for far too long.

ICC World Twenty20

India (and Scotland) a shoo-in for the finals

Feb 25, 2013: Exciting update: Andy's audio preview is here .

Twenty20

T20 Internationals - an analytical review

Feb 25, 2013: A detailed analysis of the Twenty20 internationals played so far

ICC World Twenty20

Five-nil England, unless it rains

Feb 25, 2013: Tomorrow at Lord's Paul Collingwood will lead England into the first match of the World Twenty20, a second coming for him in the role and one regained perhaps reluctantly and probably by default

Ashes 2009

Open slather on redhead Ronnie

Feb 25, 2013:

Sourav's second innings

Feb 25, 2013: What was probably the cricket world’s worst kept secret became public knowledge on Wednesday: Sourav Ganguly will join the ranks of former players-turned-commentators during the World Twenty20

Death in flight

Feb 25, 2013: Given the amount of time birds spend lounging on the outfields of the world’s cricket grounds, it’s a surprise that more don’t get killed by flying balls or speedy fielders.

Ireland

'What's the point of Associate cricket?'

Feb 25, 2013: Warren Deutrom, the chief executive of Cricket Ireland, has launched a stinging attack on the ICC and the way it handles cricket below Test level.

ICC World Twenty20 2009

England wear a good cause on their sleeves

Feb 25, 2013: With no shirt branding permitted during the ICC World Twenty20, England’s cricketers have chosen instead to wear a good cause on their sleeves for the duration of the tournament.

Michael Jeh

Do birth dates affect performance?

Feb 25, 2013: Are the best cricketers of our times born with talent or have they been unwittingly dealt the best hands in life, courtesy of their lucky birth date

English cricket

Inner turmoils of the opener's mind

Feb 25, 2013: David Foot, in his article in the Guardian , grapples with the issue of the decline of highly capable cricketers due to stress, arguing that cricket, like no other sport, is played in the head.

ICC World Twenty20

When will luck favour England?

Feb 25, 2013: Lawrence Booth, in his blog The Spin in the Guardian , tries to figure out why England have faltered in limited-overs cricket since the early 90's.

England cricket

Topley junior drops his chance

Feb 25, 2013: For young cricketers the chance to be asked to bowl in the nets at an international team is a dream come true, but for Reece Topley his encounter with Kevin Pietersen had a nasty end.

English cricket

The past and future of English cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Is English cricket struggling to leave its past behind, or, with the advent of Twenty20, forgetting its history a little too quickly

Mike Holmans

Super Dan and Ugly Brendon

Feb 25, 2013: Over the next three weeks we will see brilliance and incompetence, thrilling games and bad ones, beauty, courage, comedy, athleticism, determination, clumsiness, impudence, passion, triumph and despair