A Hayden off-day in the league stage will help Chennai!

Feb 25, 2013: the most fascinating paradox at the ipl is that the first team into the semi-final has done so with very little contribution from its opening pair

West Indies in England 2009

England close in for the kill

Feb 25, 2013: England’s gains yesterday were not ill-gotten

World Cricket League

Gibraltar aiming to retain Division 7 status

Feb 25, 2013: Gibraltar captain Chris Rocca reflects on his start to the tournament

Australian cricket

The USA's down under wonder

Feb 25, 2013: He was born in London, grew up playing cricket in Australia, but now, aged 22, Josh Wells is living his dream, pitching for the Class A Lansing Lugnuts in the USA.

World Cricket League

Opening day washout in Guernsey

Feb 25, 2013: The opening day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 7 tournament in Guernsey was almost entirely washed out by persistent rain.

West Indies in England 2009

A frustrating second day at Durham

Feb 25, 2013: Ramnaresh Sarwan:

Twenty20

T20 bowling - a lateral look

Feb 25, 2013: It is my pet theory that it does not matter which bowler the captain bowls in T20

West Indies in England 2009

England need a fight before the Ashes

Feb 25, 2013:

Michael Jeh

Messing with Shaun Tait

Feb 25, 2013: Tait can have no complaints about missing out on a contract

Twenty20

The lure of T20 matches irresistible

Feb 25, 2013: During the week viewers were given the choice between watching a shivering and lacklustre West Indian team going through the motions in a five-day match and the last over dramas offered by Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore

West Indies in England 2009

Does Andrew Strauss see Chris Gayle in his sleep?

Feb 25, 2013: Chris Gayle's comment about Andrew Strauss was the single most menacing thing any sportsperson has ever said, writes Barney Ronay in the Guardian .

Afghanistan's unloved cricketers

Feb 25, 2013: The young Afghan cricket team may have achieved major victories, but their countrymen still distrust them, writes Reza Mohammadi in the Guardian .

Extras

In Defence of Sreesanth

Feb 25, 2013: The question though is, with a headline-hungry media, an instantly forgetful cricket watching public, and an unwilling cricket organisation - in the form of Captain and selectors - who will give him the chance

Mike Holmans

How IPL affects Test form

Feb 25, 2013: This is a very small sample from which to try and draw any conclusions, but the obvious one is that form is continuous from one form of the game to another

World Cricket League

Vettori and Bracken praise minnows' enthusiasm

Feb 25, 2013: Six teams will take the first step on the road to qualification for the 2015 World Cup on Sunday when the ICC World Cricket League Division 7 gets underway in Guernsey, and the minnows have been given a boost in spirit and profile by two high-profile

England cricket

Cricket's latest ghost writers

Feb 25, 2013: At the start of the English season, Lawrence Booth wrote on Cricinfo about the country-wide culling of cricket writers

Guernsey

All eyes on Guernsey

Feb 25, 2013: It’s not often that the eyes of the cricketing world take even a passing glance at Guernsey, but it is fantastic that we are staging the first qualifying event for the 2015 World Cup

Offbeat

Yuvraj attempts to break barriers

Feb 25, 2013: Durban has happy memories for Yuvraj Singh – it’s where he hammered Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over during the World Twenty20 in 2007

Indian Premier League

You can't drop sitters at this level

Feb 25, 2013: In T20 cricket we have now reached a stage where fielding standards are expected to be high; where really, an ordinary fielder rather than a brilliant one, should stand out

West Indies in England 2009

England punish West Indies' indifference

Feb 25, 2013: If it was a good day for England, who have the Wisden Trophy in their grasp, it was a good one, too, for Graham Gooch, who was watching from the press box