English cricket

A summer of hope for English cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Michael Atherton writes in the Times that with England hosting the World Twenty20 and the Ashes, and with no other major sporting distractions during the summer, the ECB had a golden opportunity to showcase English cricket

Rain-shortened games are helping teams with more bowling options

Feb 25, 2013: it was too much of a good thing, this ipl

Indian Premier League

Finding humour in rumour

Feb 25, 2013: The mystery of the "fake IPL player" deepens

Lawrence Booth and Sriram Veera on the Indian Premier League

Fifty years of fighting for justice

Feb 25, 2013:

Vaughan the artballer

Feb 25, 2013: Michael Vaughan was at Lord’s the other day

Indian Premier League

Rollercoaster ride for IPL fans in Durban

Feb 25, 2013: It's ironic that one of the main reasons given by IPL commissioner Lalit Modi for preferring South Africa to England as the venue for the IPL was the (good) weather

Indian Premier League

IPL brings the good, the bad, and Modi to Cape Town

Feb 25, 2013: There is plenty that is good about the self-professed greatest show on earth, but it must be careful not to over-reach itself, writes Lawrence Booth in the Guardian .

Offbeat

Everest conquered

Feb 25, 2013: They’ve done it

Indian Premier League

Sachin on Sanath

Feb 25, 2013: They are rivals when opening for their countries but Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya have come together to form a formidable opening combination for the Mumbai Indians

IPL

IPL - The view from Old Blighty

Feb 25, 2013: Perhaps the cruellest ordeal of all for these prisoners is that they are not allowed to tell the truth about a particularly hideous piece of merchandise that regularly appears on our screens

The President meets the Prince

Feb 25, 2013: George Bush tried – and failed – to swat a tennis ball with a cricket bat on a trip to Pakistan in the dog days of his presidency, but the meeting between Brian Lara and President Barack Obama in Trinidad was an altogether more successful affair.

Kenya

Qualification doesn't stop Kenya's media crusade

Feb 25, 2013: Again Kenya's Standard , through its sports editor, can’t help but sing to the tune of those who oppose Cricket Kenya , using the team’s qualification for the next World Cup as another attack on the executive

Guernsey

Guernsey warm up for WCL Division Seven

Feb 25, 2013: Tony Munro

Blogger bounces Knight Riders

Feb 25, 2013: Things just aren’t going right for the Kolkata Knight Riders

Interesting Start to IPL Season 2

Feb 25, 2013: must admit i was a bit intrigued by the choice of sachin tendulkar as man of the match

“How” meets “How Much” in Cricket

Feb 25, 2013: there is a world of difference between ‘how’ and ‘how much’

Brunei

Brunei season gets underway

Feb 25, 2013: The cricket season in Brunei kicked off at the weekend with two exhibition matches

Age of Khan

This could be your moment Younis

Feb 25, 2013: This period will be a test of leadership

Indian Premier League

Flintoff beats Pietersen in IPL battle

Feb 25, 2013: If Saturday brought one or two murmurs about the $1.55m price tag slapped on Andrew Flintoff, last night quelled the chatter

English cricket

Raise a glass to the monarch of the counties

Feb 25, 2013: David Foot, chronicler of county cricket, celebrates his 80th birthday, his enthusiasm for the game as bright as ever, writes Frank Keating in the Guardian .