Indian Premier League

Top-dog IPL seeks a new underdog

Feb 25, 2013: Watching the opening match of last year’s IPL, there had been several doubts in the minds of so-called cricket experts, including myself, that the road ahead for the tournament would not be easy once the novelty of its sideshow wore out, writes Kunal

Politics

No tears for this World Cup loss

Feb 25, 2013: Pakistan cricket must focus on what is important: ensuring that it retains a viable domestic structure and regular international cricket

Will Luke at the World Cup Qualifiers 2009

Net run-rates are so much fun

Feb 25, 2013: Even when Scotland took the final wicket to beat UAE, not only did we not know who had qualified for the 2011 World Cup, but we weren’t sure which six teams had ODI status

Kenya

Tikolo to bow out before World Cup

Feb 25, 2013: Kenya captain Steve Tikolo, who has played in four World Cups, has said he will not play in the 2011 World Cup

ICC World Cup Qualifiers

'The most famous day in Afghanistan cricket' - Hassan

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ICC World Cup Qualifiers

Canada, Kenya and Netherlands book World Cup spots

Feb 25, 2013: Ireland, Canada, Netherlands and Kenya have qualified for the 2011 World Cup, but the headlines will once again be stolen by Afghanistan who have secured ODI status with victory over Namibia

Test cricket

Ananth answers readers' queries - 1

Feb 25, 2013: A number of readers had raised queries requesting me to answer those

Uganda

Lara to visit Uganda in June

Feb 25, 2013: Brian Lara is expected to visit Uganda in June, according to the Daily Monitor

South African cricket

Morkel steps into Ntini's shoes

Feb 25, 2013:

Indian Premier League

There's R450,000 here!

Feb 25, 2013: The IPL is clearly making its presence felt in South Africa, sometimes in unconventional ways, as a local businessman found out to his utter surprise

England in West Indies 2008-09

What goes on tour ... no longer stays on tour

Feb 25, 2013: Regular viewers of England Test matches will recognise Phil Brown, the freelance photographer whose loud shirts and unkempt features make frequent unscheduled appearances on the screen, particularly during lulls in play and post-match media melees

Samir Chopra

No tension cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Sure, it was interesting to note Delhi players running up to McGrath and Asif to congratulate them on a wicket

English cricket

Samit Patel tries to win the fat war

Feb 25, 2013: Termed 'unfit, fat and lazy' by Kevin Pietersen, Samit Patel is working his way back to fitness with much rigor at the gym in the hope of making an early international comeback

Indian Premier League

Cricket, not glamour, must be the show stopper

Feb 25, 2013: Harsha Bhogle, in the Indian Express , gives a lowdown on what teams can expect from the conditions in South Africa as compared to last year's frenzy in India

Indian Premier League

Was royalty bestowed on Warne by chance?

Feb 25, 2013: The best thing that happened to the Rajasthan Royals, the inaugural IPL champions, might have occurred by chance

Harbhajan and Symonds are now team-mates

Feb 25, 2013: Introducing ESPNcricinfo's Page 2, a space where entertainment is the sole objective

Australia in South Africa 2008-09

SA youngsters outperform Australian counterparts

Feb 25, 2013: Neil Johnson, writing in the Witness , says the performances of South Africa's newer players, such as Wayne Parnell and Roelof van der Merwe, and the relative failure of Australia's less experienced players to make an impact, proved critical in

South African cricket

Aubrey Faulkner, a unique South African

Feb 25, 2013: Benedict Bermange, in a guest column on the Supersport website, traces South Africa's knack of producing top-quality allrounders to Aubrey Faulkner, who, a century ago, was establishing himself in the national team.

Indian Premier League

'We'll be keeping Indian spice in the IPL'

Feb 25, 2013: Shane Warne, in the Times , writes of his experience with Rajasthan Royals in South Africa so far, and the interesting interactions he's had with some of the Indians in the squad.

English cricket

Flower, the best man available for the job

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