Australian cricket

Clarke grabs a stump and copies Bradman

Feb 25, 2013: Michael Clarke uses the stump-and-golf-ball technique employed by Don Bradman as a child to prepare for Australia’s home summer

Openers

Afridi: Back where he belongs

Feb 25, 2013: Shahid Afridi was on a roll today

Indian Cricket League

India's cash cow waits to be milked

Feb 25, 2013: The nascent Indian Cricket League, and the opportunities presented by the Twenty20 format, have attracted the attentions of the authoritative international affairs magazine, The Economist , which explores how the game could be changed for good by

West Indies cricket

One more insult

Feb 25, 2013: The West Indies Cricket Board has named a new coach for the West Indies team and, as good or as brilliant as John Dyson may be, I do not agree with it, writes Tony Becca in the Jamaica Gleaner .

When the Law is an ass

Feb 25, 2013: How reassuring, then, to read the comments of Syd Millar, chairman of the International Rugby Board, who believes his sport should be “freed up a bit” and “produce more options for players”

Cyprus

Gatting's MCC beat Cyprus...just

Feb 25, 2013: An MCC team, led by Mike Gatting, narrowly beat Cyprus by four runs last week

USA

USACA's legerdemain fails to impress

Feb 25, 2013: Cricinfo's USA correspondent Deb K Das reviews the so-called new USACA constitution and finds that it is all a bit familiar.

Australian cricket

Symonds won't tell Aussie crowds to behave

Feb 25, 2013: In the Australian , Malcolm Conn speaks to Cricket Australia’s public affairs manager Peter Young about the decision to drop plans to use Andrew Symonds as the face of its campaign for better crowd behaviour this summer.

Sri Lankan cricket

Rock the boat

Feb 25, 2013: Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors Ashantha de Mel who has strong political affiliations with the president of the country has used it to his advantage causing great damage to the game in the country, writes Sa'adi Thawfeeq in the Colombo-based

Australian cricket

Australia selectors spoiled for choice

Feb 25, 2013: The post-Ashes concerns that Australia would need to find replacements for three Test stars have died down, with plenty of contenders pushing their cases

English cricket

Being dropped hurts

Feb 25, 2013: Omitted from the England Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka, Andrew Strauss, in his column for the Telegraph , feels it's time for introsepction

Indian cricket

Bowlers who can move the ball at good pace

Feb 25, 2013: India’s bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad unveils his blueprint for the hectic season ahead

Australian cricket

Symonds calls for good crowd behaviour at home

Feb 25, 2013: Andrew Symonds has used his column in the Sunday Herald Sun to say he doesn’t want to see any ugly chanting at India's players during Australia’s summer

Australian cricket

$6.5m gallery for Bradman museum

Feb 25, 2013: The Australian government are to invest $6.5m in a "cricket hall of fame" - two galleries showcasing cricket from 1970 onwards - to be built in Sir Donald Bradman's home town of Bowral

South African cricket

When sport is reduced to triviality

Feb 25, 2013: When it’s life and death you’re talking about, runs and wickets don’t carry quite the same allure, writes Neil Manthorp in the Supersport website .

Controversy

No room for bigotry

Feb 25, 2013: Our virtue as a nation is that we committed ourselves to an inclusive pluralism

Australian cricket

Captain Bradman ‘resented’ by team-mates

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Australian cricket

Cricket, crowds and racism

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Politics

A triumph of good sense

Feb 25, 2013: It would have been easy for the South Africans to curtail their tour and disappoint Pakistan cricket fans

Australian cricket

Ponting’s plea for no Symonds repeat

Feb 25, 2013: Ricky Ponting hopes there isn't a repeat of the chants directed at Andrew Symonds in Mumbai during the Twenty20 match in the same city on Saturday, reports AAP’s Tom Wald.