Indian cricket

Kumble as Test captain

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck believes Anil Kumble would make a good Test captain for India

New Zealand cricket

Pinball wizardry needed for selection

Feb 25, 2013: Mark Richardson, the former New Zealand batsman, writing in the New Zealand Herald , offers his views on the team selected for the tour of South Africa

English cricket

Captain who saw his success as reason for team's failure

Feb 25, 2013: Justin Langer's positive move at Somerset may echo through county championship in 2008, writes Jon Henderson in the Observer .

Indian cricket

Munaf Patel: A question of respect

Feb 25, 2013: Munaf Patel, not picked in the Twenty20 side and dropped from the one-day team, is hurt by the constant questioning of his fitness and lack of intensity

Indian cricket

Sreesanth's new role

Feb 25, 2013: It seems filmmakers have spotted potential in Sreesanth, known for his on-field antics and drama

Indian cricket

Whither the timing, Dravid?

Feb 25, 2013: Times of India 's Joseph Hoover comes down hard on Rahul Dravid's decision to resign from the Indian captaincy.

Malaysia

Aussies run riot

Feb 25, 2013: Australia Under-19s walloped Malaysia by 183 runs in the first of two one-day friendlies at Kelab Aman in Kuala Lumpur yesterday

Twenty20

No reason to be grumpy

Feb 25, 2013: Even if the maths had been kind to the South Africans, writes Tom Eaton in the Mail & Guardian Online , they were simply not quick-witted enough to compete at the Twenty20 event

English cricket

Jack the goalie

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Indian cricket

A life less ordinary for Yusuf Pathan

Feb 25, 2013: Yusuf Pathan has always been in the shadow of his younger brother, Irfan

ICC World Twenty20

The psychological impact of a batting onslaught

Feb 25, 2013: Stuart Broad recently joined the list of bowlers who were hit for six sixes in an over when he was taken apart by Yuvraj Singh in the Super Eights stage of the ICC World Twenty20

Readers

Comment of the week: A pundit from Pakistan

Feb 25, 2013: How a reader's comments can be constructive, expressive and delightful

Derbyshire

Adnan released by Derbyshire

Feb 25, 2013: Hassan Adnan, the Derbyshire batsman, was not offered a new contract and has left the club after five seasons.

New Zealand cricket

Papps ready for South African fast bowlers

Feb 25, 2013: Recalled New Zealand Test opener Michael Papps reckons he has no lasting hang-ups about being hit by fast bowlers, writes Tim Dunbar in The Press .

Nigeria

Early start to Nigeria's season

Feb 25, 2013: Nigeria's season begins on October 7 this year, a couple of weeks earlier than usual due to a packed schedule .

Indian cricket

Ponting and Ganguly speak

Feb 25, 2013: Lokendra Pratap Sahi interviews Ricky Ponting on the upcoming one-dayers against India and talks to Sourav Ganguly on India's Twenty20 win in the Kolkata-based Telegraph .

Twenty20

The value of Twenty20

Feb 25, 2013: Twenty20 attracts to a point because it is not supposed to be taken too seriously, writes Rohit Brijnath in the Sportstar .

Indian cricket

Small towns, big dreams

Feb 25, 2013: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's remark: “A lot of players are coming up from small towns and they are mentally and physically tougher than those from cities" got Mid-Day 's Anand Naik thinking if it was indeed true that players emerging from smaller

Indian cricket

Dhoni - as tough as he looks

Feb 25, 2013: The first leg with captaincy has been more or less smooth for Mahendra Singh Dhoni

New age

Afridi halts the shots

Feb 25, 2013: I, for one, am disappointed with Afridi