ICL and posterity

Feb 25, 2013: The historical significance of Zee's league is that it has goosed the BCCI into announcing the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition

Gloucestershire

Stayt awarded two-year contract with Gloucestershire

Feb 25, 2013: Gloucestershire have awarded Tom Stayt a two-year contract.

Ten positives of the ICC World Twenty20

Feb 25, 2013: Four days into the first major event to showcase cricket at its most bastardised and most, if not quite all, the signs are encouraging

Indian cricket

Rahul Dravid: A dignified exit

Feb 25, 2013: This was a fair time for Rahul Dravid to resign as the captain, feels Rohit Brijnath

Essex

Essex retain Floodlit Cup

Feb 25, 2013:

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Rusty Aussies cost punters millions

Feb 25, 2013: Australia were beaten by a younger, fitter, brighter Zimbabwe outfit on Wednesday, according to Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald .

S Rajesh and Andrew McGlashan at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20

Bhangra and beer bonhomie

Feb 25, 2013:

Twenty20 World Cup 2007

India v Pakistan: a maturing rivalry

Feb 25, 2013: Australia and England might now play the second most important match in international cricket but they do so with a friendly rivalry that the maturing rivalry of India and Pakistan must learn from and aspire to emulate

S Rajesh and Andrew McGlashan at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20

Not much time to recover

Feb 25, 2013: England were going through their pre-match routines, having throw downs, catching practice and the like before facing Zimbabwe

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Exciting, but still awful

Feb 25, 2013: Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , Peter Roebuck says he can't be content with Twenty20 given the nature of the format.

Uganda

Life bans for Ugandan duo

Feb 25, 2013: Patrick Ochan and Jimmy Okello have been banned for life by the Ugandan Cricket Association (UCA), after the duo went missing at the end of the ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Darwin.

Fiji

Squads announced for Australia Centre of Excellence

Feb 25, 2013: The ICC East Asia–Pacific (EAP) Development Program has announced its squads for the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane in November.

Zimbabwe cricket

Congratulations Zimbabwe

Feb 25, 2013: There’s not much to cheer in Zimbabwe these days, so you can forgive the state-run Herald newspaper, the only mainstream publication in the country, from going overboard after Zimbabwe’s stunning win against Australia

S Rajesh and Andrew McGlashan at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20

Ball-by-ball with pen and paper

Feb 25, 2013:

Essex

Essex beat PCA Masters XI

Feb 25, 2013:

S Rajesh and Andrew McGlashan at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20

Dr McGlashan checks in

Feb 25, 2013: With the match between Australia and Zimbabwe not starting until 6 pm, it seemed a good chance to get to the ground early and take a look at conditions

Netherlands

VRA Amsterdam secure hat-trick of titles

Feb 25, 2013: With an outstanding century by coach Ryan Maron – his third of the season – and a totally committed effort in the field, VRA Amsterdam took their third successive Hoofdklasse title on Saturday, beating Voorburg by 20 runs in the final

Netherlands

Dutch name side to tour India

Feb 25, 2013: A strong Dutch squad will fly to India next weekend to play four Twenty20 matches and three fifty-over games.

Essex

Andrew McGarry released by Essex

Feb 25, 2013: Essex have announced they will not be offering a contract extension to Andrew McGarry, whose existing agreement finishes at the end of the 2007 season.

South African cricket

Papering over the cracks in South African cricket

Feb 25, 2013: South Africa's thrilling victory in last night's opening encounter against West Indies at Johannesburg has given the ICC World Twenty20 the perfect start