Bulgaria

Bulgarian cricket stops play

Feb 25, 2013: A Bulgarian travel blog has an interesting (albeit rather confusing) report on the poor state of the country's pitches which it blames on the insect of the same name

Nepal

Nepal qualify for U-19 World Cup

Feb 25, 2013: Nepal have qualified for next year's Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia after defeating a spirited Afghanistan side by 48 runs in the final of the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Elite Cup at the Kinrara Oval

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in England, 2007

The 'real' Old Trafford

Feb 25, 2013: A visit to the Old Trafford of football, and Robin Singh makes a mess of things at a press conference, much like India's fielding

Under-19s

Botswana shock Uganda in U-19 qualifiers

Feb 25, 2013: Botswana produced the shock of the Africa Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers when they Uganda by 27 runs to reach the semi-finals in Benoni on Monday.

Wheater stars in Essex win

Feb 25, 2013: Some may say the Floodlit Cup is just another county money-spinner

The heavy price of cost-cutting

Feb 25, 2013: It didn’t have to be this way

Yorkshire

Yorkshire release young trio

Feb 25, 2013: Yorkshire have released a trio of young second XI players

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in England, 2007

The reverse speed barrier

Feb 25, 2013: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan ponders how slow can a bowler get in international cricket

Commentary

Warne's top 50 cricketers

Feb 25, 2013: The countdown has begun in the Times

Australian cricket

Players want privacy protection on drugs

Feb 25, 2013: As Cricket Australia finalises its illicit drug-testing code, Australia’s players have asked for guarantees their privacy won’t be compromised

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in England, 2007

The inimitable Jeeves

Feb 25, 2013: Percy Jeeves turned out for Warwickshire against the Australians and South Africans in 1912 and was tipped as a fine prospect by PF Warner, that shrewd judge of talent

Politics

ICL: A welcome corporate headache

Feb 25, 2013: Players have the right to play in the league they find most attractive without ruling themselves out of international selection

Australian cricket

Jones eyes place on Cricket Victoria board

Feb 25, 2013: Dean Jones is pushing for a spot on Cricket Victoria’s board but there are concerns over a conflict of interest because of his role in the Indian Cricket League

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in England, 2007

Remember Rashid Patel?

Feb 25, 2013:

Who is your county's best XI of all time?

Feb 25, 2013: Here

More than just a little bit of copper

Feb 25, 2013: And now for something a little bit different

English cricket

Why England must turn to Monty Panesar

Feb 25, 2013: Michael Atherton says in the Sunday Telegraph that England must pick Monty Panesar as he is potentially England's best modern one-day spinner

China

China can help cricket's Olympic bid

Feb 25, 2013: Syed Ashraful Huq, the chief executive of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) believes that China's foray into the game will boost the chances of cricket making it as an Olympic sport.

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in England, 2007

The elusive century no.42

Feb 25, 2013:

How BCCI slept over its own 'ICL'

Feb 25, 2013: Chandresh Narayanan, writing in the Times of India , traces the origins of the Indian board's own professional league.