India in South Africa, 2006

When the tide turned

Feb 25, 2013: Siddhartha Vaidyanathan looks at eight turning points in India's tour of South Africa

Australian cricket

Short break for Warne and McGrath

Feb 25, 2013: The retirements of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath didn’t last long

English cricket

Freddie Flintoff Enterprises Ltd nets £1m

Feb 25, 2013: Maurice Chittenden reveals Andrew Flintoff, despite leading England to a 5-0 thumping, has netted over £1m this winter, through his company Freddie Flintoff Enterprises Ltd

Ashes

Stamping out the rot

Feb 25, 2013:

Scotland

Lockhart confident of taking his chance

Feb 25, 2013: Dougie Lockhart, the Scotland batsman who has been shunted up and down the order in recent years, will relaunch his international career this week when Scotland take on UAE in an Intercontinental Cup match at Sharjah

Australian cricket

Hussey given the ultimate honour

Feb 25, 2013: Justin Langer has made the all-important decision on who will take his place as leader of the team song, Beneath the Southern Cross

Australian cricket

Top ten Test teams

Feb 25, 2013: Simon Wilde has drawn up his Ten Best-Ever Test teams , in The Sunday Times with Warwick Armstrong's 5-0 winning Australia side of 1920-21 sitting at No.10 and Bradman's 1948 Invincibles not reigning at No.1

Ashes

Guests barely seen or heard

Feb 25, 2013:

Ashes

Australia up with the very best...ever

Feb 25, 2013: The plaudits continue to come Australia's way after their 5-0 whitewash with comparisons with the greatest teams of all time

English cricket

Fletcher must go

Feb 25, 2013: This tour has been a shambles from first to last, writes Geoffrey Boycott , and says he wants to see is the coach, Duncan Fletcher, taking responsibility for his mistakes and announcing that he will retire after the World Cup.

Ashes

Martyn comes out of hiding

Feb 25, 2013:

Scotland

Scots open their grand tour in heat of Sharjah

Feb 25, 2013: The Scotsman reports that Scotland’s cricketers set off on their longest-ever tour when they flew to Sharjah to prepare for a decisive Intercontinental Cup match against UAE.

Uganda

Uganda and Bankstown building unlikely partnership

Feb 25, 2013: In The Australian , Mike Coward reflects that while the Ashes series has generated massive revenues, the story is different beyond the Test world

Spinners

Qadir was the best of the lot

Feb 25, 2013: Kamran Abbasi puts forth ten reasons why Abdul Qadir was a greater spinner than Shane Warne

Ashes

Six moments which defined England's series

Feb 25, 2013: Andrew Miller picks six moments which defined England's series

Ashes

The contenders

Feb 25, 2013: Peter English looks at the players lining up to replacing Australia's retiring veterans

New Zealand cricket

McMillan determined not to sell himself short

Feb 25, 2013: After Craig McMillan flopped as a would-be salesman he was left a solitary career choice – weigh down his cricketing curriculum vitae by sheer volume of runs, writes Chris Barclay of the New Zealand Press Association.

Fifth Test, Sydney

Goodbye to all that

Feb 25, 2013: ‘I’d be upset if I wasn’t upset about it.’ Justin Langer.

USA

Concern grows over marketing deal

Feb 25, 2013: The ongoing mystery over the marketing deal agreed by the USA Cricket Association and Centrex continues, with the USACA refusing to provide stakeholders or the media with any information.

Scotland

Scotland keeper hints at retirement

Feb 25, 2013: Scotland’s wicketkeeper Colin Smith has told The Scotsman he could end a glittering career on a high by bowing out at the World Cup.