China

China delighted with Rashid

Feb 25, 2013: The Cricket Association of China, in a letter sent to the Pakistan Cricket Board, has praised the services of former Test player Rashid Khan who has been working with it as coach for the last two months

Ashes

Warne's magic Melbourne moment

Feb 25, 2013: Shane Warne’s 700th wicket really was memorable stuff – he did it on his home ground, on Boxing Day, with a typical legbreak and went on to take four more

Oman

Breakaway in Oman over national selection

Feb 25, 2013: A group of Omani national cricketers are trying to form a breakaway group after the Oman Cricket Club, who run the game in the country, backed by the Sports Ministry, refused to bow to their demands for more representation in the national side.

Kenya

Damned if they do ...

Feb 25, 2013: Our old friend Chris Tsuma has used the season of goodwill to all men to have another one of his digs at Cricket Kenya, although at least this time he has stopped short of saying that the return of Sharad Ghai would signal the dawn of a new era of

Australian cricket

Celebrating a trio of Australian icons

Feb 25, 2013: The imminent departure of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath from the Australia side might be giving parochial fans conniptions but as Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald , the pair should be celebrated, not mourned.

Uganda

Uganda to tour Kenya in January

Feb 25, 2013: Uganda kick of 2007 with a tour to Kenya in January where they will play a select Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA XI) side, Kenya, Canada and Bermuda.

English cricket

Leaderless ship won't make waves

Feb 25, 2013: In The Observer , former England offspinner Vic Marks takes a look at the one-day squad … Harmison out, Panesar in - and all captained by..

Real life

Goodbye Mr Clinical

Feb 25, 2013: You wait ages for a bogeyman’s retirement, then two come along at once

Notes

Cricket season's greetings

Feb 25, 2013: One day, the story goes, a barracker from the hill shouted to Ken Mackay: 'Piss off Slasher

Analysis

Retirements expose missing link

Feb 25, 2013: Peter English

Indian Cricket

Livewire from laidbackwaters

Feb 25, 2013: Sreesanth's spunk epitomises the new Kerala, shed of the leftist influence that saw cricket as an elitist sport, writes Anil Nair

Australian cricket

Aussie Exodus

Feb 25, 2013:

Australian cricket

McGrath - caravans, coaching and meeting AB

Feb 25, 2013: In his News Ltd column Glenn McGrath looks back at his wonderful career and the 13 months in the caravan

Bermuda

Bermuda delay picking World Cup squad

Feb 25, 2013: Bermuda have delayed naming their squad for the World Cup, citing " a number of factors" leading to the board waiting until February 11, just before the ICC's deadline, to name the final 15.

Glenn McGrath: The sting in the tail

Feb 25, 2013: Glenn McGrath’s post-practice press conference to announce the end of a career so splendoured seemed extraordinarily subdued, like the Rolling Stones being reduced for their farewell gig to playing covers in a pub.

The drugged cricketer

WADA yadda yadda

Feb 25, 2013: WADA's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport is an unusual one in that it is bypassing cricket's ruling body

Women's cricket

A true trailblazer still

Feb 25, 2013: Rachael Heyhoe-Flint’s name will be forever synonymous with women’s cricket

World Cup 2007

Qawali: the spirit of '92

Feb 25, 2013: A confession: thanks to my iPod I have recently rediscovered qawali

Australian cricket

Ponting didn't want to hear Warne news

Feb 25, 2013: Shane Warne writes in his News Ltd column about how he dropped the retirement news to Ricky Ponting.

Real life

Timing, Shane

Feb 25, 2013: We were expecting two retirements today, and we got them – but only one was expected