China

Pakistan appoint coach to help China

Feb 25, 2013: Rashid Khan, the former Pakistan fast bowler, has been appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board to train young cricketers in China

Champions Trophy 2006

The politics of colour

Feb 25, 2013: If Loots Bosman's skin wasn't a golden brown colour, his appearance in the middle on Thursday afternoon would not have raised any eyebrows

Champions Trophy 2006

Gayle: The heavyweight beast

Feb 25, 2013: Instead of a seaming pitch and timid batsmen intimidated by the short stuff, South Africa found themselves up against a man who brooks no answers when in the mood

Champions Trophy

Dead dogs and dodgy grub no excuse

Feb 25, 2013: The South Africans were clearly beaten by the better team in Jaipur

Indian cricket

Jaffer’s inclusion: shock effects were felt everywhere

Feb 25, 2013:

New Zealand cricket

The fragile Champions Trophy

Feb 25, 2013:

Australian cricket

Will the WACA regain its pace?

Feb 25, 2013: Courtney Walsh – not the former West Indies fast bowler, but a journalist for The Australian - writes about the WACA groundsman’s search for soil that he hopes will give the pitch back its speed .

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan and George Binoy at the 2006 Champions Trophy

Footloose in the Pink City

Feb 25, 2013:

Administration

The Aussies sell a piece of their soul

Feb 25, 2013: On the field, things are going swimmingly for Australia

Drugs in cricket

Shoaib: What an almighty waste

Feb 25, 2013: The sight of Shoaib spreading his wings in celebration of a kill will become the stuff of legend, a DVD classic, a spook story that mothers will tell their would-be superstar children

West Indies cricket

Lara seen in a better light

Feb 25, 2013: After years of underperformance as a captain, wasted, unsatisfying years spent talking the talk and not doing the deed, Brian Lara has led his team selflessly and intelligently , writes Peter Roebuck in The Witness .

ICC

Cricket at the crossroads

Feb 25, 2013: This weekend's meeting of the ICC executive in Mumbai is likely to be one of the most important - and possibly rancorous - in its 97-year existence

Drugs in cricket

Firm but fair

Feb 25, 2013: After reading the report few can argue that in accepting the tribunal's recommendations of a two-year ban for Shoaib and a one-year one for Asif, the correct decision has been taken by the PCB

The drugged cricketer

A peculiarly Pakistani muddle

Feb 25, 2013: Amid the shame of the verdicts against Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, one aspect of this whole business is bothering me

Shoaib and Asif banned for drugs use

Feb 25, 2013:

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan and George Binoy at the 2006 Champions Trophy

Taking a reality check

Feb 25, 2013: There's been a lot of myth-busting during the course of the Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy 2006

Why the cricket has been fun this time

Feb 25, 2013: So what's been the Champions Trophy's secret

Politics

A call for stability and some leadership

Feb 25, 2013: In the wake of the Champions Trophy debacle, Pakistan cricket is besieged with cries for change

Bermuda

Bermuda settle contract dispute with players

Feb 25, 2013: After months of bitter wrangling, contract negotiations between the national team and the Bermuda Cricket Board have concluded in a long-awaited agreement on the eve of the team’s departure for a tour of Kenya and South Africa.

South African cricket

Minki van der Westhuizen the fans' favourite WAG

Feb 25, 2013: Minki van der Westhuizen has come out on top of a fans poll to find their favourite cricketers' WAG