Champions Trophy 2006

A brain-dead bowling display

Feb 25, 2013: by Dileep Premachandran

Australian cricket

'Square eyes' gives Australia World Cup edge

Feb 25, 2013: Australia are using the Champions Trophy to collect masses of data ahead of the World Cup , Ben Dorries reports in The Courier-Mail

English cricket

Pietersen rips up form book

Feb 25, 2013: Following Kevin Pietersen’s match-winning 90 yesterday, which handed England a consolation win over the West Indies, Simon Wilde in the Sunday Times says form matters not-a-jot for him:

English cricket

Video of Vaughan on the Ashes

Feb 25, 2013: There’s a video of Simon Hughes interviewing Michael Vaughan at The Telegraph today

Champions Trophy 2006

England end the drought

Feb 25, 2013: Andrew Miller

Australian cricket

Passion saves Shane

Feb 25, 2013: Following a painful breakup with fiancee Kym Johnson last year, and a serious shoulder injury which made matters worse, Shane Watson has rebounded

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan and George Binoy at the 2006 Champions Trophy

Of evesdropping and private conversations

Feb 25, 2013: Dravid didn’t hide his disappointment when asked about the media “blowing up” what Chappell had told the team, telling them about how they “slouch” and “joke” and “loiter” and blah

Australian cricket

Fishing it out

Feb 25, 2013:

Australian cricket

Gilchrist's decade of fulfillment

Feb 25, 2013: Ten years ago, around this time of the year, a promising wicketkeeper batsman set foot on the tarmac of New Delhi's airport at 2 AM, called upon as an emergency replacement for the injured Ian Healy

Australian cricket

The highs and lows of Michael Clarke

Feb 25, 2013:

Champions Trophy 2006

Getting the team selection all wrong

Feb 25, 2013: India's decision to go in with four medium pacers in the match against West Indies was a strange one

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan and George Binoy at the 2006 Champions Trophy

Motera is the new Mohali

Feb 25, 2013: Anand Vasu was in a for a pleasant surprise when he found out that folks at the Gujarat Cricket Association are even friendlier than the ones at Mohali

English cricket

'Harbhajan cuts his hair. Monty is not cutting his hair'

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck visits Ludhiana to discover the roots of England's latest spinning sensation, Monty Panesar, and meets his uncle Pritpal Singh Panesar.

A win, but there's room for improvement

Feb 25, 2013: Ramnaresh Sarwan

Champions Trophy

A dismal end to a dismal time

Feb 25, 2013: Pakistan left the Champions Trophy with dishonour today

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan and George Binoy at the 2006 Champions Trophy

It's in the stars

Feb 25, 2013: The Australians might be the bookies' favourite to win against India, but astrologers - 'leading' ones of course - predict differently

Italy

Italian Cricket Federation finals

Feb 25, 2013: Italy isn't yet a hotbed of cricketing talent, but that hasn't stopped the annual Italian Cricket Federation finals taking place, as reported by the ECC :

Champions Trophy 2006

Cosy in their comfort zones

Feb 25, 2013: Dileep Premachandran

Bermuda

Bermuda board silent over contract talks

Feb 25, 2013: Less than a week before the national team depart for their tour of Africa, the Bermuda Cricket Board is still refusing to comment on the ongoing contractual wrangling which has cast a large shadow over the team’s preparations.

Bermuda

Veteran Marshall in bid to rejoin national team

Feb 25, 2013: Former Bermuda captain Charlie Marshall wants to be reinstated to the national cricket programme and is willing to settle his differences with Bermuda Cricket Board.