Commentary

Downhill skiing in Dubai

Feb 25, 2013: Writing in supercricket.co.za Neil Manthorp feels that in its efforts to maximise the value of all its 'rights', the ICC may well be forgetting the most basic and important rights of all

Indian cricket

Dravid is his own man, but has much to do

Feb 25, 2013: Only a faint-hearted captain might hand his coach the reins of the team, and all evidence of Dravid is to the contrary , writes Rohit Brijnath, in the Sportstar .

English cricket

Ashes hero Pratt gets another run-out . . . at football

Feb 25, 2013: It is not known whether Ricky Ponting follows English non-League football closely, but one fixture in the Arngrove Northern League second division on Wednesday evening may have aroused his interest, writes John Westerby in The Times .

ICC

Will he keep bobbing up like a bad hair day?

Feb 25, 2013: R Mohan, writing in the Deccan Chronicle , wonders how the ICC let off Darrell Hair so easily, the man at the centre of the ball-tampering row at The Oval:

Kenya

Media sniping undermines efforts to rebuild

Feb 25, 2013: The incessant sniping at the Cricket Kenya board continues in The Nation, Kenya's leading newspaper

Canada

Young Malton win Ontario Cricket Association Championship

Feb 25, 2013: Young Malton 255 (48.5 overs; Enos McDonald 90, Balaji Rao 44; Akbar Hussain 4-48) beat Canterbury 120 (33.4 overs; Tauseef Shamid 30; Puvendran Ravishankar 4-25) by 135 runs

Real life

Brett Lee's priorities

Feb 25, 2013: Brett Lee comes across as the most likeable man in the Australian dressing-room

Northamptonshire

Northants confirm contracts

Feb 25, 2013: Northamptonshire have announced that Usman Afzaal, Rob White, Stephen Peters, Paul Coverdale, Graeme White and Mark Nelson have signed new contracts with the club.

Surrey

Surrey trio agree new deals

Feb 25, 2013: Three Surrey squad members have all recently signed new deals with the club which will secure their services until the end of next season.

Stamp duty

Feb 25, 2013: Clayton Murzello meets who he says is “one of the most fascinating, yet unknown enthusiasts of the game”, a stamp collector who has amassed more than 30,000 cricket stamps in three decades of collecting

Uganda

Uganda apologise for dismal display

Feb 25, 2013: After the series whitewash against Kenya, the Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) has apologised to all stakeholders

USA

Jamaica and USA tie the knot

Feb 25, 2013: After more than a year of reports of more concrete links between the USA and the Caribbean being established, the city of Lauderhill in Florida has announced a deal with Falmouth in Jamaica to use the newly-constructed stadium in Trelawny to promote

Ashes

Hope abounds through fearless Flintoff

Feb 25, 2013: I feel distinctly uneasy, writes Simon Barnes in The Times

English cricket

A to Z of the English summer

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Commentary

Thank goodness common sense has prevailed

Feb 25, 2013: Thank goodness Inzamam has been properly called to account for his intemperate conduct at The Oval, writes Peter Roebuck in The Hindu

Ashes

Too many what-ifs

Feb 25, 2013:

Australian cricket

'We are trying to be Australia's No.1 sport'

Feb 25, 2013: As Australia gears up for a momentous and hectic summer, James Sutherland speaks to Jon Pierik about the key issues facing the sport.

Sussex

Sussex stick with winners

Feb 25, 2013: On the back of their County Championship and C&G double, Sussex have offered a clutch of their stars new deals.

Indian cricket

Vengsarkar: firm believer in performances

Feb 25, 2013: A failiure in his first Challenger Series outing doesn't necessarily mean the end of the road for Sourav Ganguly

Selection

Four bowlers or five?

Feb 25, 2013: