English cricket

English cricket's knight riders

Feb 25, 2013: If cricket has changed over the decades, so have the flashy wheels the players drive

Pakistan in England

Mentally out to lunch, on and off the field

Feb 25, 2013: Even when they've been on the field in this match, England have remained mentally out to lunch

Middlesex

Spearman to Middlesex?

Feb 25, 2013: There are rumours that Craig Spearman could be heading to Middlesex next season

Dileep Premachandran at the Sri Lanka tri-series 2006

'We need matches, brother'

Feb 25, 2013: They departed under the cover of darkness, an embattled team that wanted nothing more than to return home

Sri Lankan cricket

Blast takes away another Lankan dream

Feb 25, 2013: S Singh, writing in Mid-Day , a Mumbai-based tabloid, tells the story of Dmitry Ratnayake, forced to return to South Africa midway through a special Sri Lankan tour

Pakistan in England

Fanaticism fails to cast its shadow at The Oval

Feb 25, 2013: Simon Barnes finds sporting values to the fore despite supposed tensions at The Oval:

Pakistan in England

Hardly a cakewalk as Pietersen flops

Feb 25, 2013: The Daily Telegraph 's Martin Johnson writes on Kevin Pietersen's dismissal at The Oval and casts a funny look at the rest of the happenings on the first day:

Indian cricket

King of good times is 50

Feb 25, 2013: Sandeep Patil, former India dasher, turns 50 today

Australian cricket

Security guard in charge of Aussie bootcamp

Feb 25, 2013: Interested in a few details about Australia’s secret training exercise next week

Sussex

Montgomerie awarded benefit

Feb 25, 2013: Richard Montgomerie has been awarded a benefit by Sussex for 2007 after sixteen years' service to first-class cricket.

Offbeat

Chill, it's Mondegar!

Feb 25, 2013: The acknowledgements section in John Wright's book John Wright's Indian Summers has a curious mention - Cafe Mondegar, a well-known joint in Mumbai, and one which he frequented often

English cricket

Playing darts is my passion

Feb 25, 2013: Alastair Cook, the England batsman, talks about his real passion: firing darts

Commentary

Much ado about South Africa's departure

Feb 25, 2013: Forget the bomb, the perceived threat to security and the kith and kin concerned for their husbands, fathers and brothers

Australian cricket

Search set to start for Buchanan's replacement

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket Australia officials hope to announce a new coach in February to ensure a smooth transition after the World Cup, Jon Pierik reports in the Herald Sun .

Hampshire

Dimitri Mascarenhas awarded benefit

Feb 25, 2013: Dimitri Mascarenhas, the Hampshire allrounder, has been awarded a benefit for next season.

South African cricket

Of presidential security and white Corollas

Feb 25, 2013: Amid the tension in Sri Lanka, Neil Manthorp writes on the security situation:

English cricket

Hicky and I

Feb 25, 2013: Simon Hattenstone writes on his love affair with the great great, Graeme Hick:

Australian cricket

Ashes abuse hasn't happened yet

Feb 25, 2013: The predicted poor treatment of Australian crowds towards Monty Panesar and Sajid Mahmood has become a popular topic for the UK’s newspapers

English cricket

Pietersen's Porsche

Feb 25, 2013: Kevin Pietersen is selling his Porsche 911

Offbeat

Marvellous Monty joins the Singhs of praise

Feb 25, 2013: In The Guardian , Frank Keating writes on Monty Panesar and other great sporting Sikhs.