Chile

Chile preparing for a hectic year

Feb 25, 2013: Tony Munro, Cricinfo's Beyond the Test World columnist, has written about Chile and their forthcoming preparations for the ICC tournament

Bowling

A few thoughts on intimidation and express bowling

Feb 25, 2013: Brett Lee is getting quite a few mentions in despatches in the cricket world, which is not surprising

Australian cricket

Missing McGrath and jolly Jayasuriya

Feb 25, 2013: The Daily Telegraph’s Tim Morrissey complains about Glenn McGrath’s resting from his home-ground and asks Cricket Australia to revisit its rotation policy

Cricket in the year 2020

Feb 25, 2013: Okay, so I picked the particular year as a lame Monday morning pun, but my point is to try and take a peek at what the game might look like fifteen or twenty years from now.

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in Pakistan 2005-06

The sight-screen puzzle

Feb 25, 2013: Sometime after tea today, both Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid got distracted

English cricket

Harold 'Dusty' Rhodes

Feb 25, 2013: Stephen Brenkley writes an interesting article on Dusty Rhodes , who played once for England in 1959 and who was called for throwing:

Nepal

Curfew equals cricket in Nepal

Feb 25, 2013: The NepalCricket.com blog has an excellent photo of children playing cricket in the street, following a curfew which left the roads empty .

Nepal

Nepali team photo

Feb 25, 2013: A photo of the Nepali team departing for the forthcoming Under-19 World Cup

Don't ignore history

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Atherton comments in the Sunday Telegraph that modern players are increasingly ignorant of the players that came before them

English cricket

The Big Interview: Andrew Flintoff

Feb 25, 2013: The Sunday Times have a "Big Interview" with Andrew Flintoff

Australian cricket

Will Warne be a good Neighbour?

Feb 25, 2013: Shane Warne’s life really will be a soap opera when he makes a guest performance on Neighbours .

India

A middle order nicety

Feb 25, 2013: They say sport is a great teacher

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in Pakistan 2005-06

Coming alive with Afridi

Feb 25, 2013: There's a certain aura that accompanies Shahid Afridi

Offbeat

Trading the bat for a shovel

Feb 25, 2013: Fancy your coach digging graves to make ends meet

Australian cricket

Martyn tempts fate, partner trusts his luck

Feb 25, 2013: Phil Jaques is a fine batsman and much more can be expected from him

If you lose to Pakistan, I will kill you: A fan to Contractor

Feb 25, 2013: Nari Contractor looks back at the 1960-61 series he played against Pakistan and talks about the pressure of playing against the arch-rivals.

Lifeless surfaces kill the contest

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck criticises the pitch at Lahore and hopes Faisalabad doesn't present a curate' egg

Zimbabwe cricket

The ignoble game

Feb 25, 2013: It's not just the cricket press ..

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in Pakistan 2005-06

A poet and three heroes

Feb 25, 2013: He wrote ‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha’, is credited with coming up with the idea of a separate state for Indian Muslims, and has a Test venue named in his honour

Offbeat

Jagger boxes clever for cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Ah, rock stars, they can be a demanding lot