Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in Pakistan 2005-06

Deep freeze

Feb 25, 2013:

Plunkett or Anderson? Or both?

Feb 25, 2013: Liam Plunkett, James Anderson...or both

English cricket

ACE cricket academy gets underway

Feb 25, 2013: There is an ACE cricket academy day at The Oval today, and the BBC have more on those involved

Australian cricket

Warne would quit 'for the kids'

Feb 25, 2013: Shane Warne has said he'll quit cricket if his children are at all affected by his divorce with his wife, Simone.

Siddhartha Vaidyanathan on India in Pakistan 2005-06

Foreign?

Feb 25, 2013: It’s been over 24 hours since IC 845 landed in Lahore

Australian cricket

Aussie cricket short on stars

Feb 25, 2013: Australia may have crushed the World, West Indies and South Africa this season, and unearthed a new-look middle order, but some former players including Mark Taylor and Michael Slater are concerned that the young talent is not coming through the

Australian cricket

When women are excluded, it's just not cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Emma Macdonald bemoans the fact the women find it difficult to stay on a level footing with the men as they move through the age group cricket teams.

Indian cricket

Ganguly's selection defies logic

Feb 25, 2013: The rights of the individual have been put before the interests of the team, says Peter Roebuck

The Players

Rahul Dravid: too

Feb 25, 2013: (continued from earlier post)

India

The importance of being Rahul Dravid: part one

Feb 25, 2013: If an avid follower of cricket were to be asked to sum up 2005 in the context of Indian cricket he would perhaps look into the distance for a few moments, tautly curved eyebrows accentuating his silence, and return with an honest answer: “Hard work.”

Messengers of peace

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket in Afghanistan has a bright future, as The Observer Sport Monthly magazine reports .

English cricket

Freddie creams it

Feb 25, 2013: OK, so we've had Freddie calendars, Freddie shirts, Freddie books, DVDs and even a threatened Freddie hit

South African cricket

'We're lucky to have Smith'

Feb 25, 2013: Robert Craddock says in The Courier-Mail it’s time for Australians to dip their lids to Graeme Smith, a feisty captain and unifying influence .

Germany

Bill Frindall joins German scorers association

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket Europe has an interview with the renowned scorer, Bill Frindall, otherwise known as the "Bearded Wonder." Frindall spoke with Wraye Wenigmann , secretary of German Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (DCUSA).

World Cup 2007

Providence Stadium on course

Feb 25, 2013: As has been mentioned elsewhere in the blogosphere, redevelopments for the construction of the Providence Stadium in Guyana are well on course for the 2007 World Cup

Australian cricket

Plonkers and dickheads

Feb 25, 2013: In the Guardian , Mike Selvey can hardly contain himself over Cricket Australia's latest marketing wheeze to use nicknames rather than player names on shirts for the Twenty20 clash with South Africa.

English cricket

Those who really deserved OBEs

Feb 25, 2013: Read Tanya Aldred's spin in The Guardian on who would be worthy of their OBEs and MBEs.

Australian cricket

Ponting – Simply the best

Feb 25, 2013: “If there are any doubters who believe Ricky Ponting isn't the best batsman in the world , try this one for size,” writes Jon Pierik in The Courier-Mail

English cricket

Get a degree in cricket history

Feb 25, 2013: Incredibly, it's true: you can now get a degree in the history of cricket :

South African cricket

All stand to applaud a Prince

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Coward praises Ashwell Prince’s century on day two in The Australian , his finest moment in Test cricket