Australian cricket

I'm going after 600 Test wickets' - McGrath

Feb 25, 2013: The Sportstar interviews Glenn McGrath , the man who has the highest number of scalps for any fast bowler, 67 per cent of whom are batsmen number one to six in the batting order.

Australian cricket

Fat chance

Feb 25, 2013: Former Victoria wicketkeeper Darren Berry writes on the excessive importance given to fitness.

Uncle Cricket lands himself a nice little earner

Feb 25, 2013: John Dyson looks at Pakistan's most celebrated cricket fan , Abdul Jalil, or Chacha Cricket (Urdu for Uncle Cricket), and Jimmy Saville, the cheeleader for the Barmy Army:

Australian cricket

The first black man to play Test cricket

Feb 25, 2013: With the West Indies now engaged in a Test match in Tasmania for the first time, it's timely to revive our memories about Sam Morris , the first West Indian and the first black man of any nation to play Test cricket

South African cricket

Quota system in action

Feb 25, 2013: Ray White, a former UCB president, goes to watch a top of the table clash between the Highveld Lions and the Cape Cobras at the Wanderers and writes about the quota system in action

Indian cricket

I’m happy being Ajit Agarkar

Feb 25, 2013: Agarkar, who turns 28 next month, spoke to Lokendra Pratap Sahi about his bowling, batting, being in and out of the team, playing under different captains and lots more

State of Indian cricket

The question that gives me the shivers

Feb 25, 2013: Earlier posts: intro , 1 , 2 .

Excessive under-appealing

Feb 25, 2013: It seems that when Matthew Hoggard was fined for dismissing Salman Butt in the first Test, it wasn't because of overappealing afterall

State of Indian cricket

Chappell's brave gambit

Feb 25, 2013: Earlier posts: intro , 1 .

South African cricket

South Africa just can't get enough

Feb 25, 2013: Neil Manthorp writes on South Africa's red hot run:

West Indies cricket

A West Indian nadir

Feb 25, 2013: As West Indies floundered at the Bellerive Oval, Peter Roebuck and Mike Coward bemoan the fall of a cricketing pillar.

Forehead-clutching melodrama

Feb 25, 2013: Peter May writes on the nail-biting finish at Multan: England have faltered like the Nazis advancing on Stalingrad - marching forward with ill-deserved confidence and woefully ill-equipped for the conditions, the invaders’ weapons redundant

State of Indian cricket

Cricket and the Indian economy

Feb 25, 2013: Earlier post: Intro .

Match-turning balls

Feb 25, 2013: Bob Woolmer,the Pakistan coach, lists the magical moments that turned the first Test match between England and Pakistan at Multan.

Australian cricket

Hodge speak

Feb 25, 2013: On the day he made his Test debut, Brad Hodge writes that the wait is over, now it's time to put the head down and capitalise on a chance at the highest level.

Offbeat

A picture paints a thousand words

Feb 25, 2013: Jack Russell - he of wonky hats, baked beans and painter fame - has unveiled his depictions of the Ashes this summer, as reported in his local rag, the Bristol Evening Post :

Indian cricket

Warne's tiger-like eyes

Feb 25, 2013: Harbhajan Singh tells Lokendra Pratap Sahi that he would like to be an achiever in the Shane Warne mould.

Indian cricket

India's beefcakes under the spotlight

Feb 25, 2013: As cricket grows sexier by the day, Mid Day asked a bevvy of India's television actresses who were their best-loved heroes

State of Indian cricket

The state of Indian cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Welcome to our second discussion on Wicket to Wicket

Triumph of tradition over technology

Feb 25, 2013: Salman Butt's reprieve after replays of a possible run-out proved inconclusive was a triumph of tradition over technology , argues Richard Williams