Offbeat

Shakespearean tragedies and psychological torment

Feb 25, 2013: Russell Degnan writes of Test cricket's enduring appeal

Australian cricket

Australia's male sensitivities riled

Feb 25, 2013: Australian male pride has been aroused by the news that Cathryn Fitzpatrick, women's cricket's fastest bowler, has been drafted in by John Buchanan to help the men's side prepare for the Super Test.

Indian cricket

Profits and losses

Feb 25, 2013: Harsha Bhogle writes in the Indian Express :

Six days to save the world

Feb 25, 2013: As the ICC’s Super Test starts, the consensus in the media seems to be that only a dramatic match is likely to save what, despite the best efforts of the ICC’s marketing men, has generally been a very disappointing couple of weeks.

Where have all the wicketkeepers gone?

Feb 25, 2013: Sanjjeev Samyal speaks to Darren Berry, one-time understudy to Ian Healy, who is upset at the quality of wicketkeepers today

Pick 'n' mix World XI looked doomed from the start

Feb 25, 2013: Amid rumblings that those in high places are not amused that the Super Series has been given a lukewarm reception in the press, Mike Selvey's column in the Guardian will hardly help

How much does she know about the game?

Feb 25, 2013: The question on everybody's lips is answered, in part, in today's Times :

Offbeat

Bradman's a tough cookie ... quite literally

Feb 25, 2013: An Indian biscuit manufacturer has paid a tribute to Sir Don Bradman by announcing it is to make biscuits bearing his name

West Indies cricket

A Caribbean Kerry Packer or the region's saviour?

Feb 25, 2013: A week ago billionaire Allen Stanford announced a $28 million investment in Caribbean cricket, mainly via a prestigious new Twenty20 series, but as the reality sets in, the debate has started.

Give the bowlers a break

Feb 25, 2013: The Courier-Mail’s Robert Craddock argues it’s time for the fast men to get some concessions in a batsman’s world.

Life in the fast lane

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Lalor in The Australian reports how the world's cricketers now have all the trappings of success:-

Staying on message

Feb 25, 2013: A superb assessment of the not-so-Super Series from Gideon Haigh in the Guardian :

Australian cricket

Nondescript at St Kilda

Feb 25, 2013: Sanjjeev Samyal watches Shane Warne get some action at his old club.

Sick or Super Series?

Feb 25, 2013: Let’s start the end-of-the-one-day Super Series debate in Melbourne with The Age , the city’s broadsheet

Born to lead the world

Feb 25, 2013: Graeme Smith’s captaincy of the World XI has received a mixed reception

Australian cricket

Proving points and looking forward

Feb 25, 2013: A player-column post today

Offbeat

A new girlfriend for Kevin

Feb 25, 2013: Kevin Pietersen has a new model girlfriend, having made the short hop from Paris to Caprice

Australian cricket

A hulkier blond Shane

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck feels it's the right time to pick Shane Watson in Australia's Test side:

English cricket

Got it taped

Feb 25, 2013: Children in inner city London are being introduced to a new kind of game - tapeball cricket - to get them into cricket, writes Matthew Pryor in The Times .

Made-for-television drama

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Lalor of The Australian writes on the potential of television :