Australian cricket

Warne signs-on for St Kilda

Feb 25, 2013: About 1000 fans follow Shane Warne back to his club roots as he makes a rare appearance for St Kilda

Australian cricket

Searching for the next Hayden

Feb 25, 2013: With Matthew Hayden’s one-day sacking there is a vacancy at the top of the order

English cricket

Girls! It's absolutely outrageous!

Feb 25, 2013: "Did you know that Brighton College are playing girls in their First XI

Australian cricket

Simpson's take

Feb 25, 2013: Bob Simpson, the former Australian captain, lays out the several problems affecting the game in the country and suggests methods to combat them.

Ashes

Streaked hair and close shaves

Feb 25, 2013: The haircuts were new age and the attacking play was revolutionary but, writes Poet Laureate Andrew Motion , it was cricket ancient as much as modern that made the summer so compelling.

South African cricket

Smith's myth

Feb 25, 2013: Is Graeme Smith the best man to lead the World XI side

The new ultimate?

Feb 25, 2013: Neil Manthorp wonders if the Super Series will become a new 'ultimate' in cricket and if selection to the World XI would guarantee millions.

Australian cricket

All-round view

Feb 25, 2013: In The Age , Brendan McArdle predicts the increasing demand for allrounders in Australia

West Indies cricket

Good spirits in Barbados

Feb 25, 2013: West Indies are soon to take on Australia in a three-Test series and, while some are writing them off, others say it could be a close contest

Indian cricket

Aloof, arrogant, gentle and gracious

Feb 25, 2013: Although Sourav Ganguly may have upset Greg Chappell and Andrew Flintoff, Angus Fraser writes on his several redeeming features

Indian cricket

Monopolies and customers

Feb 25, 2013: Writing in The Indian Express Harsha Bhogle looks at the whole crisis in Indian cricket from a business perspective and writes:

Indian cricket

A game of toss, turn and trouble

Feb 25, 2013: Despite the success of the Ashes series, in The Guardian Mike Selvey flags that all it not well in many areas of world cricket.

Indian cricket

If you can’t fix it, cc it

Feb 25, 2013: Producing emails and letters for public consumption is the in-thing these days

English cricket

Globetrotting KP

Feb 25, 2013: Life since England's Ashes triumph has been hectic for a high-flying Kevin Pietersen, writes Greg Baum in The Age

Offbeat

Time for tea?

Feb 25, 2013: Standing on a pitch all day and concentrating over every ball is hard and tiring work

Indian cricket

It is reliably learnt ...

Feb 25, 2013: At the end of the most-awaited Review Committee meeting in recent times, Ranbir Singh Mahendra, the Indian board president, said, "No player, captain or coach will write or have any interaction with the media on this issue."

New Zealand cricket

Beware the agony of Cairns

Feb 25, 2013: Richard Boock warns against writing off Chris Cairns, who was recently dropped for the South African tour , and writes: "Cairns might be in the autumn of his career, but he remains a cut above most domestic practitioners."

Ashes

From King of Spain to King of Spa

Feb 25, 2013: As if being King of Spain wasn’t regal enough, Ashley Giles has now been made an Honorary Citizen of Droitwich

Offbeat

If not for the Ashes ...

Feb 25, 2013: ..

Ashes

Where were you when ... ?

Feb 25, 2013: Now that the excitement is just about dying down, The Guardian asked a swathe of professionals - including Shaun Udal and Mark Ramprakash to rake over the Ashes by recording their personal highs and lows, and picking out who, for them, had been