Sri Lanka cricket

Sri Lanka's top-order gamble

Feb 25, 2013: The decision to promote Mahela Jayawardene as an opener has shoved Upul Tharanga, who has a decent one-day record, down the order

Jesse Ryder

The Jesse and Macca no-show

Feb 25, 2013: So McMillan didn't want to box

World Twenty20 2012

Malinga the mascot

Feb 25, 2013: With his distinctive hairstyles and sling-shot bowling action Lasith Malinga is one of the most marketable cricketers in Sri Lanka

LV= County Championship, Friday June 8

Feb 25, 2013: 7pm: Alex Winter closes proceedings

Indian cricket

Has Rohit Sharma lost his way?

Feb 25, 2013: Five years down the line, Rohit Sharma hasn't played a single Test, is not a permanent fixture in the ODI playing XI and is, if he is indeed picked, a floater in the batting order

English cricket

Proud to be compared to Jim Laker - Graeme Swann

Feb 25, 2013: England’s offspinner Graeme Swann needs five wickets in the third Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston to equal former offspinner Jim Laker's milestone of 193 wickets

West Indies in England 2012

Samuels' Hooperesque breakthrough

Feb 25, 2013: The fascination of seeing him finally crack the nut that is Test cricket

Flying cats and weather for ducks

Feb 25, 2013: Ever seen a flying cat

South African cricket

Remembering Hansie Cronje

Feb 25, 2013: Rohan Kallicharan, writing for All out cricket , recalls childhood memories of time spent with Hansie Cronje, ten years after the former South Africa captain’s death.

USA

Same old wall of silence from USACA

Feb 25, 2013: It is almost two months since the USA Cricket Association’s elections – enough has been said about those and the rows about the way they were conducted crumbles on – but, true to form, USACA has resumed the complete media shutdown which has been its

Test cricket

What is this primacy of Test cricket?

Feb 25, 2013: Time to be honest about the place Test cricket occupies in today's scenario, says Dileep Premachandran, in Wisden India .

Afghanistan cricket

Don’t Just Hit the Ball as Hard as You Can

Feb 25, 2013: Afghanistan’s new batting coach Umesh Patwal told India Real Time that his goal is to use the talent available in Afghanistan, to make the team compete with the best.

Kenya

Nairobi security issues forces matches to Mombasa

Feb 25, 2013: The venue of Kenya’s Intercontinental Cup match against Namibia has been shifted from Namibia to Mombasa after the ICC flagged ongoing security worries with playing in the capital.

Indian cricket

The field was his temple, cricket his God

Feb 25, 2013: Makarand Waingankar, writing in the Times of India , says Maharashtra batsman Vijay Bhosle , who scored 17 first-class centuries, was during the 1960’s, was one of the most unfortunate batsmen not to have played for India even after playing 110

Australian cricket

Australia's most underrated cricketer

Feb 25, 2013: Jonathan Howcroft, writing for backpagelead.com.au , says Victoria’s opener Chris Rogers , with 53 first-class centuries under his belt, is Australia’s most underrated batsman.

English cricket

Ashley Giles - from village green to Ashes hero

Feb 25, 2013: Former England left-arm spinner Ashley Giles took 143 wickets from 54 Tests and 55 wickets from 62 ODIs

LV= County Championship, Thursday June 7

Feb 25, 2013: 5.30pm: Alan Gardner rounds up the day

West Indies in England 2012

Can Narine outlast the mystery?

Feb 25, 2013: West Indies cricket has been playing a nauseating film noir movie on loop for over a decade now

Australian cricket

Attack is the best form of defence

Feb 25, 2013: Greg Chappell, writing in the Hindu , says that Australia’s selectors cannot be complacent about the development of their young fast bowlers as history shows that the team with the best bowling attack generally wins.

West Indies in England, 2012

'I want to get back into the one-day team' - Bell

Feb 25, 2013: Ian Bell, writing in the Independent , says he wants to play all formats for England and that Kevin Pietersen's decision to quit one-day cricket is a credit to Test cricket.