England Lions: the team you often pick but never watch

Feb 25, 2013: Hell yeah

LV= County Championship, Friday May 4

Feb 25, 2013: 5.40pm: Father Christmas spotted

Indian cricket

The tragedy of overly building up Tendulkar

Feb 25, 2013: In bestowing upon Sachin Tendulkar the status of a god, we will eventually make him our victim, says Ajaz Ashraf in Pakistan's Daily Times .

West Indies cricket

West Indies fast bowlers will test England

Feb 25, 2013: The quality of West Indies’ fast bowlers in the 1980’s was a cut above the rest, with Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Joel Garner testing batsmen around the world

English cricket

The privilege of county cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Former Australian batsman Marcus North, who played for Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Lancashire during his career, says in the Sydney Morning Herald that he considers himself extremely privileged to be able to play county

Newsfile IPL 2012

Newsfile: May 4

Feb 25, 2013: Sangakkara asks overseas players to step up: As Deccan Chargers make a bid to close the gap between them and the other teams on the points table, captain Kumar Sangakkara has said the foreign signings in the team have to help ease the burden on the

West Indies cricket

Chanderpaul, the silent gatherer of runs

Feb 25, 2013: Now that Rahul Dravid has quit the international scene and Ricky Ponting's future is clearly in doubt; now that Sachin Tendulkar has been nudged towards a life in politics and Andrew Strauss's future is the cause for concern; who will be the next

Chennai Super Kings

Get your merch here

Feb 25, 2013: Short of IPL-branded tat

FA Cup final cricketers

Feb 25, 2013: With the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Liverpool only a few days away

IPL 2012

Home (dis)advantage

Feb 25, 2013: By Aamod Desai, India

Where have all the yorkers gone?

Feb 25, 2013: In this year’s IPL, on average about 40 runs have been scored at the death in the first innings for the first 35 matches

Indian Premier League

The man behind Daredevils’ supremacy

Feb 25, 2013: With eight wins in ten matches, Delhi Daredevils is the team to beat in the IPL this season

LV= County Championship, Thursday May 3

Feb 25, 2013: 5.25pm: Alex Winter at Glamorgan v Essex

West Indies cricket

'Cricket is theatre in the Caribbean' - Langer

Feb 25, 2013: Former Australian batsman Justin Langer, writing for cricketcountry.com , says if cricket is a religion in India, it is theatre and night club in the Caribbean.

Indian cricket

From hero to adorning a sideshow

Feb 25, 2013: Sunil Gavaskar, was, and always will be, the pioneer of modern Indian cricket, according to Tom Alter

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai's batting woes

Feb 25, 2013: IPL 2012 so far has thrown up quite a few surprises. Although Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were among the top run-getters in the league prior to the start of this season, their remarkably consistent run has been a revelation

Newsfile IPL 2012

Newsfile: May 3

Feb 25, 2013: Pollard faces another week on sidelines: Mumbai Indians’ allrounder Robin Peterson has said his team-mate Kieron Pollard is likely to be out of action for another week at least, because of his injured shoulder

Indian cricket

Criticism of Tendulkar's Rajya Sabha nomination unfortunate

Feb 25, 2013: Sachin Tendulkar’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha has been generally cheered by the nation

West Indies cricket

Chaos in the Caribbean

Feb 25, 2013: As West Indies arrive in England for the Test series, Stephen Brenkley writes that cricket in the Caribbean, once so joyous and victorious, is in an unholy mess

Indian Premier League

Are we killing the golden goose?

Feb 25, 2013: The success of the IPL in India has distorted the cricket landscape, writes Greg Chappell in The Hindu