Champions League Twenty20

IPL teams too blasé

Feb 25, 2013: An editorial in the Asian Age says that the IPL teams showed a lack of spirit in demanding conditions in South Africa and such attitude is leading to the erosion of a valuable property like the Champions League

What's wrong with commercialising cricket?

Feb 25, 2013: A journalist from a local news channel in Punjab recently questioned me about the growing commercialisation of Indian cricket

Sri Lanka cricket

Malinga is captaincy material

Feb 25, 2013: In his weekly column in Island Cricket, Russel Arnold suggests that Lasith Malinga, who has been named vice-captain of Sri Lanka's Twenty20 team, would have made a good captain as he is one who keeps a sharp eye on the game.

Champions League Twenty20

Glad I gave up keeping - Starc

Feb 25, 2013: Mitchell Starc started playing cricket as a wicketkeeper, he reveals in an interview in CLT20.com, and it was much later that he realised that his height held him in good stead for a bowling role

South Africa in Australia 2012-13

Going to Australia as favourites exciting - Smith

Feb 25, 2013: South Africa is going to Australia with their recently earned No.1 Test ranking at stake and Graeme Smith knows that Australia is never an easy place to tour. He talks to Neil Manthorp in the Supersport

Indian cricket

Yuvraj v Raina for No. 6

Feb 25, 2013: The No. 6 position has long been a troublesome spot for the Indian Test team, and the leading contenders for that slot ahead of the Tests against England are the returning Yuvraj Singh and the incumbent Suresh Raina

Australian cricket

Won't wait for the selectors to drop me - Ponting

Feb 25, 2013: Ricky Ponting talks to Ian Chappell about his retirement plans, his slump in form, his comeback and his preparation ahead of the upcoming international season in an interview in the Daily Telegraph

England in India 2012

Cook must play the long game

Feb 25, 2013: Alastair Cook has a massive responsibility as a captain leading his team on a tour to India, but that job will become significantly easier if he gets runs and bats long at the top, says Stephen Brenkley in the Independent

Doosra: Is it really a question of integrity?

Feb 25, 2013: John Inverarity has bowled me a doosra today with his comments about the doosra and integrity

England

Why the ECB was nice to Kevin

Feb 25, 2013: They had to pick a squad for India, innit?

Cricket

Phone hacking in 1934

Feb 25, 2013: Roy Greenslade in a blog in the Guardian, tells the tale of Trevor Wignall, a Daily Express journalist, who believed he had a scoop about the illness in the Australian camp during their England tour of 1934

English cricket

Lord's gets turf transplant

Feb 25, 2013: After the incongruous site of spectators watching Olympic archery from the Long Room during the summer, Lord's has now been transformed into what looks like a speedway circuit - but not for long

Indian cricket

India's domestic calender needs change

Feb 25, 2013: The Duleep Trophy, which was preponed to October from February by the previous BCCI technical committee, didn't have enough top-flight Indian players due to the Champions League T20

Indian Premier League

IPL's value has gone down

Feb 25, 2013: Although the Hyderabad IPL franchise was bought for double its purchasing amount in 2008, it is a big fall from the amounts paid to purchase the Kochi and Pune franchises in 2010

Indian cricket

Sandeep Patil debuts strongly

Feb 25, 2013: A month after Sandeep Patil was appointed chairman of India's selection committee, he has made a strong statement by leaving out Rohit Sharma from the India A squad to face England, believes R Kaushik in Wisden India

USA

How not to use social media

Feb 25, 2013: For a highly amusing take on the recent USACA social media farce, check out Andy Bull's article in the Guardian .

Batting

The science of batsmanship

Feb 25, 2013: How batting has progressed from the times of CB Fry to modern-day power-hitters like Chris Gayle

China

China plays host to women's T20 event

Feb 25, 2013: Attempts to push China as the next big thing continue with the four Asian Test-playing nations - Bangladesh India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - taking part with China, Hong Kong, Nepal and Thailand in the women's ACC Twenty20 Cup.

Champions League Twenty20

CLT20 highlights the excess of cricket

Feb 25, 2013: In the Guardian, Barney Ronay rips into the Champions League in the weekly Spin

West Indies cricket

Lance Murray: thoughtful and meticulous

Feb 25, 2013: In the Trinidad Guardian, Alvin Corneal pays tribute to Lance Murray, a former Trinidad & Tobago player and cricket administrator, who died this week