Australian cricket

Cardus, James ... Haigh

Feb 25, 2013: Martin Flanagan, writing in the Age , discusses the career of Gideon Haigh as he releases his latest book, Sphere of Influence .

Measuring batting averages effectively

Feb 25, 2013: A stats analysis to determine effective batting averages in the 2000s by measuring bowling quality faced

Cricket history up for grabs

Feb 25, 2013: If you thought owning a part of the Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) history was beyond you, well, think again

Liam Brickhill on Zimbabwe in South Africa 2010

Johannesburg's sprawling retail capital

Feb 25, 2013: It was not until the third day of my wanderings through Johannesburg’s sprawling central monument to consumerism, Sandton City, that I began to find my bearings

New Zealand cricket

Time for NZC to crack the whip

Feb 25, 2013: Jonathan Millmow believes that the 4-0 reversal in Bangladesh has shown up the problems in the three-coach model involving Daniel Vettori, Mark Greatbatch and Roger Mortimer

Sri Lankan cricket

Murali's top 10 batsmen

Feb 25, 2013: In BackPageLead Muttiah Muralitharan picks the ten toughest batsmen he has had to bowl to during his career

Ashes

Richards asks England to target Ponting

Feb 25, 2013: Viv Richards tells Brain Viner in the Independent that Australia are still a strong side and that England will have to be at their best to retain the Ashes

Pakistan cricket

A week to remember for Pakistan cricket

Feb 25, 2013: The success of the Faysal Bank T-20 cup was a fine testament to the resilience of the Pakistani cricket fans, writes Sana Kazmi in a blog on the Dawn

West Indies cricket

Sammy is the right choice

Feb 25, 2013: David Hinds writes on the Caribbean Cricket blog that the person captaining West Indies needs to understand the tradition and history of the Caribbean and the region's cricket, and the impact the team's performance has on collective

Mike Holmans

Owais Shah: the limits of talent

Feb 25, 2013: Middlesex are no longer prepared to pay top money to someone who does not display a whole-hearted commitment to excellence

ICC

ICC avarice dooms Associates to the wilderness

Feb 25, 2013: The recent announcement of a restructuring of the bloated international calendar by the ICC was an opportunity to restore sanity to the world game

Test cricket

Test cricket should be played among equals

Feb 25, 2013: Test cricket needs to re-invent itself by creating more meaningful contests, writes Mukul Kesavan in the Telegraph

The conflict of interest

Feb 25, 2013: Much like my childhood, my current existence in New York is largely spent wondering why the mere existence of three professional indoor-cricket nets within a 50-mile radius is not enough for my cricket buddies to plan their life around net sessions

English cricket

At 70, Boycott continues to divide opinion

Feb 25, 2013: As Geoffrey Boycott turns 70, Bill Bridge of the Yorkshire Post reflects on the life and times of a cricketer-commentator who "made history and divided Yorkshire".

Indian cricket

Bowling key for World Cup glory

Feb 25, 2013: India's batsmen ensured their side emerged victorious in Visakhapatnam, but they could not mask the insipid bowling display that allowed Australia steal 84 off the last five overs

Ijaz Butt

Being Jonty

Feb 25, 2013: Or what Pakistan are imagining themselves as these days

Bangladesh cricket

Reform Bangladesh's domestic cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Bangladesh have just pulled off an unprecedented 4-0 win in the ODI series against New Zealand and the Daily Star says that the board needs to restructure and improve domestic cricket in the country in order to ensure this success will not be a

Pakistan cricket

Saqlain was a better bowler than Muralitharan

Feb 25, 2013: Saeed Ajmal made his debut for Pakistan at the advanced cricketing age of 30, but made an immediate impact with his variations, especially the doosra, and his ability to handle pressure

What connects Jimmy Anderson, Murray Bennett and Julius Caesar?

Feb 25, 2013: The fact that they all star in this blog, of course

English cricket

Eoin Morgan is built on firm foundations

Feb 25, 2013: "If one of the aims of England’s recent camp to Germany was to give players a sense of perspective in their lives, it was not necessary for Eoin Morgan," writes Simon Hughes in the Telegraph .