Australia in India 2010

Zaheer continues to get under Aussie skins

Feb 25, 2013: Daniel Brettig writes for Australian Associated Press how Zaheer Khan has been a source of irritation for the Australians for several years

Allrounders

Test All-rounders: an alternative BCG view

Feb 25, 2013: An analysis of Test all-rounders using BCG charts

Schoolboy plunders 461 not out

Feb 25, 2013: A 15-year old Indian schoolboy has entered the record books with a marathon innings in an inter-academy tournament conducted by the Vidharba Cricket Association

Australia

Safety procedures for India v Australia

Feb 25, 2013: As well as a Michael Clarke appeal, an Ashes forfeit, and a relook at the structure of county cricket

Ashes

The losing XI (and back-up)

Feb 25, 2013: In the Ashes squad - Part Two, Andy Zaltzman advises Steve Davies to fake an illness and skip the Ashes, and asks you trick questions about Strauss and KP

Australia in India 2010

Series flawed, but should be a cracker

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that despite the series being only two Tests and beginning in a venue lacking the charm of India's traditional grounds, the India-Australia series should be a corker.

Australia in India 2010

Big test for Australia's bowlers

Feb 25, 2013: Ricky Ponting writes in his column in the Australian that the experienced and formidable Indian batting line-up will prove a challenge for his bowling line-up

Indian cricket

Etiquette, Dhoni's calling card

Feb 25, 2013: If you were to enlist the numerous challenges of being India captain, you certainly wouldn't have included having to deal with a mobile phone (also being used as a voice recorder) going off in front of you during a press conference

English cricket

Ten good memories from the summer of controversy

Feb 25, 2013: It was a season that will be remembered for all the wrong reasons, but Lawrence Booth, in the Wisden Cricketer , has come up with a list of ten positives from England's home summer.

English cricket

England's best offspinner?

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Selvey reasons in the Guardian why he believes Graeme Swann is England's best offspinner since Jim Laker and Fred Titmus, and possibly their best ever.

The numbers behind team performances

Feb 25, 2013: A look at the batting and bowling numbers behind team performances over the years

Fiji

Lautoka stars on debut in Fiji's Elite Player League

Feb 25, 2013: Lautoka Voyagers marked their Fiji Elite Player League debut in style by beating defending champions Suva Capitals by 127 runs in Albert Park last week.

Ashes

The Most Hideous Cricket Structures Competition

Feb 25, 2013: And the still-unsolved mystery of why Ravi Shastri feels compelled to shout

Australia in India 2010

India v Australia is main course, not entrée

Feb 25, 2013: Andy Bull, in his Spin blog for the Guardian , terms it a sin to look at the India-Australia series as a pre-cursor to the Ashes

Ashes

Boot-camp experience just not cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Steve James, writing in the Daily Telegraph , says pre-series excursions like boot camps to get the players to gel better may not achieve the desired results

Ashes

England's squad to win and/or lose the Ashes - Part 1

Feb 25, 2013: England announced their squad to ruthlessly demolish the quivering Australians amidst some razzmatazz last week, whilst the all-but-already-defeated Ricky Ponting and his about-to-be-thrashed bundle of inferior cricketing specimens were warming up

Indian cricket

Franchise-based model the way forward for India

Feb 25, 2013: At a time when India's premier domestic competition, the Ranji Trophy, fields as many as 26 regional sides in two leagues, Venkat Ananth makes a strong case for a franchise-based system with fewer teams to foster excellence

Umpires

Fifteen year-old is Britain's youngest umpire

Feb 25, 2013: Ethan Peel, a 15-year old schoolboy from Oxfordshire, has entered the record books by becoming Britain’s youngest qualified umpire

Champions League Twenty20

Innovations in the Champions League

Feb 25, 2013: It was survival instinct that drove players to look for cutting-edge tactics at the recently concluded Champions League Twenty20

English cricket

First the Ashes, then the World Cup

Feb 25, 2013: Onward then and upward