India in New Zealand, 2008-09

Time to get on with the serious matches of summer

Feb 25, 2013: Its off with the pyjamas and on with the flannels, says Mark Richardson in the New Zealand Herald

Indian Premier League

Dilemma over IPL scheduling

Feb 25, 2013: By unwisely scheduling the IPL during India's general elections, the tournament organisers have placed the government and its security bureaucracy in a cruel dilemma, writes B Raman in the Outlook magazine.

Jenny Roesler at the 2009 Women's World Cup

Is there a World Cup on?

Feb 25, 2013: Bankstown is as pretty as promised, with a cream picket fence dotted with official sponsors’ boards, and plenty of grassy banks to choose from

Samir Chopra

Starry Starry Nights

Feb 25, 2013: When the idea of night Tests was first mooted, my initial reaction was one of resistance

England in West Indies 2008-09

One-day challenge awaits Strauss

Feb 25, 2013: Andrew Strauss made three centuries in the Test series to answer doubts over whether captaincy would await his batting form

Australian cricket

Ponting links Australian revival with economic plan

Feb 25, 2013: After taking Australia to a series win over South Africa, Ricky Ponting has some advice for the country’s business leaders in his column in the Australian

Kenya

Kenya's press up to their old tricks

Feb 25, 2013: Kenya’s press are up to their old tricks, and on the eve of Cricket Kenya’s elections the Standard has printed an error-strewn and arguably mischievous article which appears to be aimed at undermining board chairman Samir Inamdar.

Deodhar Trophy, 2008-09

Next up, Deodhar duty

Feb 25, 2013: Dear readers,

Paul Ford

BCCI: Board of Control for Cricket Intimidation

Feb 25, 2013: The old adage that he who pays the piper calls the tune has never been more apt than in cricket at present – and the piper is playing a sitar

India in New Zealand 2008-09

Dhoni the deep-sea fisher

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket tours are hectic, with weeks passing by in a blur of venues, hotels and airports

Twenty20

Twenty20 driving ODIs closer to extinction

Feb 25, 2013: The one-day series in New Zealand is testimony to the amazing pace at which this form has shed its complexity, rid itself of formula and arrived at a simplicity that might, in the end, bring about its own ruin

Indian Premier League

Ego, pride or bomb?

Feb 25, 2013: Lalit Modi may be about to face his biggest challenge in the IPL yet and it may come from the source he would least expect, the players

Security concerns

A message that no longer rings true

Feb 25, 2013: A chilling phone conversation with an Irish terrorist four decades ago convinced Ted Corbett that sportsmen will never be the target of terror attacks because the people the terrorists want to impress love their sports stars

India in New Zealand, 2008-09

Without fear, Viru’s come into his own

Feb 25, 2013: There is a secret to Virender Sehwag's fearlessness, a trait that resides in all those who are happy to live with risk; or indeed risk as most of us perceive it

Ashes

Australia's secret Ashes selection strategy

Feb 25, 2013: Read Mike Ticher's satirical take on the thinking behind Australia's squad selection in the Guardian .

England in West Indies 2008-09

England can take few positives from West Indies

Feb 25, 2013: I am sure the England captain and the England Cricket Board spin doctors will tell us there are lots of positives to take out of this tour

Australian cricket

Don’t worry, Ben, you’re off to South Africa

Feb 25, 2013: Ben Laughlin thought he was in trouble when ordered for a chat with Trevor Barsby, the Queensland coach, on Thursday

Mike Holmans

Underdog day afternoons

Feb 25, 2013: Pitches which so effectively extract the teeth of bowling attacks that batsmen are only in danger of being gummed to death make Test cricket a test only of endurance

Tendulkar becomes a god

Feb 25, 2013: Many have thought it has been the case for years, but Sachin Tendulkar has been turned into a Hindu god by fans.

Sidharth Monga on India in New Zealand 2008-09

High on 420

Feb 25, 2013: Dion Nash was not the man for too much water in his playing days