Ashes

England's Ashes hopes are fading fast

Feb 25, 2013: After this latest humiliation, the concept that England will regain the Ashes appears to be beyond rational hope, writes Scyld Berry in the Sunday Telegraph .

India in New Zealand 2008-09

The feel-good factor continues

Feb 25, 2013: If yesterday was a near perfect day, then add that to today and together they combine to make the makings of a very special match

Australia in South Africa 2008-09

Quash the referral system

Feb 25, 2013: The ICC must quash any future plans of the referral system, and leave the judging to the grey-haired chaps in the middle, writes Lungani Zama in the Witness .

India in New Zealand, 2008-09

Why spinners can make Sehwag look silly

Feb 25, 2013: Sehwag is among the most unbelievable batsman of his time, and the most frustrating too. Against spinners he doesn't rate, he isn't even prepared to confer the bowler of one ball of watchfulness

Indian Premier League

South African sun heats up IPL

Feb 25, 2013: Lalit Modi has proved his point in recent days as he has sought to play the England and Wales Cricket Board and its South African counterpart against one another as possible hosts for the travelling circus of the IPL, writes Owen Gibson in the Mail

Indian cricket

Dhoni phenomenon: genius, luck, or magic?

Feb 25, 2013: After a great run in New Zealand, India had their first two poor days in Napier when MS Dhoni was forced to sit out of the match due to back spasms, and at a time when John Buchanan is advocating more power to coaches, the inexplicable influence of

Indian Premier League

IPL moves out and moves on

Feb 25, 2013: In its second year itself, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is up for multiple tests—is it recession-proof, devaluation-proof, politics-proof and now, outsourcing-proof

India in New Zealand 2008-09

A near-perfect day

Feb 25, 2013: Is that a perfect day of Test cricket

Umpires

Steve Bucknor: Over and out

Feb 25, 2013: Steve Bucknor, for 20 years the master of the long, slow decision, stands in his last international match tomorrow

England in West Indies 2008-09

Pathetic England at end of tether

Feb 25, 2013: There comes a moment when a team have had enough chances

English cricket

England should never have flirted with the IPL

Feb 25, 2013: What lasting good would an English IPL – even the phrase is internally contradictory – bring to English cricket

Australian cricket

What’s in a name?

Feb 25, 2013: Don Bradman seemingly knew everything about Australian cricket during decades as a player, administrator, selector and national hero, but he had no idea about the value of his surname

Australian cricket

Australia’s spin drought

Feb 25, 2013: Australia may not see another decent Test spinner for 15 years because it has forgotten how to raise them, writes the Courier-Mail’s Robert Craddock after speaking to the spin coach Terry Jenner.

Twenty20

T20 - Target score for first innings

Feb 25, 2013: Finally I have come around to my first T20 analysis

Indian Premier League

Not a bad plan, but fans will be missed

Feb 25, 2013: Moving the IPL to South Africa isn’t the best thing that could have happened, but as a fall back option it has much merit, writes Harsha Bhogle in the Indian Express .

How to hold live discussions with readers

Feb 25, 2013: We have always looked for ways to engage you in our coverage of cricket and some of you might have noticed or indeed taken part in the live discussions we have been conducting on the site in the last few weeks

XIs

The Unpredictable XI - part 1

Feb 25, 2013: Having promised the World Unpredictable XI a couple of blogs ago (the ‘blog’ now being the only unit of time I officially recognise), I have since found myself in prolonged and agonising internal selectorial discussions

Extras

Call for entries

Feb 25, 2013: Cricinfo is looking for volunteer cricket fans in South Africa to send us really short reports of the fan experience at the upcoming IPL games

Indian Premier League

PIL for the IPL

Feb 25, 2013: It’s only natural for millions of Indians to feel upset about moving the IPL out of India, and it seemed only a matter of time before someone took action

New balls, please

Feb 25, 2013: The Kookaburra ball gets ridiculously soft after very few overs and kills the game dead once the swing has gone