Sidharth Monga on India in New Zealand 2008-09

WG Greatbatch

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USA

Inzamam courted by American Premier League

Feb 25, 2013: Inzamam-ul-Haq and up to seven disaffected members of the Lahore Badshahs ICL franchise are in discussions with an American entrepreneur who hopes to establish an international Twenty20 tournament in New York City.

Extras

Coach v Captain

Feb 25, 2013: From Srivathsa Jamal Abraham, Greece Here we go again, just when Sourav Ganguly thought he had seen it all, from being called the Maharaja who refused to carry drinks on his maiden tour to Australia in 91-92, to making a century on Debut at

Indian Premier League

In praise of Modi

Feb 25, 2013: In the Guardian David Hopps is in no doubt as to the importance of Lalit Modi as “one of the most effective sports administrators in history”

India in New Zealand 2008-09

Crosswords, coffee and sandwiches

Feb 25, 2013: Now, I don’t mind days of Test cricket like these .

English cricket

Lessons ignored in the rush for IPL cash

Feb 25, 2013: Rush to accomodate Indians suggests the Allen Stanford experience has not had any effect on English cricket's thinking, writes Mike Atherton in the Times .

England in West Indies 2008-09

Anderson back to his best after years of injury trouble

Feb 25, 2013: James Anderson's career was slowed by attempts to change his action

USA

College tournament in the USA

Feb 25, 2013: The USA rarely receives much publicity in the papers' sport sections

China

Miandad excited by scope of cricket in China

Feb 25, 2013: Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan batsman, has said cricket has tremendous potential to grow in China, having observed how the youngsters have taken to the game following a visit to the country as a Pakistan cricket ambassador.

Kenya

Kenya suffer warm-up defeat

Feb 25, 2013: Kenya’s warm-up for next week’s World Cup Qualifiers continued in South Africa with Jimmy Kamande cracking a 49-ball 62, but they couldn’t reach the testing target of 293 set by Titans B

Michael Jeh

The Businessman's Game

Feb 25, 2013: As sport becomes a business and athletes become businessmen, umpires should be the only ones empowered to regulate this market

England in West Indies 2009

Important to keep momentum going

Feb 25, 2013: The story will continue at 9:30 am on Friday, so we will just have to prepare ourselves as we have been doing for the past weeks

India in New Zealand 2008-09

ICL steps in for IPL

Feb 25, 2013: Exchange of bodily fluids be damned, Craig McMillan will replace Ravi Shastri in the commentary box for the Napier Test

West Indies cricket

Seeking options for WI cricket

Feb 25, 2013: The recent gifting away of the first one-day international to England by the management of the West Indies cricket team once again raises the question of the administration of the game in the Caribbean, says an editorial in the Trinidad and Tobago

South Africa in Australia 2008-09

Greatest Test series' of the modern era

Feb 25, 2013: With five of the six matches decided on the last day, 14 centuries scored, five five-fors taken by the bowlers, and a great well of memories created by the two teams, the back-to-back Test series between Australia and South Africa made for two of

English cricket

Regimented England unsuited to one-day cricket

Feb 25, 2013: We begin this week with a spot of nostalgia

Extras

Leg Spinners: Stories and Anecdotes

Feb 25, 2013: The stories are endless

Indonesia

Jakarta League reaches quarter-final stage

Feb 25, 2013: The 11-team Jakarta Cricket League reaches the business stage of the season this weekend when eight sides contest the quarter-finals.

Canada

Canada well beaten by Zimbabwe A

Feb 25, 2013: Canada were well beaten by Zimbabwe A in their final warm-up match ahead of next week’s ICC World Cup Qualifiers

Indian Premier League

IPL's move is inevitable

Feb 25, 2013: It will be a little difficult to swallow at first