A series win would mean a lot

Feb 25, 2013: Denesh Ramdin:

England in West Indies, 2008-09

Spin the wheel, captain

Feb 25, 2013: How much of a gambler is Andrew Strauss

England in West Indies, 2008-09

Why the referral system may be written by monkeys

Feb 25, 2013:   A potentially nerve-jangling end to this largely drab series will certainly make a refreshing change, if only through having a day’s cricket in which the main talking point will be cricket, not the accursed referral system.

India in New Zealand, 2008-09

Batsmen calling the shots

Feb 25, 2013: Late on Sunday night, after the crowd — treated to 726 runs in 95.1 overs — had drained, Sachin Tendulkar, in a revealing moment of emphasis, said, “We can change the momentum like that,” and snapped his fingers, writes S Ram Mahesh in the Hindu .

England in West Indies 2008-09

England's grasp on Wisden Trophy weakens

Feb 25, 2013: Vic Marks bemoans the lifeless pitches in the Caribbean which have helped batsmen fill their boots

Extras

Stop pissing in my coffee

Feb 25, 2013: Well, we are on the verge of falling head first into the second IPL season and if it is anything like the first, we are all in for some exceptionally offensive scenes that will be played out for our benefit

Australia in South Africa 2008-09

The secret to playing Tests for Australia

Feb 25, 2013: Why did some prolific run-scorers in domestic cricket - like Jamie Siddons, Brad Hodge, Martin Love, Jamie Cox and Darren Lehmann - not have long Test careers for Australia

India in New Zealand 2008-09

Dark times and demons

Feb 25, 2013: I was gutted to be dropped, it hurt a lot

Ethics and morality

An atrocity without answers

Feb 25, 2013: Who were these attackers

Scotland

Cricket Scotland reports pre-tax profit

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket Scotland has announced a pre-tax surplus of £57,481 in the year to December 2008, compared to £40,121 in the previous year.

Ireland

Tickets on sale for Ireland v England

Feb 25, 2013: Cricket Ireland has announced ticket details for their ODI clash with England at Stormont on Thursday August 27

Bahamas

Bahamas raring to go

Feb 25, 2013: The Bahamas Cricket Association will held its AGM on March 8 and the season is expected to get underway on March 22

Argentina

Flamingos and beach cricket in Argentina

Feb 25, 2013: Argentina took part in a very successful and enjoyable beach cricket tournament in Vina del Mar, Chile, finishing in fourth place in the six team international event, behind winners India, runners-up England, and Australia

Sidharth Monga on India in New Zealand 2008-09

Scrumdog Millionaire

Feb 25, 2013: Brad Thorn, an All Black and Canterbury Crusaders rugby player, follows cricket enough to enjoy a drawn Test match more than the one-dayers

England cricket

Village club ... and village ... for sale

Feb 25, 2013: The idea of owning your own cricket club might not cost you as much as the many millions of dollars paid for IPL franchises

Women's World Cup, 2009

We have been waiting for years to beat Sri Lanka

Feb 25, 2013: I promised to the people of Pakistan ahead of today’s game against Sri Lanka that we would bounce back and I don’t think anybody could have expected a better performance than the one we put in today

It runs on the site

Feb 25, 2013: Here's a little ritual I want to start on the blog. Every Monday I will put together a list of recommended reading from pieces published on Cricinfo

India in New Zealand, 2008-09

Bat and ball make a porno

Feb 25, 2013: The philosopher Umberto Eco has written thus about pornographic movies, "whose true and sole aim is to stimulate the spectator's desire, from beginning to end, and in such a way that, while his desire is stimulated by scenes of various and varied

England in West Indies 2008-09

England fight to save series

Feb 25, 2013: The draw is heavy favourite but, if England can bowl out West Indies by lunch today, it is by no means curtains yet, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

Australia in South Africa 2008-09

Australia stuck in the middle with Hughes

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck watched Phillip Hughes and Ricky Ponting bat together in Durban and says the pair, rookie and veteran, seemed to enjoy batting together, not so much to rub salt into wounds as for the sheer pleasure