Indian Premier League

Is IPL recession proof?

Feb 25, 2013: Arindam Mukherjee, writing in Outlook , feels the IPL this year will struggle to match the extravagance of its inaugural edition as advertisers cut down on spending in times of recession.

India in New Zealand, 2008-09

'We now have a good bunch of pacemen' - Prasad

Feb 25, 2013: Venkatesh Prasad, India's bowling coach, shares his thoughts on how his fast bowlers are shaping up ahead of the tour of New Zealand in an interview with S Dinakar in the Hindu .

Mike Holmans

Head to Head

Feb 25, 2013: A captain establishes his right to lead his players by doing important things which merit his players’ respect

Uganda

Kamyuka to stay lower down the order

Feb 25, 2013: Ebrahim Mohamed, coach of Uganda, rejected assertions that the 27-year-old would be of more use batting higher in the order

Women's World Cup, 2009

Moving on from a life of cricket

Feb 25, 2013: It is nice to be stationary for a while and do not look forward to travelling the world and the region

England in West Indies 2008-09

Pietersen outshone by gritty Collingwood

Feb 25, 2013: The slowness of the Antigua pitch made the flamboyant Kevin Pietersen and the gutsy Paul Collingwood bat in similar fashion, says Steve James in the Daily Telegraph

Andrew McGlashan on England in West Indies, 2008-09

Let the music play, I'll just go top up

Feb 25, 2013:

Indian Premier League

Going to the movies ... sort of

Feb 25, 2013: When in India, go to the movies

Enjoying it while it lasts

Feb 25, 2013: It's not just the cricket one would miss (once one decides to call it a day), but also the days spent sweating it out for and with one’s team-mates on the field - even during practice sessions, spending hours on the roads, trains, flights and

Trivia - batting

Does the tail wag more inTests now?

Feb 25, 2013: During the last few Tests of 2008 I got the feeling that late order batsmen were playing rear-guard innings far more effectively than they normally do

ICC

The folly of the ICC's ways

Feb 25, 2013: Writing in the Times , Pat Gibson pretty much sums up what we all suspected about the reasons the unloved Sir Vivian Richards Stadium was ever built

Ethics and morality

The curious case of Mohammad Yousuf

Feb 25, 2013: Why should players be unable to hold ICL contracts and play international cricket

Pakistan cricket

A tall order for batsmen?

Feb 25, 2013: Mohammad Zahid and Aamer Nazir

India in New Zealand, 2008-09

Scary tales

Feb 25, 2013: India have had some sort of bogey when it comes to touring New Zealand

Australian cricket

Voges thinks quickly ... again

Feb 25, 2013: It seemed so spur of the moment

England in West Indies 2008-09

A century for respect

Feb 25, 2013: The start of the third Test in Antigua was important for Andrew Strauss and his century will help underpin the respect a captain needs from within the team, writes Mike Atherton in the Times .

Andrew McGlashan on England in West Indies, 2008-09

Return of a long-lost friend

Feb 25, 2013: Finally this series is back into full swing

Australian cricket

The summer of the cheap cap

Feb 25, 2013: The rise and fall of Mark Cosgrove shows that Australia's scattergun approach to selection can do emerging players more harm than good, writes Robert Craddock in the Courier-Mail .

Australia in South Africa 2008-09

Australia's young talent free of excess baggage

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , feels Australia’s squad to South Africa boasts plenty of young talent, unfazed by distractions

Offbeat

Smells like Lord's

Feb 25, 2013: Playing at Lord's is the dream of many, but the privilege of a few