South African cricket

Rainbow nation shines after revolution

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , likes what he sees in South Africa’s line-up for the third Test against Australia in Cape Town

Women's World Cup, 2009

Time to bring on the A-game

Feb 25, 2013: It was a disappointing loss against England and I have to say some poor fielding cost us

Sidharth Monga on India in New Zealand 2008-09

Old replace the young

Feb 25, 2013: As Suresh Raina, Praveen Kumar, Rohit Sharma, and other ODI specialists left for the airport, to fly back to India, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid posed for photographs with fans, in the foyer

Cricket

Featherbeds are futile

Feb 25, 2013: WV Raman writes in his column for Sportstar that the decline in the quality of pitches can contribute to the decline of cricket

Indian cricket

Bedi slams IPL as 'cricket's nadir'

Feb 25, 2013: Former Indian captain Bishan Bedi is typically blunt in his criticism of the IPL, and the BCCI's insistence on holding the Twenty20 event at the same time as the general elections in India

Sri Lankan cricket

Two new skippers at the same time, but leadership qualities....

Feb 25, 2013: SR Pathiravithana, in his column for the Sunday Times , says that Kumar Sangakkara, the heir apparent to Mahela Jayawardene, has finally has got his chance to prove his credentials

Ashes

Australia rising for the Ashes

Feb 25, 2013: Ricky Ponting has plenty of reasons to set his sights high in defence of the Ashes, believes the Sunday Times' Simon Wilde

England in West Indies 2008-09

To blossom under Flower, England need to win

Feb 25, 2013: England are now ranked sixth in the ICC's Test table and any expectations of a repeat of the drama of the 2005 Ashes series are receding fast

Women's World Cup, 2009

We keep exceeding expectations

Feb 25, 2013: The West Indies have done extremely well at this tournament so far, so to record a win over them was an extremely good effort and it was an excellent all-round display from the whole team

Australian cricket

It’s Phillip, not Phil, says Hughes

Feb 25, 2013:

Mike Holmans

Wake up call for West Indies

Feb 25, 2013: It was a mighty effort of collective will for West Indies to hold firm and win the series

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