India in New Zealand, 2008-09

It's just like playing your boss at golf

Feb 25, 2013: It could very well be the groundsmen who feel the most pressure going into the marquee tour of the summer

Sidharth Monga on India in New Zealand 2008-09

Lincoln University wakes up to the Indians

Feb 25, 2013:   It was an ideal winter morning

Brydon Coverdale on Australia in South Africa 2008-09

When spectators get a taste of the action

Feb 25, 2013: A fun lunch for those watching the tour game in Potchefstroom

South African cricket

Prince omission a sign of South Africa's progress

Feb 25, 2013:

Andrew McGlashan on England in West Indies, 2008-09

New island, new stories

Feb 25, 2013: Another hotel check-in, another new sim card and another call to my bank to unblock my card which gets barred every time I try and use it in a new place

Sri Lankan cricket

Aravinda better than Tendulkar?

Feb 25, 2013: If Sunil Gavaskar was a better batsman than Viv Richards because he mastered the fearsome West Indies bowlers who Richards never had to face, then by that logic Aravinda de Silva was better than Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, writes Nirgunan

The Stanford saga

Clarke should go if judged by his own standards of accountability

Feb 25, 2013: The severing of all ties between the ECB and Sir Allen Stanford has not stopped the landslide of criticism threatening to swallow up chairman Giles Clarke

England in West Indies 2008-09

Antigua's epic finale a true test of cricket's real worth

Feb 25, 2013: During the Antigua Test, as the locals "were drawn to the rickety stadium like pilgrims", James Lawton says that the management was told to turn off the music and increase the volume of the television commentary.Writing in the Independent , Lawton

Better days lie ahead

Feb 25, 2013: With Stanford's fall and the appointment of David Collart as Zimbabwe's new sports minister, cricket may now legitimately hope that better days lie ahead, writes Peter Roebuck in the Hindu .

England in West Indies 2008-09

Onward to Barbados, backpack and all

Feb 25, 2013: As I put my backpack behind the security guards desk at the entrance to the ground I walked once more past the myriad barbeques and stalls that abound in the Antigua Recreation Ground

Mike Holmans

Another win for Test cricket

Feb 25, 2013: West Indies on song bring joy, the pure joy of exulting in excellence, the feeling that nothing can be so much fun as being good at cricket, and that is a joy we need in these otherwise depressing days

Hong Kong

Hong Kong scale back on CEO plans

Feb 25, 2013: The Hong Kong Cricket Association has dropped plans to hire a chief executive and downgraded the post to senior sports administrator after board members baulked at the cost.

Uganda

Sebbaale to fight Uganda elections

Feb 25, 2013: Uganda's impressive performances at the ICC World Cricket League in Argentina could help Dr

Australian cricket

Life without Richie is unthinkable

Feb 25, 2013: Richie Benaud has confirmed he will step down as a commentator in 2010 and Gideon Haigh writes in the Australian that the idea of cricket without him seems unthinkable.

Australian cricket

Last man standing

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Lalor, writing in the Australian , looks at the offspinner Nathan Hauritz, the Steven Bradbury of Australian cricket.

Indian Premier League

Being paid to watch the girls

Feb 25, 2013: As a captain Sourav Ganguly was never shy of expressing himself

West Indies cricket

Eight months later ...

Feb 25, 2013: This weeks’ cricket coverage has been dominated by stories about Sir Alan Stanford, often accompanied by pictures of his big day out at Lord’s last June when he and his new best friends at the ECB and WICB unveiled their brave new world

Afghanistan

Afghanistan turn to Miandad for help

Feb 25, 2013: Afghanistan have approached the former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad to help them qualify for the 2011 World Cup in the subcontinent

Kenya

Kenya head to South Africa

Feb 25, 2013: Kenya’s preparations for April’s ICC World Cup Qualifiers, which got off to a dreadful start with a 5-0 whitewashing by Zimbabwe, continues when they head to South Africa for ten days.

Brydon Coverdale on Australia in South Africa 2008-09

Aussie Rules in South Africa?

Feb 25, 2013: Is there no escape from the AFL