India in New Zealand, 2008-09

The time has come

Feb 25, 2013: The relative low success rate of teams travelling to New Zealand may have much to do with looking upon the assignment as just another tour

Age of Khan

A test of inexperience

Feb 25, 2013:

Israel

Israeli tennis issue serves as warning to ICC

Feb 25, 2013: At the moment the row is limited to tennis, but Dubai's refusal to allow Israeli player Shahar Peer a visa to play in the Dubai WTA event should serve as a warning to the ICC, who moved its headquarters to the UAE in 2005

ECB: egg on its face, in its hair, all over its jacket...

Feb 25, 2013: The current 'legal glitch' in Allen Stanford’s business proceedings has cast something of a shadow over the Antigua Test, a shadow in the shape of ECB chairman Giles Clarke’s eyebrows rising further and further up his head.

Stanford Super Series

Just as Sir Allen thought it couldn't get any worse

Feb 25, 2013: It is not just the USA federal agents who would like to know the whereabouts of Allen Stanford right now

New Zealand cricket

Key must stop tour of Zimbabwe

Feb 25, 2013: An editorial in the New Zealand Herald says that the country's government should not allow the tour of Zimbabwe to go ahead.

Brydon Coverdale on Australia in South Africa 2008-09

Hitching a ride to Potchefstroom

Feb 25, 2013: The Australian players love Potchefstroom, even if some of them struggle to pronounce it

India in New Zealand 2008-09

Cutting it fine

Feb 25, 2013: You rarely find the Indian team in any state of anxiety these days, such has been their on-field form, but there was palpable tension when they boarded the bus at their hotel en route to the airport for the flight to New Zealand early on Thursday

Hong Kong

Hong Kong face tough decisions on loan

Feb 25, 2013: Plans by the Hong Kong Cricket Association (HKCA) to borrow more than US$125,000 to help build a more professional organisation by hiring a full-time chief executive may proceed despite the international economic crisis.

The Stanford saga

Allen Stanford: a sorry tale of greed and shame

Feb 25, 2013: The behaviour of those infatuated by Stanford's riches was, frankly, the worst aspect of the whole saga: from the ECB officials, who fawned over him when he descended the steps of his helicopter at Lord's, to the former greats, who knelt down and

England in West Indies 2008-09

England keep an eye on Gayle

Feb 25, 2013: The most pivotal wicket in this series is undoubtedly Chris Gayle's and his dismissal in the second innings in Antigua is an example of how England's plans against him are working, writes Vic Marks in the Guardian

Andrew McGlashan on England in West Indies, 2008-09

Vote unquote

Feb 25, 2013: Election fever has hit Antigua (and Barbuda)

Mike Holmans

Should Giles Clarke go?

Feb 25, 2013: It is easy after the fact to say that the ECB should have seen through statements about fantastic rates of return on investments as being impossible, but a year ago the press were still running gosh-wow stories about hedge fund managers who made

Australian cricket

Awestruck Siddle on awesome journey

Feb 25, 2013:

Australian cricket

It won't be the same when Richie goes

Feb 25, 2013: Robert Craddock says a summer without Richie Benaud is like Melbourne Cup day without a glass of champagne, or Christmas day without presents

Michael Jeh

The New Australia

Feb 25, 2013: This is not a lament for the dead, nor is it a denial of the bleeding obvious

Australian cricket

Where are you now, Darren Pattinson?

Feb 25, 2013: Darren Pattinson’s journey over the past year has gone from England Test bowler to Victorian club player

Namibia

Zimbabwe A to tour Namibia

Feb 25, 2013: Zimbabwe will help out Namibia with much-needed preparation for April’s ICC World Cup Qualifiers by sending their A side there at the end of this month.

England cricket

Watching the Ashes for free

Feb 25, 2013:

India in New Zealand 2008-09

Boys in blue can't jump

Feb 25, 2013: Perhaps the BCCI does have a heart - as if in sympathy for their team captain's fear of heights, the board has included bungee-jumping in the list of banned activities on their tour of New Zealand