Sriram Veera on India in Sri Lanka 2009

It's all about timing

Feb 25, 2013: Key numbers jotted down during a joint press conference given by Mahela Jayawardene and Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Colombo

Australian cricket

Australia's ODI batting looks one-dimensional

Feb 25, 2013:

Indian cricket

Dhoni masters the tongues

Feb 25, 2013:

Pakistan cricket

'Fast bowling is the toughest job in cricket'

Feb 25, 2013: Aaqib Javed, the former Pakistan fast bowler, now serving as a senior coach at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), shares his thoughts on the upcoming talent in Pakistan and the role of his institution in grooming young players to play top-level

USA

Dainty upbeat about USA's future

Feb 25, 2013: Gladstone Dainty, the president of the USACA, told the association’s annual general meeting in New York that there was no truth the ICC were reviewing the operation of USACA and that there was any question of another suspension.

Kenya

Ghai slams 'illegal' Cricket Kenya board

Feb 25, 2013: Former Kenyan Cricket Association boss Sharad Ghai has launched a remarkable attack on the current board, accusing chairman Samir Inamdar of putting his globe-trotting ahead of the interest of the game.

World Cricket League

Afghanistan back on track

Feb 25, 2013: After an opening-day defeat, Afghanistan put themselves back in contention with a 13-run win over much-fancied Hong Kong at Belgrano on the second day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 3

New Zealand cricket

The domestic downslide

Feb 25, 2013: Hamish McDouall in his blog Googlies and Grass Stains recalls watching the 1993 Shell Cup final in Carisbrook, and lists three reasons why domestic cricket in New Zealand is currently on the decline - television, the lack of international stars,

Sriram Veera on India in Sri Lanka 2009

Shaving grace

Feb 25, 2013: The information desk tells me the taxi fare to the hotel will cost me 2300 Sri Lankan rupees

Australian cricket

Two hat-tricks and a tie

Feb 25, 2013: Two hat-tricks are taken by team-mates in the same game and the match ends in a tie

New Zealand cricket

Vettori 'a veteran among the greats'

Feb 25, 2013: Huw Richards, writing in the International Herald Tribune , pays tribute to Daniel Vettori, who turns 30 tomorrow, for being one of the greatest servants of New Zealand cricket, and for the way he's led his team by example in times of declining

South Africa in Australia 2008-09

Botha an inspired choice for ODI captain

Feb 25, 2013:

English cricket

Apparently, we're in crisis

Feb 25, 2013: English cricket isn't in a crisis

English cricket

Lord Marland on Stanford, Clarke and television

Feb 25, 2013: Lord Marland is challenging Giles Clarke for the chairmanship of the ECB and hoping to tap into the split that is forming over Clarke's handle of his dealings with Sir Allen Stanford and the absence of cricket from terrestrial TV

World Cricket League

Uganda hold on against Afghanistan

Feb 25, 2013: Uganda held on for a 14-run victory in their opening World Cricket League Division 3 match despite a brave fightback from Afghanistan who slumped to 53 for 6 in their run chase.

Sunny and Viru make a combo

Feb 25, 2013: Virender Sehwag, arguably the modern era's most unorthodox and audacious batsman, has credited Sunil Gavaskar, one of the most composed and technically correct batsmen ever, for opening up more methods to attack.

Pakistan cricket

Disunited front

Feb 25, 2013:

McGrath vies for Aussie honour

Feb 25, 2013: Glenn McGrath's playing engagements are becoming increasingly rare, but the honours don't seem to trail far behind the former Australian fast bowler

Sri Lankan cricket

The mental aspects of Lankan cricket

Feb 25, 2013: Going by their performance in Pakistan, Sri Lanka proved that what they lack is not a shortage of class, but a little bit of dip in their confidence – or as Asoka de Silva, the former Test cricketer-turned-umpire calls it – “a slight mental block”

Samir Chopra

Radio gaga

Feb 25, 2013: It was during this session that I discovered that despite all the distortion from the radio set, ones comprehension of the spoken word improved over time, almost as if the audio-processing component of one's brain was carrying out its own corrections