Indian cricket

Kapil speak

Feb 25, 2013: Despite having been embroiled in many controversies; the man who still is a folklore hero, has not lost his bearings

Indian Premier League

Wake up and smell the coffee

Feb 25, 2013: Will the ICC wake up to the reality of a player-centric popular tournament and create a window so that all, including the English players, can get into the IPL and enjoy the competition and the monetary benefit, asks R Mohan in the Asian Age .

USA

Inaugural NW tournament a success

Feb 25, 2013: The USA Northwest Region's first-ever Under-19 tournament was played in the San Francisco Area over Memorial Day weekend, reports Deb K Das.

Indian Premier League

Warne the magician

Feb 25, 2013: Shane Warne has proved it takes more than money to buy instant success even in the IPL, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian

Middlesex

Middlesex members move against committee

Feb 25, 2013: One hundred and eighty Middlesex members have signed a petition expressing no confidence in the committee and demanding a special meeting

Kenya

Swamibapa win Nairobi sixes

Feb 25, 2013: Swamibapa Cricket Club won Nairobi’s three-day six-a-side cricket tournament by beating Kanbis Sports Club in the final

Indian Premier League

Scouting triumph

Feb 25, 2013: We have read how Warne got the best of the mosquito squadron that was at his command but what we didn’t read about was the backing of the support staff of the Rajasthan Royals, and one of them was a former Mumbai opening batsman Zubin Bharucha,

Pakistan cricket

Board to blame for Asif incident

Feb 25, 2013: Mohammad Asif was detained in Dubai on suspicion of possessing drugs and Khalid Hussain believes the Pakistan board has only itself to blame for his latest misadventure

Australian cricket

Lee briefs it like Beckham

Feb 25, 2013: Brett Lee is shaping up as Australia's answer to David Beckham by launching his own line of men's underwear and modelling them himself, AAP reports

Women's cricket

Americas camp for women a success

Feb 25, 2013: Eleven women from three ICC Americas Associate countries - Argentina, Bermuda and Canada – were joined by four players invited from Trinidad and Tobago at the first women’s regional cricket camp in the Americas

Trivia - batting

Why Australia's 2001 line-up is the best ODI side- A follow-up

Feb 25, 2013: After a few tweaks in response to reader suggestions, here is an improved version of the piece that was done on May 23

Indian Premier League

Lalit Modi's laundry

Feb 25, 2013: The Indian Premier League has finally come to an end and now begins the analysis

Forgive H***** C*****? Not me

Feb 25, 2013: In the background was a shot of a barely-occupied South African ground in the middle of a Test

Australian cricket

Where do Australia go after MacGill?

Feb 25, 2013:

Afghanistan

Afghanistan president praises cricketers

Feb 25, 2013:

Lawrence Booth and Sriram Veera on the Indian Premier League

An American Yankee's IPL woes

Feb 25, 2013: The IPL experience included watching the first semi-final at the ground till Delhi Belly resurfaced

Indian Premier League

Next steps for IPL

Feb 25, 2013: With 472 runs and 17 wickets for the Rajasthan Royals, Shane Watson won the Player of the Tournament award, beating Shaun Marsh and Shane Warne to the US$23,500 prize

English cricket

Same again, but better results

Feb 25, 2013:

English cricket

In the presence of Freddie

Feb 25, 2013: The Observer 's Adrian Deevoy takes his friend along for an interview with Andrew Flintoff and despite having seen him on innumerable cricket pitches across the years his friend is shocked into silence by Flintoff's sheer physical presence.

New Zealand cricket

A painful loss

Feb 25, 2013: New Zealand lost the second Test against England after having the upper hand and Mark Richardson believes Daniel Vettori should be mulling over the lost opportunity more than most because he blew the opportunity to do something he has not done for 11