The drugged cricketer

WADA and out: no winners in the drugs scandal

Feb 25, 2013: Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif can heave a massive sigh of relief

Leicestershire

Leicestershire seek Taylor deal

Feb 25, 2013: Leicestershire are hoping to secure Jerome Taylor on a full contract for the second half of the season.

Bob Woolmer

The murder that never was

Feb 25, 2013: Three months on, Bob Woolmer's mysterious death in Jamaica still casts a shadow over the world of cricket

Pakistan cricket

Inzamam's poor timing

Feb 25, 2013: If there is one art Pakistan's cricketers have never been able to master, it is that of the well-timed farewell

Of necessary evils

Feb 25, 2013: All today’s antics achieved, for this less than dispassionate observer, was to underline why this town ain’t big enough for two necessary evils.

Somerset

McKenzie joins to replace White

Feb 25, 2013: Neil McKenzie, the South Africa top-order batsman, will replace Cameron White for the latter part of the season

ICC

Plenty of talk, few answers

Feb 25, 2013: ICC have had their annual conference at Lord's this week with David Morgan named as the next president and various other issues being discussed ranging from Zimbabwe to the size of playing areas

Nepal

Bhairahawa are Nepal champions

Feb 25, 2013: Region No 4 Bhairahawa won their maiden national championship defeating Region No 3 Kathmandu by 94 runs in the final of Nepal’s Shikhar Senior One-Day National Tournament at the TU Cricket Ground.

English cricket

Freddie taking time to reflect

Feb 25, 2013: Andrew Flintoff has been a notable absentee from the start of Peter Moores' reign as England coach as he undergoes his latest period of rehab following further ankle surgery

New Zealand cricket

Grateful Sinclair hopes to justify his contract

Feb 25, 2013: Mathew Sinclair feels like a bloke who has fallen off the back of an ocean liner and been thrown a lifebelt, writes David Leggat in The New Zealand Herald .

Indian cricket

India can put up a strong fight

Feb 25, 2013: No longer can Indian touring teams be regarded as pushovers on bouncy tracks

New age

Ifs and Butts

Feb 25, 2013: Now the young man is vice-captain, a tribute to his potential both as a player and as a thinking cricketer

Umpires

Hair back in action ... in Canada

Feb 25, 2013:

Bermuda

Bermuda to announce new-look squad

Feb 25, 2013: Bermuda are set to announce a new squad in the next 10 days, as well as a new director of cricket, as they try to rebuild following their disastrous performance in the World Cup

Australian cricket

Waugh called to rally Australia’s Socceroos

Feb 25, 2013: Steve Waugh’s words of inspiration worked throughout his cricket career and now he is being asked to spread his magic to Australia’s Socceroos, who are preparing for the Asian Cup

Hampshire

James Bruce penalised by ECB

Feb 25, 2013: The ECB has announced that Hampshire

English cricket

Louts threaten to gatecrash Twenty20 party

Feb 25, 2013: In The Daily Telegraph Derek Pringle warns that the success of Twenty20 cricket is bringing its own set of problems with growing worries about the behaviour of crowds

Worcestershire

Worcs Twenty20 switched to Kidderminster

Feb 25, 2013: Worcestershire match this Sunday against Gloucestershire has been switched from New Road to Kidderminster

Double the fun

Feb 25, 2013: If the almighty US cultural dollar is valued as much as it seems to be, they could always go the whole hog and trim XIs to Xs and have nine alternate innings per side a la baseball, each expiring with the fall of a wicket

Indian cricket

Able but unreachable

Feb 25, 2013: The Indian team management's SOS call to Ranadeb Bose, Arjun Yadav, Ishant Sharma and Rakesh Patel is not the first such instance of players being drafted in the last minute in an emergency during an England tour