Offbeat

Pawar stumped by economics

Feb 25, 2013: Even a seasoned politician like Sharad Pawar has been stumped by the cricket economics

Nothing more sinister than disappointment

Feb 25, 2013: The English newspapers reacted to the serious crowd trouble which followed the abandonment of the Guwahati ODI with almost resigned acceptance.

Commentary

Masterminding India's billion dollar bonanza

Feb 25, 2013: As a vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, it could be argued that Lalit Modi is the most important cricket administrator in the world today, writes Michael Atherton in the Sunday Telegraph .

Bangladesh

Remembering Sophia Gardens

Feb 25, 2013: The Fatullah Cricket Stadium in Narayangunj District near Dhaka is about a quarter of the globe away from Sophia Gardens cricket stadium in the British Isles

Indian cricket

Indian cricketer serves the Red Sox faithful

Feb 25, 2013: An intriguing tale from the USA of an expat from India who arrived six years ago and turned to one of the country’s homegrown sports – baseball.

USA

Indian cricketer serves the Red Sox faithful

Feb 25, 2013: An intriguing tale from the USA of an expat from India who arrived six years ago and turned to one of the country’s homegrown sports – baseball.

Nigeria

All change in Nigeria

Feb 25, 2013: The Nigerian Cricket Association has announced a new initiative to switch the initiative from competitions to youth development .

Australian cricket

Some say he is a naughty boy ...

Feb 25, 2013: Nabila Ahmed meets Mohammad Ashraful , Bangladesh's shining star

England pay for Test obsession

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Atherton writes that England and India have different attitudes towards one-day cricket but feels that if England don't want to experience another hellish week like the one that lies ahead of them now, they had better get used to the idea.

English cricket

Future bright, if a little chilly to start

Feb 25, 2013: The success of England 'A' players Alastair Cook, Owais Shah and James Anderson in India is a tribute to coaching director Peter Moores , says Vic Marks in the Observer .

Offbeat

Nude cricket a must

Feb 25, 2013: iafrica.com sports editor Dan Nicholl comes up with an ingenuous proposition for injecting a little life into very forlorn stands in domestic games

English cricket

Hot Footitt

Feb 25, 2013: Mark Footitt , the 20-year-old left-armer from Nottinghamshire, is one to watch argues Scyld Berry in the Sunday Telegraph :

Cricket books

Wisden's famous five

Feb 25, 2013: Ahead of Wednesday's launch of the 143rd Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, its Editor, Matthew Engel, provides another sneak-preview of the decisions behind choosing the five Cricketers of the Year in today's Times

Commentary

Harold Pinter's tribute to Arthur Wellard

Feb 25, 2013: This day, 104 years ago, a six-hitter is born

Ordinary yet extraordinary

Feb 25, 2013: It’s not just in the sporting arena where great acts take place, finds Peter Roebuck, as he meets some ordinary people performing extraordinary deeds around Johannesburg during his time there for the Wanderers Test.

Being rahul...

Feb 25, 2013: David Gower feels Yuvraj Singh is actually batting better than Lara at the moment.

Langer the Lionheart

Feb 25, 2013: Mike Haysman in Supercricket pays tribute to a lionhearted batsman,showing just how Test cricket should be enjoyed.

The age of batting

You decide the balance

Feb 25, 2013: Earlier entries: Intro , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 .

Dravid inspirational, England roasted

Feb 25, 2013: "Rahul Dravid, in his tactical nous, is not always brilliantly inventive but what made him outstanding in Kochi was that he played his hunches ," writes R Mohan in the Deccan Chronicle .

Umpires

ICC’s elite umpiring panel not reliable any more

Feb 25, 2013: The ICC will insist its technical assessment is right to a ‘T’