Coach corner

Feb 25, 2013: One played cricket for Zimbabwe and currently coaches England; the other turned out for England and coaches Pakistan

Snickometers, bad light and substitutes

Feb 25, 2013: Ray White, the former president of the South African board, puts forth his suggestions to improve Test cricket

West Indies cricket

Let's hear it for schools cricket

Feb 25, 2013: In the Barbados-based The Nation , Tony Cozier celebrates the revival of schools cricket in the island

Pakistan cricket

Breaking barriers

Feb 25, 2013: Shahid Hashmi of AFP tells a stirring tale of two women who were rarely allowed to go out in public, overcame several societal barriers and yet made it to Pakistan’s women’s national cricket team

Indian cricket

Is this what the fans deserve?

Feb 25, 2013: "Every country has two sides playing for it," writes Harsha Bhogle in Indian Express

Australian cricket

When McCabe inspired a nation

Feb 25, 2013: David Sygall remembers a stout little batsman from Sydney who stood up to - and conquered - the might of the British Empire's fastest bowlers

English cricket

Highs, lows and pantomime villains

Feb 25, 2013: Tim de Lisle picks out the highs and lows from a memorable English summer

Zimbabwe cricket

Playing with symbols

Feb 25, 2013: Peter Roebuck profiles Waddington Mwayenga - who he calls a "likeable, determined, polite, bright and athletic lad" - and goes on to lament the deeper problem surrounding cricket in Zimbabwe.

English cricket

To dye for

Feb 25, 2013:

Offbeat

Ranji’s emerald love

Feb 25, 2013: Haresh Pandya reports that an emerald and pearl necklace estimated at 1.6 million pounds belonging to Ranjitsinhji has been forbidden from being auctioned at Christie.

Australian cricket

Not everything is football

Feb 25, 2013: It’s rugby league and AFL finals time in Australia but Shane Warne and Damien Martyn manage to steal some of the attention

English cricket

Freddie watch

Feb 25, 2013:

Captain, wicketkeeper, batsman, star

Feb 25, 2013: R Kaushik of Deccan Herald meets Tatenda Taibu , the Zimbabwe captain, and finds out what goes on within the mind of a 22-year-old leading a weak side

Indian cricket

Power struggles unlimited

Feb 25, 2013: In the Hindustan Times , Sandeep Bamzai says the Sourav Ganguly-Greg Chappell issue may be connected to the BCCI elections:

Numbers and humans

Feb 25, 2013: Harsha Bhogle comments in The Indian Express on the nineties made by Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid yesterday :

Umpires

Passing judgment

Feb 25, 2013: Umpires have come a long way since Mike Selvey’s county days

Have a bat, Mr President

Feb 25, 2013: Brian Lara has “one of the greatest days of my life” when he meets Nelson Mandela and gives him a bat with the message “I love you President”

Dancing in the dark

Feb 25, 2013: G Rajaraman of Outlook magazine traces a tale that has developed into Bollywood masala - involving a bar girl, betting and cricketers

English cricket

Waiting in the wings

Feb 25, 2013: "The future's bright," says England bowling coach Troy Cooley of the emerging English pace bowlers who are waiting in the wings

Indian cricket

Oh captain, my captain

Feb 25, 2013: In a candid interview in The Sportstar , Sourav Ganguly chats with S Ram Mahesh about his batting form, captaincy, Indian cricket and more