Essay

The mother of all myths

Feb 4, 2015: Dismissing their team as chokers is how South Africans shrug off defeat and prepare for disappointment. The rest is hyperbole

Feature

When Greatbatch went gonzo

Feb 4, 2015: For one glorious month in 1992, a rugby country was gripped by cricket, thanks partly to a mustachioed pinch-hitter

I saw Richards in his prime

Feb 4, 2015: Watching Garner, Richards and King punish England left a young fan awestruck at Lord's

The Jury's Out

The best World Cup

Feb 4, 2015: Two continents, three decades, four winners, many reasons: our panel of crack writers tells you which of the ten tournaments was the best of them all

Talking Cricket

'Modern batting is about scoring 360 degrees'

Feb 4, 2015: Ricky Ponting talks World Cups, 438, the rise of India, and the future of ODIs

Bangladesh news

BCB adamant on home status of Pakistan tour

Feb 4, 2015: Nizamuddin Chowdhury, the Bangladesh Cricket Board's CEO, has reiterated his board's stance on the status of Pakistan's scheduled tour of Bangladesh as the latter's home series

World Cup 2015

South Africa leave mind games behind

Feb 4, 2015: South Africa took what seemed like everything any team would want when they left for the World Cup, except one thing: a psychologist

Ranji Trophy 2014-15

Final lap of the qualification marathon

Feb 4, 2015: A look at teams' chances to make the Ranji Trophy knockouts ahead of the last round

South Africa news

'This is the best send-off ever'

Feb 4, 2015: The South Africa team left for the 2015 World Cup amid a merry celebration and words exhorting them to win the title

President's Silver Cup 2014-15

Hawks start semis stage with win

Feb 4, 2015: Hyderabad Hawks made a strong start to the semi-final stage of the President's Silver Cup tournament with a seven-wicket win over Water and Power Development Authority

World Cup 2015

Pietersen to commentate at World Cup

Feb 4, 2015: Kevin Pietersen has been signed up by the BBC as a guest summariser for the knockout stages of the World Cup

World Cup 2015

Steel without the snarl

Feb 4, 2015: Those suggesting this England team are soft have confused overt displays of aggression with inner strength

New Zealand cricket

The Christchurch revival

Feb 4, 2015: Future Christchurch chart the cricket culture in the city in a video, featuring interviews with local boys Richard Hadlee, John Wright, Stephen Fleming and Lee Germon among others

Fanfare

Heartbreak in Osaka, party palaces in Dhaka

Feb 4, 2015: This week's theme for Fanfare: Where in the world did you watch the World Cup

What's in a rematch?

Feb 4, 2015: Why group-stage head-to-heads are a big deal when it comes to the knockouts. Or not

Equality v excellence: what's your pick?

Feb 4, 2015: In the last few years, a handful of players have dominated tennis; in cricket, the playing field has never been more level

'The BCCI needed to come under pressure from the judiciary'

Feb 4, 2015: Two experts in the field of law talk about the Supreme Court's ruling on conflict of interest in the BCCI and the 2013 spot-fixing scandal

World Cup 2015

Conditions shrink India's chances

Feb 4, 2015: World Cup 2015 is never going to be smooth sailing for India given the conditions, but with the nature of the format and shrinking competition in world cricket, they can't be ruled out either

World Cup stats preview - India

The best batting team in the middle overs

Feb 4, 2015: India's batting stats are pretty impressive in most aspects, but the bowling has been a struggle

February 2015 homepage

Feb 4, 2015: The best World Cup. Ponting on ODIs and World Cups. What Afridi means to Pakistan. Dravid on 1999. South Africa and choking: myth or real?