Malcolm Speed's memoir of his time in cricket is an unbiased and relevant eye-opener about what goes on behind the scenes in cricketSharda Ugra23-Apr-2011The chances of the words "riveting" and "administrator" appearing in the same…
Australia's batsmen cannot blame the pitch for their lowest total in 109 years. And there are men in this team who will not have impressed the new selection panelBrydon Coverdale at Newlands10-Nov-2011When he was appointed…
With Virender Sehwag expected to play, and Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan lining up returns, India's two-day game in Northampton has acquired more significance than that of just another tour game Sharda Ugra in Northampton…
The fact that Bangladesh start another tournament as the bottom-ranked team may work to their advantage because they can play without the pressure of performanceMohammad Isam10-Mar-2012On the first day of training for the Asia Cup,…
Tillakaratne Dilshan scored his first Test century in a year, negotiating testing spells of bowling and providing Sri Lanka with a positive startKanishkaa Balachandran in Galle22-Jun-2012When Tillakaratne Dilshan reached his century in the second ODI…
Plays of the day from the Australia v West Indies Group B match in ColomboDavid Hopps in Colombo22-Sep-2012Shower of the day The scheduling of the World Twenty20, with the October monsoon in Sri Lanka and…
An embarrassing six-match losing streak stares at New Zealand as they prepare for the second Test. They must wring out every drop of positivity they can muster Andrew Fernando in Colombo23-Nov-2012In the 82 years since…
In an age where fast bowlers are getting injured increasingly frequently, South Africa are blessed with two spearheads whose bodies are more resilientFirdose Moonda in Perth28-Nov-2012You don't have to ask Peter Siddle how he's feeling.…
Andy Zaltzman25-Feb-2013Let Battle Commence. Briefly. For a couple of weeks. And then let it commence again two months later. After literally weeks of waiting, England’s Ashes Test summer has begun − nine weeks, two Tests,…
It has been a wonderful year for debutant fast bowlersAndy Zaltzman25-Feb-2013When historians sit down at their special historical desks in decades to come and compose their unarguable histories of the year 2011, they will scratch…