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A layperson's guide to Australia's contract kerfuffle
The ACA and the CA have sorted out their disagreements over the PP, the PPP, the ACR and the ACRA, to say nothing of the IP. The fans, meanwhile, have
Focus on de Villiers as South Africa seek change to the mood music
With the Champions Trophy getting ever closer, AB de Villiers’ abiding goal in international cricket is to break South Africa’s global trophy droughtF
Pakistan claim the Gabba with heart, and mind
With an application rarely seen in their batting performances overseas and a constant willingness to believe, Pakistan made history, and yet didn’t qu
Mashrafe lifts his charges out of first ODI gloom
It had been eight years since Mashrafe Mortaza had taken a four-for or scored 40 in an ODI. He did both on Sunday in a Man of the Match performance ju
The Duck Tales
Plays of the Day from the IPL match between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders in DubaiAlagappan Muthu19-Apr-2014The dubious record IIt is no
Broad is bruised but not browbeaten
Stuart Broad chose to play at the MCG with the Ashes already lost, despite a badly bruised right foot, and he is still carrying England’s fightGeorge
How Ireland got their groove back
Cricket was played on the island as far back as the 1730s. How the game fell out of favour, and is now finding its feet again, is a tale and a halfJar
Old Boof, new tricks
Darren Lehmann’s ascent to the Australian coaching job was seen as a win for the old school. But his rise has also been a triumph of invention, reconc
Cricket on a divided island
Cyprus’ best-known cricketer doesn’t play for the national team, but the game soldiers on in the countryScott Oliver09-Apr-2013Head west out of the bu
What do cricketing retirements have in common with Stalinist Russia?
Both are devoid of logic and justice, that’s whatAndy Zaltzman25-Feb-2013The India-England series moves to Eden Gardens in the coming week, amidst inc