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A man of good cheer, a genuine paceman and an international man of mystery - that's what Luke Tagg thinks about Australian fast bowler Dirk Nannes. Not just his his fearsome... More
Observing the empty top deck of the MCG stands closed and quite a few of the other layers half-empty during the first game between Australia and West Indies, Peter Roebuck... More
Pakistan’s abject failure in Australia had left a vacuum in fans’ hearts, which the country's Under-19 side doing duty in the World Cup in nearby New Zealand stepped into... More
After observing New Zealand's strong showings in one-dayers in the past six months, including the run to the ICC Champions Trophy final and the series victory over Pakistan... More
Australia's most promising fast bowler, Peter Siddle, is broken, writes Darren Berry in the Sunday Age. It was sadly only a matter of time before the frame of the Morwell... More
New Zealand Cricket seems confused. First came an announcement that Brendon McCullum was no longer vice-captain. Fair enough. And now a further announcement that Ross Taylor... More
Having just quit as South Africa coach, Mickey Arthur has vowed to get up at 5.30 am and watch every ball when his country takes on India in Nagpur. In his column in the... More
Venkatapathy Raju, part of India's spin trio in the early 1990s, reminisces his early days when he shared Irani chai and samosas with friends, caught two buses everyday to... More
The ICC's format for the world youth tournament needs to be changed, particularly with the knockout phase where one bad match is enough to undo all the hard work in getting... More
Cricket remains the most controversial of games. At times it is hard to remember that it is only a game and supposed to be fun. The Afridi controversy, the pitch invasion at... More
The resulting uproar over Shahid Afridi's snack has reignited the debate about ball tampering, and in the New Zealand Herald Adam Parore says Pakistan got away with it for 15... More
England must improve their decision making and the best way they could do that is by playing, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian. We got an example of prescriptive thinking... More
Kieron Pollard is the epitome of the Twenty20 generation, but still maintains some old-fashioned values that many traditionalists would find hard to reconcile, Jamie... More
 
 
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