There is not much that disturbs Rahul Dravid's calm approach. Very much like his batting. This is the man called “The Wall”, one of only five men to score 11,000 Test runs and the only one to hit a century in each of the 10 Test-playing countries. Read More

Grey skies greeted us on Sunday morning as we prepared to head to Croydon for the first 40 over match of the English domestic season. The day almost got off to a disastrous start. My girlfriend put some potatoes on to boil and told me that in ten minutes I should add some garlic to them. Read More

It is hard to overestimate how skilfully England adapted to make the best of a completely different surface against New Zealand. In Barbados for their previous Super Eights games against Pakistan and South Africa they have played on a fast, bouncy pitch which suited the way they want to play the game. Read More
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MUMBAI: Baroda Cricket Association President Chirayu Amin was appointed the interim Chairman of the Indian Premier League in place of the high-flying Lalit Modi, who came in for a scathing attack from BCCI President Shashank Manohar on Monday. Read More
From desperate, hand-to-mouth survival in squalid refugee camps in Pakistan to a world championship jam-packed with multi-millionaires, Afghanistan's cricketers have come a long way. Read More
Ninety-eight years after making Test hundreds for Australia at Lord’s, Warren Bardsley and Charles Kellaway are to have their names painted on a new honours board in the away dressing room to mark the achievements of players in neutral Tests at the ground. Read More

The 2010 season marks yet another new era for county cricket, with fewer competitions, but more days of scheduled action. In the County Championship, which has been largely unaffected by the revamp, Durham will be looking to win their third successive Division One title but will be hotly pursued by Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Lancashire Read More

Surrey all-rounder Chris Jordan could miss the start of the new season because of a back problem. The 21-year-old is two weeks into a six-week "no impact" rest period while he is nurtured back to match fitness. Read More

Former New Zealand batsman Hamish Marshall is set to join Ireland as a player and coach. The 31-year-old Gloucestershire player has an average of 38.35 in 13 Test matches and he also made 66 one-day appearances for the Kiwis. Read More

It was a good day for an Australian team still running hard as it approaches the end of its marathon, but a bad day for New Zealand and a worse day for the game at large. Cricket cannot survive as a narrow game played by a few powerful nations and regarded as a recreation elsewhere. Read More