Old Guest Column

Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh's new captain, can use his confident batting and allround energy to put the spark back into a flagging side

At the same time as the workload on international players has been brought to the fore by MCC and ICC committees, the English domestic scene has again come under the spotlight for its volume of cricket

A game already loaded heavily in favour of the batsmen threatens to get further lopsided

The idea of women's Twenty20 matches as a precursor to men's games is an idea that should be seriously pursued in the years to come

Despite an undertaking from Peter Chingoka, the then interim chairman Zimbabwe Cricket , that the report on the investigation of charges of financial maladministration would be made public, no one apart from ZC and ICC have seen it.

XI Test cricketers who played Australian Rules football at the highest level

Sachin Tendulkar notched up a 37th Test hundred today but it wasn't the Tendulkar the world knows

Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik's second century-plus stand ensured a good day for India

Steven Price reports on the behind-the-scenes shambles that was the Logan Cup, and why Zimbabwe Cricket wasn't bothered as long as the tournament took place

As Bangladesh head into their final series under Dav Whatmore, Utpal Shuvro recalls the darkest days and how things have improved

"If we didn't play series now, when else could we have played it?" said Dav Whatmore, when questioned whether this series could have been scheduled at a better time

India's intent was undermined by an inability to force the issue, Bangladesh showed they hadn't played Test cricket for 13 months

Peter Moores is showing signs of making better use of county cricket than Duncan Fletcher

In a game where Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly scored hundreds, Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain provided the most exciting and inspirational moments

How India let slip a chance to enforce the follow-on merely illustrated the unhealthy dependence on Kumble to snip tails

Shoaib Malik will be closely watched on where he chooses to field and where he puts himself in the batting order

Tim Rice looks backs ...Edgbaston 1997 - exactly 40 years since Test matches resumed at Warwickshire`s headquarters

India's science and technology minister, Kapil Sibal, has come up with a constructive suggestion: urging the BCCI to prepare the team's itinerary based on the weather forecasts provided by the IMD

Brydon Coverdale asks why governments and cricket administrators can't seem to reach a definitive conclusion on touring Zimbabwe

The woes of Bangladesh batting veer from the promising Aftab Ahmed bent on giving his wicket away to Javed Omar and Habibul Bashar whose over-cautious approach often puts the brakes on the run chase