Lawson departure demonstrates need for separation of sport and politics

Many dsigraceful things have been said about outgoing Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson but, amidst player defections, security risks and a rampantly political board, he never had a chance, says Paul Moon....

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Paul Moon

Oct 29 2008

International Cricket: Starring for the minnows

Andrew Hughes looks at how the likes of Steve Tikolo, Tatenda Taibu and Mohammed Ashraful have excelled for the so-called minnows and how the pressure of the team being so reliant on them has inevitably...

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Andrew Hughes

Oct 21 2008

Test Match Betting: Are Bangladesh worthy of their Test status? Errr, no.

Frank Gregan dicusses that old chestnut of whether Bangladesh, who have only ever won one Test match, are worthy of their Test status. Ironically at a time when they are probably closer than they've ever...

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Frank Gregan

Oct 20 2008

Test Cricket: The best-ever knocks in Test cricket

Lara's 153 not out against Australia on a deteriorating wicket, Sehwag's lightning quick triple century and Dean Jones' debilitating double hundred in Madras are amongst Andrew Hughes' choices for best-ever Test knocks......

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Andrew Hughes

Oct 16 2008

The days of the Coach being solely there to drive you to the ground are over

The late Bob Woolmer pioneered them, Shane Warne didn't much care for them and Duncan Fletcher was one of the most high-profile examples of one but what is the role of Team Coach in cricket...

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Andrew Hughes

Oct 13 2008

Test Match Betting: Retirement of India's senior players has been on the cards but the timing of it will be to their detriment

Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo discusses the retirement of Sourav Ganguly and how much truth there is behind the rumours that Kumble, Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman will follow suit and the effect that...

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Paul Moon

Oct 10 2008

Grace, bodyline and those Chappell brothers did more harm to the game than Twenty20 ever will!

Frank Gregan's drinking circle is split on the big Stanford Challenge match. Here's why Frank is very much in favour of it and how some of the respected "Old Guard" have harmed the game more...

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Frank Gregan

Oct 7 2008

As Darren Gough calls it a day, it's time to say "Thanks for Dazzling"

As Darren Gough calls it a day in professional cricket, Andrew Hughes looks back at the career and achievements of one of English cricket's most entertaining and colourful characters....

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Andrew Hughes

Oct 1 2008

October 2008 - Bat and ball