cricket

AUSTRALIA

All gentlemen out there in the middle 23.06.2002 Waughs: is it time to go? 08.02.2002 The ultimate hypocrite 01.01.2002 Whatever happened to South Africa? 29.12.2001 Ashes: the hype and the story 11.08.2001 An innocent babe in the woods 11.08.2001 The ACB's antics 11.05.2001 Taylor's stupidity 02.04.2001 Farewell, Sir Don 26.2.2001 A 31-year drought may end 10.2.2001 It's them umpires again4.2.2001 Speedy moves 25.01.2001 The tail that wags the dog 24.01.2001 11 wins vs 11 wins 27.11.2000 The unknown factor 23.11.2000 Hair-raising stuff10.10.2000 Board games 10.8.2000 Chucking and all that jazz 15.7.2000 Shane and the 'hot' line 3.7.2000 Why should the two Ws go free? 10.6.2000 It should have been Lillee 13.4.2000 The sounds of bias 1.1.2000 Comparisons will have to wait1.1.2000 The 12th man 27.12.99 Cricket and technology in Australia 14.12.99 Why only in Australia? (Part II) 2.11.99 Has Healy's time come? 26.10.99 Coming down to earth 4.9.99 Warne's outburst 17.5.99 Spitting isn't cricket 10.4.99 Indiana John's legacy 1.3.99 Hair's book: another view 17.2.99 Taylor: another point of view 8.2.99

Emerson's moment of fame 24.1.99 Unsuitable choices 8.1.99 McGrath speaks: *@%&!?* 1.1.99 The big cover-up 9.12.98 This was out of Ripley's! 4.12.98 Challenging? This? 26.11.98 An umpire's view 22.11.98 After Taylor, who? 28.10.98 For cricket or self? 28.10.98 The Taylor mystery 17.10.98 Warne's bombshell 1.8.98 Change, change, change... 18.7.98 A question of money 17.7.98 Meek surrender 10.5.98 Decision day 1.5.98 One captain or two? 15.4.98 A master stroke 1.4.98 A fitting finale 29.3.98 Captain, the ship is sinking 22.3.98 Australia overwhelmed 13.3.98 Taylor's unfinished agenda 20.2.98 Waugh was that all about? 8.2.98 Australia's fighter 8.7.97 A triumph of sheer will 8.6.97 The skipper may be missing 28.5.97 This was a real Test! 18.3.97 Lessons from a defeat 6.3.97 The series is over 4.2.97 All set for South Africa 28.1.97 Taylor's travails 14.1.97

ENGLAND

Much ado about nothing 11.08.2001 Thumbs! The Poms have actually won a Test 22.05.2001 More heads roll 14.8.99 All set for the Ashes 2.11.98 Two become one 20.7.98 Atherton's exit 25.3.98

Bowlers call the shots 22.2.98 A tale of two skippers 21.8.97 Will the drought end? 11.5.97 Atherton: back in favour 18.2.97

INDIA

Minor victory for Dalmiya 01.12.2001 Jokers to the fore again 24.11.2001 Can't bat: India without Tendulkar 11.08.2001 Sharjah: At last, wisdom prevails 02.04.2001 Up from the ashes 23.3.2001 Ganguly deflated 5.3.2001 Two down, how many more to go? 6.12.2000 Good Lord, where did they find these men? 21.11.2000 Different strokes for different folks 6.11.2000 Why did they forget Asif? 3.11.2000 Where do we go next? 2.11.2000 Foreign coaches: will they last 2.10.2000 Mohinder Amarnath was right 7.2.2000 The merry-go-round again 30.7.99 A question of action 22.10.98 When the best laid plans fail 20.9.98 Compromise of sorts 21.8.98 Money makes the board go 14.8.98 Bring back Dravid! 2.8.98 Give us a break! 1.6.98 A series in three acts 1.5.98 A year to forget 1.5.98 Who's the fairer of the two? (Part II) 27.4.98 Trination fever 11.4.98 A little rest can help... 11.4.98 Had he been captain... 23.3.98 An unceremonious ouster 18.1.98 The will to win 19.9.97 Warne's good turn 7.9.97 This was a demolition job 27.7.97 Yet another disappointment 19.7.97 Were journalists involved? 12.7.97 So he was lying all along... 11.7.97

Asia Cup: a preview 10.7.97 Oh, what a joke! 9.7.97 A fresh can of worms 5.7.97 Enter the psychologist 3.7.97 Some careers seem to be over 1.7.97 Progress or deterioration? 17.6.97 Nothing official about it! 15.6.97 The hush-hush tournament 9.6.97 Fixing things up 4.6.97 Jayasuriya's match 27.5.97 Dravid deserves a mention 24.5.97 The son also rises 20.5.97 Some schedule, this! 13.5.97 What about Manjrekar? 7.5.97 Azhar: time for a break 4.5.97 Laxman: one in 20 3.4.97 Indo-Pak tours to resume 29.3.97 The sound of silence 23.3.97 A lamb to the slaughter 20.3.97 Poor captaincy, this 19.3.97 Rain plays the spoilsport 11.3.97 Cricketers are not milch cows 4.3.97 Sachin and the computer 28.2.97 Bitter Umrigar set to quit 27.2.97 Madan: bracing for the worst 25.2.97 Sixteen... of the best? 20.2.97 Calypso time 16.2.97 Pipped at the post 14.2.97 India enters the finals 10.2.97 Mohinder and the mike 22.1.97 Did India really want to win? 22.1.97 Safari turns to disaster 16.1.97 Who's the fairer of the two? -- I 7.6.96

NEW ZEALAND

Keeping the Poms at bay 28.1.97

PAKISTAN

Three cheers for Pakistan 2.6.2000 Malik's claims 2.6.2000 Miandad's bombshell 23.4.99 Ideal cooperation 9.10.98 Tumultuous start 2.10.98 Fixing things up 17.9.98 Friendship all over again? 11.9.98

A fine old fix 11.9.98 A bookmaker speaks 2.10.97 The Friendship Series??? 15.9.97 The Toronto tamasha 12.9.97 My vote still goes to Viv 23.5.97

SOUTH AFRICA<

Don't forget the D'Oliviera case 03.01.2002 Playing out a farce5.5.2000 Who will bell the cat?2.5.2000 This mess will never be fixed29.4.2000 Aussies should have cleaned up their act 14.4.2000 Of black and white 8.12.98

South Africa: the whole story 4.7.98 Shades of racism 30.1.97

SRI LANKA

The excuses have begun 25.2.2001 Murali joins the 300 club 05.01.2001 A tribute to Arjuna 24.7.2000 Lanka: No need to be nasty 14.8.99 Shooting oneself in the foot 13.7.99 In praise of Arjuna 10.7.99 Nepotism in Lanka cricket 21.4.99 Waugh's dismissal 17.3.99 Of this and that 1.3.99 Prophecy, prediction or certainty 15.2.99 A problem of leadership 5.2.99 A Sri Lankan's diary 1.2.99

Natural Bent Arm or Not - It doesn't matter 28.1.99 Why only in Australia? 15.1.99 Old accusations again 1.9.98 Lanka: problems remain 13.6.98 Lanka: All is not well 15.5.98 Is Atapattu up to the job? 30.4.97 Lanka have much to learn 16.3.97 Is it bye-bye Gurusinghe? 8.2.97

WEST INDIES

Words that will haunt Hooper 21.05.2002 Will the Windies blow this one too? 20.4.2002 Windies: have they touched bottom yet? 14.01.2002 Hooper's bloopers 02.05.2001 Farewell, Mr Walsh 24.04.2001 The hallucinations of Colin Croft 28.3.2001 A one-match wonder? 23.3.2001 Well done, Mike! 9.3.2001 Hooper's elevation 5.3.2001 Will Adams survive? 25.2.2001 Lessons from Down Under-II 10.2.2001 Experts indeed! 4.2.2001 Will Hooper make a difference? 21.01.2001 Lessons from Down Under 17.01.2001 Those who live in glass houses... 05.01.2001 Evading the issue won't help 29.12.2000 Indecision is an awful thing 20.12.2000 Don't say there was no warning 6.12.2000 Lack of ability or application? 28.11.2000 Is Lara involved? 24.10.2000 Should Walsh stay on? 17.10.2000 The wages of complacency 1.10.2000 Windies should go to Dhaka 19.8.2000 Revival? Where? 10.8.2000 A tribute to Curtly 3.7.2000 Drama in Trinidad 20.5.2000 A workhorse named Walsh 1.4.2000 An Adams to the rescue 5.3.2000 Captain, my captain 7.2.2000 A tribute to Malcolm Marshall 5.11.99 Richards as coach? 14.10.99 So near and yet so far... 8.4.99 Windies pass the Test 1.4.99

Lara's day in Jamaica 19.3.99 How low can they sink? 10.3.99 Lara's last chance 23.2.99 Betrayal of a cricketing culture 19.1.99 What excuses now? 7.1.99 Two Tests, one farce 30.12.98 Captain, the ship is sinking 15.12.98 An ingenious excuse 1.12.98 A plea for Winston 16.11.98 Time to deliver 13.11.98 Some misunderstanding! 10.11.98 Lara's decision: the fallout 6.11.98 Lara's woes 1.8.98 Lara: sterner tests ahead 10.4.98 Windies: what of the future? 7.3.98 Jamaican folly 1.2.98 Why blame Walsh alone? 14.1.98 A question of captaincy 1.1.98 A crisis of leadership 1.1.98 Curtley joins the 300 club 17.6.97 Another spinner -- why? 3.6.97 Victory for the Windies 23.4.97 A ton for Mr Reliable 2.4.97 West Indies go one-up 1.4.97 Another chance for Williams! 2.3.97 Apportioning the blame From heroes to zeroes 28.1.97 It all began under Richards... 26.1.97 Windies: back to square one 22.1.97 West Indies bounce back 12.1.97

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe's feat 3.12.98

What's driving them? 2.10.97

A MIXED BAG

Standard fare  01.01.2002 The era of corruption has ended! 01.07.2001 Whom is the ICC trying to con this time? 20.06.2001 Umpires: time to be realistic 05.06.2001 A big day for the H word 24.05.2001 This Condon will not stop anything 17.5.2001 The game is not the same 29.12.2000 Why hold this tournament?3.10.2000 Why not Kenya? 31.7.2000 Passing the buck 31.7.2000 The other side of the fix 3.7.2000 A verbal fan dance 3.7.2000 The fun has gone out of the game 2.6.2000 A tale of three captains 5.3.2000 Itineraries: who's to blame? 2.11.99 Another one bites the dust 6.7.99 Back to cricket again 22.6.99 Jingoism ain't cricket 5.6.99 World Cup: progress or...? 13.5.99 An unwanted championship 1.5.99 The camera can lie... 1.5.99 Hair-raising stuff 18.1.99 The year that was 1.1.99 Match-fixing: Just another game 28.12.98 Trouble in Bangladesh 19.9.98 Life in the fast lane 4.9.98 Foolproof LBW verdicts 3.8.98 Red cards in cricket? 9.7.9 Globalising the game? 19.6.98 Indecision is an awful thing 19.6.98

Colourless stuff 2.5.98 The man in the white coat 15.3.98 Tradition or stupidity? 1.3.98 The year that was 3.1.98 Who's top of the pile? 27.8.97 Thus spake Madan Lal 22.8.97 The vital difference 18.8.97 Eights, sixes and all that jazz 5.8.97 A hint of appeasement 18.6.97 More Tests, please 28.5.97 Packer's legacy 26.5.97 A bid to live in the fast lane 1.5.97 The third eye went blind 27.4.97 Lanka break a jinx 11.4.97 Pakistan are through 9.4.97 Zimbabwe spring a surprise 8.4.97 Aravinda's day in the sun 7.4.97 Zimbabwe go down tamely 6.4.97 Pakistan commit suicide 4.4.97 Why was Murali called? 3.4.97 Dalmiya gets his way 26.3.97 'Promoting' the game 10.3.97 Dalmiya surfaces again 22.2.97 Activity off the field 12.2.97 Another tribute to statistics 7.2.97 Crackdown on chuckers 5.2.97 Player power 2.2.97 To see or not to see 27.1.97