Lalit Modi watches the opening ceremony. © Getty Images

Zero tolerance, or charade

That is the choice cricket has to make. While some of baseball’s greatest remain outside its Hall of Fame, cricket has been far too forgiving of its wrongdoers

The BCCI and ECB chiefs at Lord's before the first Test of the 2011 series. © Getty Images

May-Siva, and a fragmented future

The BCCI looks after its own interests. But how are the other boards, whose decisions are often made with an eye on the fistful of Indian Rupees, any different?

Steve and Mark Waugh, the Bankstown twins, put up the most significant partnership in the history of modern-day cricket. © Getty Images

The Day Calypso Died

In a week that has seen a seismic result in club football, we look back 18 years to the four days that saw West Indies cricket knocked off the perch it had occupied for nearly two decades

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Tests v Twenty20, and tomorrow’s fans

It’s not Tests v Twenty20 that we should be talking about. There’s good cricket, and there’s poor cricket, and neither is exclusive to one format

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Sobers, Miller and the Wisden Five

If you could go back in time, which cricketers would you watch and why?

Shane Warne, Sachin Tendulkar. © AFP

IPL doesn’t need outside validation

That India’s domestic T20 league is eating away at cricket’s foundations may just be a myth fanned by far-fetched punditry and lopsided coverage

For Test cricket to survive and thrive, what is needed is an itinerary based on fairness and equal opportunities. © Getty Images

Test Championship is a sham

Unlike other sports, cricket doesn’t even pay lip service to fairness, with itineraries hopelessly skewed in favour of England, India and Australia.

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Forget Spain, Arthur needs to look at Australia

Australian cricket needs to learn from its past to forge a bright future