Logan Cup 2009-10
From little acorns ...
Martin Williamson looks at Zimbabwe's new domestic set-up
Martin Williamson
Hurtling down an old precipice
Seven times in the past the WICB has come off second best in arbitration with its players, and this time seems no different. Little will change unless the entire structure of the board is overhauled
Martin Williamson
What have they done to deserve this?
The ICC's decision to put commercial interests uppermost and fast-track the USA into the World Twenty20 Qualifiers is a breach of its avowed principles
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The inquests set to start for Scotland
What the future holds for Scotland after their poor performance in South Africa... more
Bermuda's blown chance
Their four-year stint at Associate level has come to an end and they don't look likely to be bouncing back anytime soon... more
Flickers of hope for Zimbabwe
It might be premature, and whisper it quietly, but there are signs that Zimbabwe cricket might have finally turned the corner... more
Another mess of its own making
Martin Williamson on why heads must roll after yet another spectacular foul-up by the West Indies Cricket Board... more
Court to rule if Stanford game can proceed
Martin Williamson previews the hearing in London which will decide whether then Stanford 20/20 for 20 will go ahead ... more
Only one winner in county v country debate
Martin Williamson looks at how the Associate countries will always lose out in the tug-of-war with counties... more
Teflon kings survive another day
How the ICC has once again compromised over Zimbabwe... more
The future's bright
The new ICC funding regulations should have a positive impact on the game's Associates and Affiliates... more
Matches more than money
Kenya have little chance of getting better unless they are allowed to play among the game's top ten... more
Zimbabwe visa problems only half the story
CLICO Under 15 International Championship
Zimbabwe's failure to participate in the CLICO Under 15 International Championship appears not only to have been because of problems with visas, as has been the story in general circulation... more
This time it's for real
Martin Williamson says this weekend's USACA elections represent the last chance for stakeholders inside the country to end several years of massively self-destructive bickering and start rebuilding... more
Ignorance is not bliss
The ICC's continuing cop-out over Zimbabwe... more
England at risk of ICC shutout
Chingoka ban could have major consequences
Martin Williamson reports on the serious issues facing the ECB if the UK government refuses to allow Peter Chingoka into the country... more
Jesse Ryder's biggest battle
A look at the latest setback to hit the turbulent career of New Zealand's wild child, and where it will end... more
US board has to wipe the slate clean
Why the old guard must stand down
Martin Williamson on why the old guard, headed by Gladstone Dainty, must not seek re-election in the USACA elections... more
Not walking is not cheating
Australia v India, 2nd Test, Sydney
Why is cricket the only major sport in the world where some people demand that players do the umpires' jobs for them?... more
Cricket's distant Olympic dream
IOC recognition is only the first step on cricket's long road to appearing in the Olympics... more
Don't let Nairobi hijack Kenya's future
This weekend's stakeholders' meeting in Nairobi threatens to be overshadowed by the ongoing row between the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association and Cricket Kenya which has rumbled on for months... more
Thailand board fails accountability test
A look at the problems facing Thai cricket after 2006's elections that never were... more
ICC must go on funding cricket's expansion
The budget allocated by the ICC to Associates must not be cut to give more to the big boys... more
Giving democracy the finger
Zimbabwe Cricket has finally abandoned any pretence of being democratic... more
Bad publicity is no publicity
Cricket Australia's stand-off with the media is all wrong... more
Nairobi needs to lead the way
The behind-the-scenes machinations in Kenya's biggest province is worryingly familiar ... more
A Pyrrhic victory for the ICC
Although Darrell Hair withdrew his claim for racial discrimination against the ICC, both sides suffered considerable damage... more
Dehring brings experience to US problem
World Cup organiser flies in to find solution
Chris Dehring has been named as the independent third party in attempts to resolve the dispute which led to the United States being suspended from international cricket by the ICC... more
Digicel deal highlights West Indies' problems
Why the new Digicel deal highlights gaping deficiencies in the Caribbean... more
USA cricket's final opportunity
Despite a dismal record, the deal struck in the USA to salvage the country's cricket administration has to be given a chance... more
How low can they go?
A week of shame for the West Indies Cricket Board... more
Another Caribbean crisis
Cricket is heading in the wrong direction in Bermuda... more
Stretching to four days
Cricket Kenya is hoping to launch a four-day national competition later this year providing that sponsors can be found to underwrite the costs of the event... more
Saturation coverage
The crazy international schedule
Martin Williamson argues that the increasingly packed international schedules are a result of national boards obsessed with money and not the good of the game... more
Not knowing the score
First-class cricket behind closed doors
The game's leading statisticians are up in arms over the inability to find out what is happening in Zimbabwe's domestic matches... more
There can be no winner
West Indies tour of England 2007
Just as you think things can't get worse in the West Indies, something happens to prove you wrong... more
Ditch the anachronism
Time for an overhaul of the West Indies Cricket Board
Martin Williamson on why the West Indies Cricket Board is in desperate need of a complete overhaul... more
Silencing the critics
Zimbabwe Cricket and the media
Martin Williamson reports on Zimbabwe Cricket's decision to refuse to deal with Cricinfo... more
Another tour, another crisis
West Indies heading for another bitter board-players battle
Martin Williamson takes a look at the latest dispute set to hit West Indies cricket... more
An amateur solution in a professional world
Martin Williamson looks at the problems facing those who play for the Associates as the demands on their time increase while the rewards do not... more
Less is more
Martin Williamson argues that the ICC needs to rethink the way it handles the Associates at future World Cups... more
For a few dollars more ...
Short-term view taken by Kenya's players
Martin Williamson argues that Kenya's players need to think before they act... more
Life is good beyond the Test world
Martin Williamson looks back at the performances of the six leading Associates in the World Cricket League and what they can take out of the event ... and what it means for their chances in the World Cup... more
Out of sight, out of mind
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 1st ODI, Harare
The opening Zimbabwe-Bangladesh match was played out in virtual secrecy. There was no television coverage, no media updates, no live scores. The only people who knew what was happening were the few hundred die-hards inside Harare Sports Club... more
A long way from home
Is global expansion all that it is cracked up to be?
Martin Williamson asks whether the ICC's picture of global expansion is as accurate as it seems... more
Mixed messages from Dubai
Associates left wondering where they stand
Martin Williamson looks at what message is being sent to the Associates by the ICC deciding to appoint Darrell Hair to officiate in their tournament ... and do the ICC even know where they stand... more
Crash, bang, wallop
After Adam Gilchrist's onslaught at Perth, Martin Williamson looks at some of Test cricket's other brutal assaults... more
Face reality and bite the bullet
Martin Williamson takes a look at the crisis facing Bermudan cricket on the eve of the World Cup... more
Associates heading in opposite directions
Martin Williamson looks back at Kenya's one-day whitewash of Bermuda... more
Cricket at the crossroads
This weekend's meeting of the ICC executive in Mumbai is likely to be one of the most important - and possibly rancorous - in its 97-year existence. It could also change the ground rules for the way the game is governed... more
Media sniping undermines efforts to rebuild
Media fail to get behind Kenyan board
Cricinfo looks at the unbalanced coverage of Kenya's cricket in general, and examines the facts behind criticism of Cricket Kenya's preparations for the World Cup... more
Record ... what record?
ICC must face up to a problem of its own making
Martin Williamson on how the media have started shunning one-day internationals even though the ICC maintains they all count in the record books... more
More trouble in paradise
West Indies contract row resurfaces
Martin Williamson on the continuing dispute between players and board which again threatens to undermine West Indies' recovery... more
Too much of a good thing?
Future Tours Programme 2006-2012
Martin Williamson looks at the new FTP and how things just seem to get busier and busier... more
The party continues at Lord's
ICC regulations outflanked by MCC
Martin Williamson on how Lord's has managed to sidestep the ICC's new regulations on bring bottles and cans into grounds... more
Enough is enough
Players begin to draw the line
Martin Williamson reports on how player power might be the decisive factor in deciding how much cricket should be scheduled... more
A local issue that needs an international solution
Zimbabwe Cricket's forensic audit
Martin Williamson argues that a forensic audit by a small local firm will do nothing to quell the dissenters inside Zimbabwe... more
Can the bosses be trusted?
The ICC have decided to ratify their Future Tours Progamme but are the players being treated as an afterthought, asks Martin Williamson... more
It's more what's up than what's changed
ICC readmit USA Cricket Association to the fold
Martin Williamson on the ICC executive's decision to welcome the USA Cricket Association back into the fold... more
And now the end is near
Martin Williamson believes that the struggle to keep cricket alive in Zimbabwe is now nearing the end... more
'Back to the drawing board and then back to the ballpark'
Martin Williamson chats to Bernard Cameron, the driving force behind Major League Cricket... more
The expanding one-day world
Six new countries enter the fray
Martin Williamson spoke to Matthew Kennedy, the ICC's Global Development Manager, about the six countries who will be able to play full ODIs from January 1 and the effect this will have on the international game... more
US cricket continues its backwards slide
EGM underlines the scale of the problem
Martin Williamson looks at why the USACA EGM was so poorly attended ... and wonders if it was a deliberate ploy by the board... more
The ICC needs to be 'more like FIFA'
Feedback to articles on the Zimbabwe crisis and the ICC response... more
The old boys network just isn't working
Martin Williamson on why the ICC's own rules need changing to avoid it sitting by toothless as one of its own members self destructs... more
Sifting through the wreckage
The involvement of Justice Ahmed Ebrahim in the Zimbabwe crisis might not warrant headlines but it could signal the beginning of the end for the beleagured Zimbabwe cricket chairman Peter Chingoka and his right-hand man, Ozias Bvute... more
'I would be glad to come back and play'
Tatenda Taibu spoke to Martin Williamson about his decision to quit playing for and captaining Zimbabwe, the threats made against his family, and his future plans... more
Another step towards extinction
Tatenda Taibu''s decision to quit is a disaster for ZImbabwe and another step on the country's terminal decline... more
Every picture tells a story
Graham Morris talks about his iconic photograph
Graham Morris, who was covering the game as a freelancer, took what was to become one of sports most widely published and lucrative shots... more
A stain on the cricketing landscape
Feedback II - The Zimbabwe crisis
We publish another selection of your feedback on the growing crisis inside Zimbabwe... more
'The ICC should have done something two years ago'
Feedback - The Zimbabwe crisis
We publish a selection of your feedback on Martin Williamson's article calling for the ICC to act to address the growing crisis inside Zimbabwe... more
Time to act for the good of the game
Martin Williamson says hat the ICC has the power to make a real difference in Zimbabwe ... but whether it will is another matter entirely... more
An undignified exit looms
Martin Williamson looks at the events which have led to Peter Chingoka being backed into a corner... more
Just when you think it can't get worse
Martin Williamson on Zimbabwe cricket's continuing slide towards chaos... more
Time to rewrite the record books
Why the ICC should not decide what is official
Few outside Australia will mourn the end of this Sorry Series... more
Time's up for Brathwaite
A report has suggested that Roger Brathwaite, the CEO of the West Indies board, has offered his resignation... more
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