The Index
Julius Caesar was told to beware the ides of March. Here's a look at betrayals that could occur in cricket on March 15
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The blond legend's blueprint for success - leaked
Lobby group demands nicknames in American style to be done away with
A list of alternative venues for cricket to explore
Located in the Amazon rain forest, the ground, with its humid conditions, provides help for swing bowlers. Deforestation should provide ample seating space for ICC corporate partners.
Working under the guidance of Lord's, plans are already underway to offer debenture packages to local penguins, who are considered ideal attendees for the posh seats due to their immaculate suits and fondness for cold fish buffets.
A handy month-by-month breakdown of what we can expect from the world of cricket this year
This year has seen some eye-catching debuts for several of the Test nations. Here's a rundown of the players who might be bursting onto the scene in the next
Exciting but raw young quick who has played just four first-class games. Swings it both ways but has been troubled by injuries.
Exciting but raw young quick who has never actually played a cricket match. Swings it both ways but has been troubled by being in full body plaster cast for 18 months.
Exciting but raw young foetus who has yet to be born. Potential to swing it both ways but has been troubled by being incredibly fragile and the size of a pea.
England are in India. Time to dig out the food-related cricket stories
As idiosyncratic an administrator as he was dashing a middle-order strokeplayer, "Lord" Ted Dexter's tenure as England chairman of selectors was never dull. Take the Madras Test in 1993, on the eve of which several members the England squad dined on prawns (Chinese style, not Madras), skipper Graham Gooch waking up dizzy and nauseous and having to sit out the game. Having blamed the loss of the first Test in Calcutta on smog, now it was the "dodgy prawns" what done it, officer.
When a team-mate insists you be blindfolded if you wish to pop round for a cuppa tea (and with Jack Russell having a 20-a-day habit, often with the same teabag, there's a pretty good chance he'd have a brew on), it's safe to assume you're in the presence of eccentricity. The Gloucester and England gloveman packed suitcases of baked beans for trips to Asia and ate chicken cashew five nights straight in Perth (without the cashews), but it was insistence that his lunchtime Weetabix were soaked for exactly eight minutes - how else do you eat them? - that suggests his fridge is light on sushi, foie gras, ostrich steaks and oysters.
The Perth Test will be the last time we see the great man pull on the baggy green. But what might retirement hold?
Australian cricket needs its ex-players to step up with valuable intuitions into the team's opponents. It will be hard to top Justin Langer's "Aw look, bowl it at the stumps" level of insight, but Ricky has a lot to offer.
With the job being divided between Ashley Giles and Andy Flower - as well as a support staff of thousands - there should be a role as specialist gum-chewing and staring coach for Ricky if he wants it.
No Australian cricketer of recent years has been so lovingly hated by English fans as Ricky. This could be ideal preparation for a spell in the West End as Captain Hook, or perhaps with fellow former skipper Steve Waugh as an Ugly Sister two-for-one combo.