T20 offers way out of ECB’s TV crown jewels impasse

There may be a third way in the escalating debate over TV rights between the government and the ECB, says George Dobell

England’s flop and the ‘madcap’ ‘return’ of Harsha Bhogle

The Third Umpire looks back over the first 24 hours of the ICC World Twenty20

That IPL TV coverage: is it really too exciting?

The Third Umpire runs the rule over Mark Nicholas and Simon Doull’s attempts to whip the TV audience into a frenzy

The ire brigade: Bob Willis v Nasser Hussain

Who’s angrier: Bob Willis or Nasser Hussain? asks the Third Umpire

England’s Twenty20 squad: some pointers

England name their squad of 30 for the T20 World Cup on Monday. SPIN editor Duncan Steer tries to get inside the selectors’ minds

England fans: look away now

Whether Stuart Clark gets a warm-up in county cricket for the Ashes is irrelevant, when England can’t even give the team at the bottom of the ICC table a decent game.

Duckworth-Lewis madness: an easy solution

Windies coach John Dyson’s D-L surrender changed the course of the England-West Indies ODI series. But it need not happen again…

Stanford v Murdoch: who damages cricket more?

In its quest for big money, the ECB has compromised the game. But not in the way too many pundits suppose…