Cricket365 17 Sep 2013

Opinion: I know what you did this summer…

We look back on some of the topics of conversation that kept social media afloat during the Ashes tour, sometimes for days, from the silly to the serious, the cricketing to the not, and the bright spots between the rain delays.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 17 Sep 2013

The CLT20 Players To Watch XI

The CLT20 is another big pay day for the players, with some big names making the trip in an already packed schedule. Here are some names we will be keeping an eye on, be it due to good form or just pure potential to thrill.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 17 Sep 2013

CSA and BCCI relations sour

A once special relationship lined with symoblism, favours and reciprocal hospitality has turned to disagreement, greed and jeopardy.

Blog Opinion India

Cricket365 16 Sep 2013

Where to from here for Ireland, Scotland?

Ryan Bailey contemplates the highs of Ireland and the lows of Scotland, as the Intercontinental Cup subsides and the World Twenty20 qualifiers loom.

Blog Opinion Ireland

Cricket365 11 Sep 2013

England's ODI battle plan has a few holes

It is no secret Andy Flower has refused to confirm that he will remain Test coach after the next Ashes instalment. This leaves Twenty20 and ODI supremo Ashley Giles trying to impress for what may be a vacant position in a few months' time.

Blog Opinion England

Cricket365 09 Sep 2013

Exclusive: Amla should be named SA Cricketer of the Year

Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla or AB de Villiers will be named South Africa's Cricketer of the Year on Monday - and, really, the winner of the prestigious accolade is all but a forgone conclusion.

Blog Opinion News

Cricket365 04 Sep 2013

Opinion: BCCI bow to Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, in all likelihood, will reach 200 Test caps at the Wankhede Stadium - and there is little arguing the conditions and opposition will pose a considerably weaker challenge than the Proteas at Newlands should have.

Blog Opinion India

Cricket365 02 Sep 2013

Five-fer: A disastrous tour to India

This tour will be remember not only for the severity of the drubbing India dished out, but also for the behind-the-scenes farce that was the Australian dressing room.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 02 Sep 2013

BCCI have, officially, gone too far

Cutting matches against New Zealand to compete in the Asia Cup, robbing South Africa of Tests in order to make sure Sachin Tendulkar plays his 200th Test match against weak opposition - the West Indies - in India.

Blog Opinion India

Cricket365 30 Aug 2013

Opinion: Nobody loves, or even likes, England

Is there anybody out there who loves England? Forget love, what about like? Or maybe just respect? Admire? The hate brigade certainly seems to be out in force.

Blog Opinion England

Cricket365 26 Aug 2013

Cricket365's Team of the Ashes

The Australians were consistent, while England clinched the decisive moments, but in the end there was only room for the very best in our final XI.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 26 Aug 2013

The 'Boycott's Mum Is Better' Ashes XI

Former England batsman Geoff Boycott recently said that fast bowler Chris Woakes' pace wouldn't trouble his mother. This got us wondering about which other Ashes players would be on a par with Boycs' mum.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 26 Aug 2013

What the papers say: the end or just the start?

A thought spared for Simon Kerrigan, unending praise for Stuart Broad and unfortunate obligation to the letter of the law characterise the media's summation of the Ashes' closing throes.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 25 Aug 2013

Opinion: Ashes predictions were a mixed bag

Before the Ashes began, what feels like eons ago, we at C365 made a number of predictions, just for the fun of it. Turns out we're pretty average at guessing the future, but we did get a few things right. Kind of...

Afghanistan Australia

Cricket365 20 Aug 2013

Opinion: Watson and Clarke – friendly enemies

There is still a future between Michael Clarke and Shane Watson. It may not involve hugs, cuddles and high fives, though, writes Tim Ellis.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 19 Aug 2013

Australia are emulating Pakistan

The Aussies are fast becoming what Pakistan used to be, writes Umer Rana. Kangaroos are no longer as frightening as king cobras.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 14 Aug 2013

New feature: C365's Keyword Concoctions

Every week tens of thousands of readers link to Cricket365 thanks to keyword searches - some very specific, others ludicrously loose - via popular search engines. For the most part, the site is dutifully able to oblige the research. Occasionally, though, the vague and random extent of the one-off research demands (sometimes satirical) explanation.

Blog Opinion England

Cricket365 14 Aug 2013

Chester-le-Street report cards: Australia

Australia find consolation in Chris Rogers and Ryan Harris. Usman Khawaja, however, isn't the answer.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 14 Aug 2013

Opinion: Oz veterans' efforts go to waste

If I were Australia batsman Chris Rogers, or fast bowler Ryan Harris, I'd be giving my team mates the cold shoulder for the next few days, after the veterans' career-best efforts went down the drain in Durham.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 14 Aug 2013

Chester-le-Street report cards: England

While Stuart Broad hogs the limelight, lest we forget the complementary services of Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan.

Blog Opinion England

Cricket365 12 Aug 2013

Six of the worst: Ashes media fodder

Form Shaun Tait's proposal and James Pattinson's night on the town to Nathan Bracken's political career and Monty Panesar's post-urination fallout, the media's quest for two-bit content has been pushed into overdrive during the Ashes recently.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 12 Aug 2013

Accounting for KP and Cook's cat'n'mouse race

Kevin Pietersen and Alastair Cook continue to swap position amid England's leading Test run-scorers, but how do they compare - statistically, mentally, historically - with Graham Gooch, David Gower, Alec Stewart and Geoff Boycott?

Blog Opinion England

Cricket365 09 Aug 2013

It's silly season in England, apparently

This series victory was clinched in the most unglamorous way in the Manchester rain. What followed was a subdued wave and grin from the victorious balcony.

Australia Blog Opinion

Cricket365 07 Aug 2013

Opinion: Thank heavens for Duminy…

With the South African tour to Sri Lanka concluded, and the Proteas on their way home with a mixed bag of results, the main thing that stuck out was the fact that JP Duminy was the best thing since light-up bails.

Blog Opinion Features

Cricket365 05 Aug 2013

The Starting XI: Sports stars in film and TV

With the news that Dale Steyn will have a cameo role in Adam Sandler's new film, Family Moon, it got us thinking about other sports persons who have made appearances in Hollywood and TV Land, whether wooden or wonderful.

Blog Opinion England