With Mother's Day being celebrated on Sunday, cricketers around the globe composed tributes to their moms and wives, with many away from home on the day doing duty in the IPL.
The biggest issue for the IPL is that there are so many ways that the league actually makes a loyal worldwide following less likely, writes Peter Miller.
<b>Lizzy Ammon</b> looks at the runners and riders in line for England selection and makes utterly unscientific predictions about their percentage chance of playing in the first Test.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the BCCI cannot see a future that does not include the India Cements boss at the head of the organisation, writes Peter Miller.
The international season kicks off again, after not much of a break, in early May, with Sri Lanka visiting Ireland and England, even though the IPL will still be on the go for another three weeks. Hands up if you'll be ready for the diversion.
You saw this amazing girl, chatted to her on a few group outings, and then got her to go out with you. But it wasn't what you expected, and you only went on three further, rather dull dates before you dumped her.
The recently concluded World Twenty20 was filled with a number of interesting match-ups, close calls, brilliant catches, Virat Kohli eyebrow raises, and some very entertaining fumbles in the field.
England's Hiems Horribilis ended the way it started. With a humbling defeat. The difference between this 45 run loss to the Netherlands and defeat in the first Test in Brisbane is that this one was in no way a shock.
The phrase 'transitional period' is a linguistic device designed to distract from the fact that your team is currently rubbish. It implies a temporary state; something outside the norm; a bridge between two eras of relentless success
The Flower era has been characterised by players fitting in and playing and those that don't squeeze into the mould being discarded. There have been enough players that England have disposed of to make a 'Discarded XI'.
The World Twenty20 is here at last, and this year there are a number of new faces to keep an eye on. This list consists of players who did not play in the 2012 edition in Sri Lanka, though one has played in this event in the last decade.
While a busted digit is very different from an issue of the mind, neither one is more debilitating that the other. Both affect your ability to do your job, in this case that job is scoring runs.
Even the most optimistic of England supporters hold out very little hope of England even getting into the semi-finals never mind winning the thing. They simply aren't even close to being one of the best four teams in the tournament.
The Asia Cup in Bangladesh actually turned out to be a rather interesting two weeks, with four Test-playing sides and Afghanistan providing oodles of entertainment, some surprises, and some exciting individual efforts.
And so one of the most tense and exciting days of Test cricket comes to an end, with Australia preventing a final day miracle as the Proteas failed to secure a draw in honour of their retired skipper.
Day four of the third Test in Cape Town was overshadowed by the retirement of Proteas skipper Graeme Smith, and his subsequent failure with the bat, while the Aussies were bound and determined to push for the win.
Day three of the third Test in Cape Town dawned overcast, but soon the clouds gave way and the pitch started to swing like a Big Band. It wasn't bad for batting though, and the Proteas will be gutted with their effort.
A capacity crowd under Table Mountain watched as the hosts failed to replicate the 47 not out they subjected the Aussies to in 2011, as the ball failed to swing and the Oz top order found their feet after their PE punishment.
Michael Clarke is an OK captain, he is not the second coming of Mike Brearley. So often in cricket something is said so regularly that it just becomes accepted as fact without any critical analysis.
Australia would have gone into the Port Elizabeth Test confident of recording a series win. But with the pitch not playing how they'd expected, and the Proteas finding form with bat and ball, they were quickly brought down to earth.
Most of the team contributed meaningfully in some way, with only the skipper and Quinton de Kock's ratings out of 10 not resulting in a glowing report card.
The Aussies were all out for 246, having started the day on 112 for four, and lost four wickets in the morning session alone. They then responded well initially, but once Hashim Amla came in, he drove them into the ground.
Day one of the second Test against Australia started badly for the Proteas, and it felt like a case of deja vu when Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla were out cheaply, but a trio of fifties restored some order.
