Men's cricket - Good Areas

India

The IPL as a business

The IPL, as Lalit Modi imagined, was to be a marriage between Bollywood glitz and cricket - India’s two favourite money-spinners.

Men's cricket

The Power Rankings - Episode 6

How teams stack up, their strengths and player of the week, and their upcoming schedules

Analysis

The Power Rankings - Episode 5

How teams stack up given their results so far, their batting in each phase, and their upcoming schedules

T20s

The Power Rankings - Episode 4

How teams stack up given their results so far, their pace & spin bowling, and their upcoming schedules

Men's cricket

The genius and chaos of Ambati Rayudu

Ambati Rayudu was a genius against the spinning ball, a rebel, frequently retired, overlooked, and a winner. With his talent he could’ve been a better cricketer, but few players have ever packed in as much as him.

Analysis

How to (almost) make 300 in the IPL

Is it really too much to ask for one of these teams to make 300? And then for another one to chase it?

T20s

The Power Rankings - Episode 3

How teams stack up given their results so far, their best youngster and veteran, and their upcoming schedules

T20s

The 'Rebel' League

To convince the players in the first place, Kerry Packer used Ian Chappell and Tony Greig to recruit his players. Three decades later, Tony Greig would be involved in another rebel cricket league.

T20s

The IPL so far

When it comes to the history of the IPL, the young ones will never know why Go Chargers is the greatest song in cricket or what to do with a franchise that changed hands with a fresh paint job.