Already the spin is in — John Howard got knocked back for the ICC job because he opposed the Zimbabwean Government. Sadly it’s much more complicated than that, writes Noel Turnbull..
International cricket council
Come in Spinner: Despatching the spin on Howard’s ICC rejection
Howard’s ICC rejection could splinter international cricket
For a long time racial divide formed the dark core of the cricket world. Now the rejection of John Howard’s bid to be vice-president of the ICC threatens to bring old prejudices back to the fore, says Sambit Bal.
Howard, the diplomat, may prevail as ICC president
The appointment of John Howard as International Cricket Council president from 2012 is more due to his diplomatic nous and less because of his awful bowling technique.
ICC dances as India fires bullets at its feet
The ICC is dead, writes Francis Leach. Meet the new landlords, the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
How to stop a cricket civil war
Oh, come on fellas. The solution here is one your mothers taught you when you were boys, writes Irfan Yusuf.
Baggy Green envy over Murali’s record
When England batsman Paul Collingwood became Muttiah Muralitharan’s 709th test victim, you could be certain what the next thing that the cricket world would hear, writes Francis Leach.
