The IPL is back, with bamboozling tactics aplenty and a debilitating lack of Steve Smith.
Now that the nonsense of Test cricket is out of the way for a while (five days for no result? What a waste of time), it’s time for the glorious return of the IPL. We run the rule over this year’s tournament.
A look back over the T20s.
Where are all the county cricketers this winter?
Back in the pre-51allout age, everyone hated Luke Wright. From the moment we formed and began singing his praises, his stock has gone from strength to strength. Coincidence?
The recent IPL auction was utterly ridiculous and nothing exemplified that more than the conduct of the Pune Warriors, who threw money at rubbish they didn’t even need. Was there method in their madness? No, probably not.
In a rare moment of clarity, the shadowy figure who organises cricket tours like a master puppeteer has managed to schedule this one the right way around. A T20 series gets England’s visit to New Zealand under way. And boy are we excited.
After nine months of tension and excitement, IPL 6 began limbering up for action last weekend with its traditional annual demonstration of unseemly excess.
And that’s why we love it so very, very, much. Put your morals and prejudices aside and prepare to wallow in the glorious filth that is the 2013 IPL Auction.