The future of Australia's captaincy has generated plenty of newspaper copy in an otherwise quiet December, despite the fact Ricky Ponting is nowhere near retirement

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that while on-field progress is being made by black players in South Africa and Zimbabwe, it is in spite of the game's administrators and not because of them.

In the Sunday Age , Chloe Saltau pays tribute to Sachin Tendulkar ahead of what will almost certainly be his last tour of Australia.

Nathan Bracken is not viewed as one of the hard men of cricket but as Will Swanton writes in the Sun-Herald , Bracken's punishing workouts with Troy Waters, the boxing champion, tell a different story.

In the Sydney Morning Herald Alex Brown speaks to the man he believes is taking on the toughest job in world cricket, John Dyson

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald about Australia's search for a slow bowler to match the impressive stocks in other countries, after spin was not so long ago "supposed to be as relevant as letter writing".

It's 75 years since the Bodyline series and the Weekend Australian has reprinted some pieces from the Times looking back on the infamous tour

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sun-Herald that Australia's top cricketers have forgotten their manners in agreeing to play in the Indian Premier League.

The belting Stuart MacGill has taken from the media during the past week has not been helped by MacGill’s own attitude over the years, according to Robert Craddock in the Courier-Mail .

Stuart MacGill's struggles in the Test series against Sri Lanka have put Australia's selectors in a tricky position ahead of such a hectic upcoming Test schedule

Australia might have lost a few of their ageing stars after last summer but as Greg Baum discovers in the Age , some cricketers have a good 50 years left in them by the time they reach their late 30s.

It seems that Shane Warne’s spin has done it again

Creating a Warne-Muralitharan Trophy was a mistake from the start, writes Greg Baum in the Age .

Nobody ever expected an Ashes-like audience for the first Test of Australia’s home summer but the turnout at the Gabba was disappointing regardless, writes Jon Pierik in the Daily Telegraph .

Brett Lee missed this year’s World Cup with an ankle injury but he is guaranteed to star at the next one

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald that naming the trophy in the Australia-Sri Lanka Test series after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan was “a masterstroke”.

In the Sun-Herald , David Sygall speaks to Michael Hussey about his early days as a first-class cricketer – and some of the events that shaped his future.