George Binoy

Graeme Smith wishes he could quit, but he can't

It's just not what

The immediacy of Arthur’s resignation – it had not yet come from the horse’s mouth as this was penned – caught me off-guard, as it would have most

England’s grizzles about the umpire Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) are wide of the mark

While Pakistan were busy making a meal of the Test series in Australia, in the same country Shahid Afridi has been dining out royally — on both the cricket and local hospitality, writes Jenny Roesler in the Dawn .

The first time Ricky Ponting took a break from the Australia captaincy he was publicly censured by Steve Waugh, his predecessor

The decision review system needs fine-tuning to quell the controversy over umpires' poor calls, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

The ball-tampering allegations seemed to have blown over after South Africa did not lodge an official complaint before the deadline, but AB de Villiers has added more fuel to the fire

Tony Munro

At some point very soon, either after this game or once the series is over, Andy Flower needs to sit down with Kevin Pietersen and work out what the future holds, writes Nasser Hussain in the Daily Mail .

After the heroics of the opening two days, the Pakistani hare looked around and suddenly found the Australian tortoise right behind him, writes Dileep Premachandran in the Guardian .

There is no question that Test cricket has some important housekeeping to do

MS Dhoni has a blog

England were not guilty of ball-tampering at Newlands on Tuesday but I do think Stuart Broad was foolish to step on the ball, an act which led to suspicion here, writes Nasser Hussain in the Daily Mail .

I would rather be in Andrew Strauss's position than Smith's at the close of the first day

We have been here somewhere before

Whatever their transgressions on the field, invariably it is their opponents who end up paying a price

From Centurion to Perth, there was plenty to savour as the long version of the game produced some thoroughly absorbing play, writes Christopher Martin-Jenkins in the Times .

David Gower, writing in the Sunday Times , says the revised Umpire Decision Review System is superior to the old one but it still leads to debate.

"Stuart Broad is a fine cricketer, and I always said he was one of the best thinking bowlers I have had the pleasure of captaining