George Binoy

"Both Gautam and I have a long way to go before becoming the best in the world

In two successive interviews since South Africa won the Test series, the coach Mickey Arthur has played down his team's chances in the one-dayers and clearly set out to douse the flames of high expectation back home, writes Rodney Hartman in

To fault the PCB, as some have done, for not being able to ‘persuade’ foreign sides to tour Pakistan, is grossly unjust

Jeff Thomson questions the accuracy of the speed radar used to measure today's quick bowlers, so how do they compare with him

As the dust settles on a week bizarre even by the standards of English cricket, we must ask ourselves what it is that Kevin Pietersen has done wrong, writes Simon Barnes in the Times .

The selections of two new batsmen (Martin Guptill and Neil Broom) for today's ODI at Eden Park gives an insight into the importance of the modern A tours for the national selectors, writes Adam Parore in the Weekend Herald .

Heroics of legendary allrounder Kapil Dev, who turned 50 this week, inspired childhood dreams in India, writes Dileep Premachandran in the Guardian .

Two months ago the idea of making his New Zealand debut against the West Indies would not have entered Martin Guptill's head, writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald .

The year began with a family feud that threatened to tear apart our tiny community

It would be fair to say that Harold Pinter, the Nobel laureate, who died on Christmas Eve at the age of 78, was rarely happier than when he was playing or watching cricket, writes Michael Henderson in the Telegraph .

It almost slipped by unnoticed as Daniel Vettori took his place among the game's elite allround cricketers, writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald .

AB de Villiers played a crucial role in South Africa's historic run-chase against Australia in Perth, scoring a half-century in the first innings and a nerveless century in the second

Australia lost a Test match they could not have lost, prompting the question - Is this the beginning of the end of the world's number one team (or maybe even the middle portion of the end, after the 0-2 defeat against India)