George Binoy

I am faced with a dilemma, caught in a struggle, on the one side of which lies my "responsibility" to the nation and the other to cricket and its followers, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times .

In the Sunday Times , Simon Wilde revisits England's tour of India in 1981-82 when Geoffrey Boycott broke the world batting record but left his England team-mates underwhelmed.

In seven months' time the next Ashes series begins and, in the context of a rivalry over 120 years old, a lot more than $20 million will be at stake

A satirical show about Shane Warne's life proves he can draw a crowd anywhere, even if it left Australians uncomfortably aware of the void he has left on the field, writes Gideon Haigh in the Guardian .

It was at Lord's more than 12 years ago that Rahul Dravid took the first tentative steps of an epic journey that has encompassed more than 10,000 Test runs and 25 centuries

Business is dwindling across the world, and in hard times, industry duly moves away from play, to focus on the core business, writes Rohit Mahajan in Outlook .

The cult of feedback and questionnaires is killing sporting instinct and individualism and in danger of dragging outstanding young players into the pack of mediocrity, writes Ed Smith in the Telegraph .

Adil Rashid's peculiar presence in the England team's travel arrangements to India is an innovative new measure by the ECB, writes Barney Ronay in the Guardian .

Tony Munro

Viswanathan Anand, who recently retained the World Chess Championship after beating Russia's Vladimir Kramnik, was felicitated by Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his achievement in Chennai

It's almost 20 years since a student team containing Mike Atherton, Nasser Hussain and, er, Treherne Parker made history — and struggled to get into nightclubs, writes Rob Smyth in the Guardian .