"A glance at the scoreboard from this week's second Test loss to England would suggest New Zealand's wretched batting performance in the third innings alone decided the outcome," says Adam Parore in the New Zealand Herald

Monica Attard speaks to Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson on ABC Sydney .

The cricketers who won India's first World Cup in 1983 should be lauded not ignored by the BCCI, writes Dileep Premachandran in the Guardian .

"The IPL is not just a competition between cricketers

"On April 26 Dr Nasim Ashraf told the Senate’s Standing Committee on Sports that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had “nothing to hide.” The truth is that it has a lot to hide," writes Masood Hasan in The News

"Sumit Khatri is only a fringe-local featuring on the Rajasthan Royals’ extended roster of 25 and the only chinaman bowler in the IPL," writes Shivani Naik in the Indian Express

"One of the reasons why the Indians run foul with authorities is because there is very little sledging in first-class cricket in India," writes Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the Hindustan Times

After the featherbed in Chennai and the lively pitch in Ahmedabad, on which India were shot out for 76 in the first session, the Kanpur wicket will undoubtedly be under scrutiny ahead of the third Test between India and South Africa

It was exactly ten years ago that Harbhajan Singh made his Test debut against Australia in Bangalore

"The ICC said that all the countries have to do is not issue a "no objections certificate" to any player they do not want to lose and based on its [the IPL] promise, the IPL will not employ them

"Much has been made of us not playing a warm-up match before the series

"A lot was expected when the present set up of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) took over eight months ago with a promise of a better future for the country's number one sport," writes Bishwajit Roy in the Daily Star

"It’s been quite amazing how India have shaped up under [Anil] Kumble, a man many believed would be a stopgap measure till [Mahendra Singh ]Dhoni was handed over the reins of the Test captaincy too, more sooner than later, writes Kadambari Murali in

Harsha Bhogle writes in the Indian Express about his concern for the future of Indian spin after Anil Kumble, and whether the hype and glamour of the celebrities associated with the IPL will detract from the cricket.