A cluster of post-lunch wickets in Wellington suggested WG Grace was wrong when he famously advised against ever bowling first, says Vic Marks, in the Guardian , on the first day's play between England and New Zealand in Wellington.

"By the end of this week South Africa will be the No1 one-day team in world cricket, if all goes according to plan," writes Archie Henderson in the Times , the Johannesburg-based daily.

"I can foresee a train smash happening

"Right from my first tour to Australia in 1991, it has been tough, but fantastic

"Whether it is a wind of change, helping England's team to blow hot rather than cold, or just a 60 miles per hour buster screaming through the Cook Straits, a cricket match in Wellington tends to test a team's aerodynamics as much as their mettle,"

Western Australian batsman Luke Pomersbach was willing to play in the IPL for "free" but he's been signed up by Mohali for $54,000.

"Until Graeme Smith can produce against Australia, some pundits might see him as a flat-track bully who can plunder two double tons against minnows Bangladesh, but when it comes to the finest opposition, is found wanting

"The music is a giveaway," writes David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald

Iqbal Abdulla, the India under-19 left-arm spinner, was entrusted with taking the World Cup from Bangalore to the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai

The final of the Under-19 World Cup some some overt aggression and verbal send-offs between teams that got along the best in the tournament

Chaos broke loose at the Kinrara Oval the moment Siddarth Kaul bowled Bradley Barnes to win India the final by 12 runs

During the interval after the rain ceased and before play began, Wayne Parnell, the South African captain, and the team's media manager stood staring intently at the ground

The Kinrara Oval drains fabulously