Brendon McCullum is no opening batsman, and his talents will remain further unfulfilled while he continues in the role, writes Chris Rattue in the New Zealand Herald .

Looking ahead to New Zealand's Test series in Australia, Glenn Turner, writing for Fairfax Media , says: "It is fair to say, though, that the talent gap between New Zealand and Australia is much closer than it has been for many years."

Australia's move for the South African coach Mickey Arthur is an indication of a new realism and humility, writes Vic Marks in the Guardian .

In the Sydney Morning Herald , Greg Baum recounts Australia's dramatic chase at the Wanderers.

From the slow decline of Test matches to Pakistan's spot-fixing scandal, England's head coach Andy Flower tells the Telegraph's Robin Scott-Elliot that it's time to put cricket first and money second.

"It's time - and it has caught up with Ricky Ponting," Malcolm Conn writes in the Herald Sun , a day after Australia were razed by South Africa at Newlands.

"Until recently, I've not known what to make of Misbah-ul-Haq," writes Osman Samiuddin in the National

In the Age , Greg Baum writes, "Ricky Ponting is perched on that precipitous threshold between a brilliant and complete career and one season too many

In the Sydney Morning Herald , Peter Roebuck writes: "Never forget that at the time of his criminal activities Salman Butt was captaining his country

"Three cricketers have been pursued for corruption

"It is always harder to play away from home but England have to lose their short-sighted vision of playing on green wickets in this country," writes Michael Vaughan in the Daily Telegraph .

England head into the final one-day international against India in Kolkata desperate to avoid an embarrassing 5-0 whitewash

The true story of Pakistan's fast bowling cannot be traced just through the big names, the Fazal Mahmoods, Imran Khans, Wasim Akrams and Waqar Younises

In Mid-Day , Clayton Murzello tells the story of India domestic cricket star Ramesh Saxena and the challenging times which led to his death.

Martin Crowe, 49, is going to make a comeback

Shouldn't the board secretary sacrifice the interests of his IPL team for the larger interest of Indian cricket, asks Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times .

Ever wondered what a fielder sees when he settles under a skier, or when the ball comes rocketing at him from a powerful shot

The recommendations of Don Argus' review were far reaching and will shake up the cricket structure in Australia

"Poor Fletcher: he had to hit the ground running, but the landing’s scorched his feet," writes Vijay Parthasarathy on First Post

On evidence of his performance on the first day of the Oval Test, RP Singh's selection was a disaster and painted "the perfect picture of all that has gone wrong for India on this tour," writes Sandeep Dwivedi in the Indian Express .