Jamie Alter

The Times' Mike Atherton looks at England's crucial match against India at Lord's and says Kevin Pietersen has been a bellwether for their fortunes in the ICC World Twenty20

Martin Kelner, in his Guardian blog, says he always feels bereft when the football season ends

The mavericks of Sri Lanka are putting a unique stamp on Twenty20 with their endless capacity for reinvention, writes John Stern in the Sunday Times

India may have faltered against the West Indies, but Yuvraj Singh poses a grave threat to England's World Twenty20 hopes, says Steve James in the Daily Telegraph

Australia have been wounded by their early exit from the ICC World Twenty20, but they are certain to come back fighting in the Ashes, led by the best bowler on the planet: the fast left-armer Mitchell Johnson

The Guardian 's Mike Selvey is of the opinion that Twenty20 has found its place courtesy of phenomenal athleticism and invention

While it appears an embattled Andrew Symonds no longer fits in the evolving environment of the Australian cricket team, Robert Craddock says that when a player's life is spinning out of control, Australian cricket struggles to handle it

In India they’re worried about cheap and heavy bats affecting children’s cricket skills, but over in the UK its soft balls

Graeme Pollock, one of the finest left-hand batsmen the game has ever produced, believes that cricket has become too financial

We’ve heard of streakers, insects and mysterious vandals either holding up play or preventing it entirely, but a pitch invasion by a single person having a substantial effect on the result of a game

Mark Nicholas, a centaur with an excellent tailor and magnificent mane

Former England coach Duncan Fletcher believes the win over West Indies at Lords offers the right perspective to look at areas that England can improve

In his column for Sri Lanka's Sunday Times , SR Pathiravithana offers a few of the pros and cons that modern Sri Lankan feeder points face

The Dawn 's Humair Ishtiaq looks at Pakistan's series against Australia in the UAE and says the lack of fight was surprising

Twenty20 is still an infant, yet there's enough evidence to say that in this format, only uncertainty is a constant says Rohit Mahajan in this week's Outlook magazine

Graeme Swann's impressive performance in the first Test against West Indies has got the Daily Telegraph's Steve James thinking the offspinner may give Australia a bit of trouble

Paul Hayward in his Observer blog fears that Test Match Special could be threatened by Radio 5

Ever wondered if Michael Hussey had a crush on one of the brat pack while in school

The rural community remodeled as the fictional village Champaner in the 2001 Academy Award-nominated Hindi film Lagaan is set to actually host a cricket tournament