Tony Munro

Life has come a full circle barely few months into international cricket for Australian opener Phillip Hughes

Sportsmen can serve up an infinite number of excuses to skip a match, or a scheduled meeting with the media

Jonathan Trott's a well-travelled man

So what's Phillip Hughes doing in Nagpur all of a sudden

In the New Zealand Herald , David Leggat analyses the implications of elevating Andy Moles and Daniel Vettori to the selection panel, a move which has raised eyebrows

New Zealand's legendary allrounder has released his third book, Changing Pace , which focuses more on his post-retirement days, his dad, knighthood, health problems and life as a selector for eight years

Some people would rather watch paint dry than five days of a Test match

Chaminda Vaas may well be seen as one of the great under-rewarded players in cricket history, because he was so innocuous, writes Richard Dickinson in Cricket Web

Never again let it be said that the BCCI doesn’t have a heart

Australia or the weather will have to do an awful lot wrong for them not to win and level the series, putting the pressure back on England to win the last Test at the Oval to reclaim the Ashes, writes Malcolm Conn in Australia's Daily Telegraph .

Yuvraj Singh's plea to treat cricketers differently in the WADA whereabouts clause has evoked mixed reactions

Cricket may be relatively drug free, compared to baseball, but the fact that the ICC has been conscious of snuffing out the illegal elements in the game is laudatory

Phillip Hughes and Chris Gayle may have set a precedent for international cricketers to stay directly in touch with fans through Twitter

So what's the fuss all about

James Anderson's stubborn displays with the bat are not just helping England's cause but also helping him grow in confidence as a bowler, and it has also taken him one step beyond understanding a batter's mind, writes Duncan Fletcher in the

Get set for a new-look Tamil Nadu team this domestic season

England's most memorable success of the last four years, in the CB Series of 2006-07, came without Pietersen, and they might be secretly glad that they finally know where they stand, writes Rob Smyth in the Guardian .

In the Times , Michael Atherton writes that Australia actually have more headaches than England