When James Franklin dismissed Chris Rogers in Derbyshire’s second innings against Gloucestershire in Cheltenham in the County Championship, the significance of the occasion slipped everybody’s mind, including the bowler's

One can argue that Bangladesh should have whipped West Indies harder in St Vincent and not suffered a top-order wobble in the first innings, but nevertheless, the victory was satisfying, writes Bishwajit Roy in the Daily Star .

If England are really set on learning from history, of course, they don't need to look quite as far back as 90 years

Mike Haysman, who's off to commentate on the Sri Lanka-Pakistan series, is excited about the prospect of watching two teams who rely on instincts and sometimes throw the coaching manual into the sea

In an interview to Sharda Ugra of India Today , the ICC president David Morgan talks about various issues regarding the future of cricket - the primacy of Test cricket in the face of Twenty20, the changes mooted to spice up Tests, the survival of

In the Times , Adam Gilchrist talks about his celebrated habit of 'walking' and its orgins

Fifty-over cricket, which used to be the livewire teenager to the conservative parents, aka Tests

The former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson is currently in England as a commentator for BBC and Saj Sadiq of PakPassion.net caught up with him for a chat on his coaching stint and two cents on the more colourful characters in the side

In the Times , Simon Wilde makes a strong case for either India or South Africa to lift the World Twenty20, but his heart goes out to a team which needs the trophy more than the rest - Pakistan

England's over-dependence on Kevin Pietersen is looking really unhealthy and the inconsistency is glaring

In the Times , Michael Atherton wonders if he is alone in thinking that there is something deeply ambivalent about cricket's - sport's - attitude to alcohol

In the Guardian , Mike Selvey delivers a history lesson on the origin of the Ashes.

In the Hindu , Makarand Waingankar writes that a delightful outcome of effective strategy management in the T20 format is the emergence and handling of spinners

In taking the World Cup away from Pakistan, the ICC suggests that terrorism is limited to Pakistan, which is untrue because incidents show that risks are prevalent to varying degrees in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh

In the Observer , Will Buckley goes behind the scenes at the MCC at Lord's on the opening day of the World Twenty20.

In the space of about 12 hours late this week, Shane Bond's international career took a substantial step towards revival, while Andrew Symonds' was placed in the round filing bin

As the ECB tries to shake up the sagging sales of Twenty20 tickets in the country, the next year's P20 remains as ill thought-out as a reverse-sweep off Joel Garner, writes Lawrence Booth in his column Spin , for the Guardian

Anil Kumble's forlorn walk back to the pavilion was in contrast to the scenes after bowling his counterpart Adam Gilchrist in the first over of the game

The IPL has seen an excess of everything and it's no wonder that many South Africans haven't taken to it