Following his outburst on being unfairly scrutinised, Sourav Ganguly may have drawn a lot of pressure on to himself at the start of the Tests against Australia, but the pressure is unlikely to affect him much, writes Harsha Bhogle

Quite often in his career, Sourav Ganguly has been seen as the scapegoat in India's failures and the latest instance was the forgettable Test series in Sri Lanka

It's sometimes easy to forget that Marcus Trescothick is one of the leading run-scorers in the County Championship, despite him being in the news for his off-field troubles

An average of 12.28 in India doesn't do justice to Ricky Ponting's ability as a batsman

The Barbados-based Nation praises Shivnarine Chanderpaul for being named the ICC Player of the Year.

Come summer 2009 and England will have their best chance of reclaiming the Ashes when a jaded bunch of Australians land in the country, writes Scyld Berry in the Sunday Telegraph

In his column for the Hindu , Makarand Waingankar questions the Maharashtra Cricket Association's move to draft in two foreign players, who are not even regulars for their respective countries, at the expense of local players who are bound to get

In his column for cricketnirvana.com , South Africa's coach Mickey Arthur gushes at India's success in the one-dayers in Sri Lanka and believes the strategy of having separate Test and ODI squads has put them on the right track to the 2011 World Cup

No sooner had Mushtaq Ahmed announced his retirement from English cricket last week than the tributes poured like vintage hock

In Part 2 of Ehsan Mani's observations on Pakistan cricket in Dawn , he talks about the security situation in Pakistan and feels the PCB should have anticipated a mass pull-out from the Champions Trophy and swapped the tournament for the 2010 or

Reviewing India's tour of Sri Lanka, Ayaz Memon feels that despite India's spirited comeback in the one-dayers, there were more questions raised than answered as the tour progressed

Sport in the West Indies has been given a whole new identity thanks to the spectacular performances of Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Richard Thompson and line of athletes from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago who brought home medals from Beijing

The Trent Bridge mauling yesterday is a reflection of Kevin Pietersen's ability to transform his players, writes David Hopps in the Guardian

Hashim Amla, now firmly established in South Africa's Test top order, tells Richard Sydenham how religion has helped him focus on his career

The spirited performances of Zaheer Khan in India's series defeat went largely unnoticed, when the brickbats were out following the failure of the Fab Four

In the Guardian , former captains Kim Hughes and Bob Willis debate whether Kevin Pietersen is the right man to help England regain the Ashes after their 5-0 humiliation in Australia

Nasser Hussain catches up with the man who not only got rid of him (in 2003), but also Michael Vaughan

Rahul Dravid went past Sunil Gavaskar's once world-record aggregate of 10,122 runs, though there was barely a mention of it with all the attention on Sachin Tendulkar eclipsing Brian Lara's tally