Vic Marks, writing in the Guardian , questions how Alastair Cook's side could deflate so quickly after their undefeated summer against India, and looks at technical handicaps that seem to be plaguing the visitors.

After witnessing a presentation on cricket at the Independence Day awards at the University of the West Indies, Fazeer Mohammed says in the Trinidad Express , more than taking trips down memory lane, we must find a way to teach children at such

Chetan Narula, writing for Firstpost.com , says an iota of rest should not be under-rated, as MS Dhoni showed in the first ODI against England in Hyderabad.

Alan Tyers, writing in the Daily Telegraph , has a tongue-in-cheek look at the ICC's executive boards' recent decisions.

The India-England limited-overs series will not be employing Hot Spot, so the technology’s suppliers have found a different sporting event to pack their cameras off to: Baseball's World Series, due to begin on October 19

After a winless, demoralising tour of England, India’s cricketers might need a little reminding that they lifted a World Cup only a few months ago, right

Aakash Chopra, writing in the Hindustan Times , says it's ironic that the bowler who claimed match-winning figures in the World Cup semi-final hasn’t played a single international match since.

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Venkat Ananth, writing for Yahoo Cricket , tries to make sense of the BCCI's mysterious expenditure on three specialised academies, and concludes it's a difficult task

Courtney Walsh talks to the Indian Express' Aditya Iyer about fast bowling and the possibility of West Indies being a powerhouse of the game once more.

Tiger Pataudi's nephew Saad Bin Jung on his recollections of his uncle, in Deccan Chronicle

You’ve probably heard several cricketers gushing about being on the Honours Boards at Lord’s and heard all about the heaps of tradition behind the ground

Dileep Premachandran, writing in the National , says having an idea is one thing, executing it properly quite another.

These are dark, barren times for fast bowling, says Osman Samiuddin, writing in the National .

The BCCI has been coddled with many privileges, and no accountability, says Rohit Mahajan in Outlook India , and the RTI Act might change that.

As the Indian domestic season kicks off with the Irani Cup in Jaipur, Deepak Narayanan, writing in the Mumbai Mirror , says the BCCI – obsessed as it is by its new and glitzy money spinning leagues – needs to decide what purpose tournaments such

Pritish Nandy, writing in the Mumbai Mirror , says, as brilliant as Sachin Tendulkar is, he doesn't deserve a Bharat Ratna

The Independent 's Brian Viner caught up with Makhaya Ntini and Glenn McGrath at the Archbishop Tenison's School in Canterbury, while Andy Roberts and other fast-bowling greats had a bit of a bowl against the pupils

The Australia batting order presented in Colombo, with Shaun Marsh displacing Ricky Ponting at No

The Guardian's Andy Wilson on Lancashire's long-awaited triumph in the county Championship.