The world's oldest surviving first-class cricketer, Cyril Perkins, is still smiling at the age of 100, says Simon Briggs, writing in the Daily Telegraph .

This week has not been sports administration's finest hours, says Dileep Premachandran, writing in the National

In May, Adam Parore conquered Mount Everest

David Lloyd, writing in the Daily Mail , on Ajantha Mendis' variations, Jonathan Trott's unending innings, the incentive for left-arm spinners to make a comeback this summer and more.

West Indian cricket is not helped by the fact that Caribbean pitches recently tend to be skewed in favour of the visitors' skills, says Alan Harris, writing in the Barbados Advocate .

With the World Cup out of the way, India's selectors are likely to shift from a result-oriented approach to longer-term planning for their team's future, says Karthik Krishnaswamy, writing in the Indian Express

Mahela Jayawardene talks to the Guardian 's Donald McRae about the terrorist attacks on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore in 2009, the tragedy of his brother's brain tumour and, among other things, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Bharat Sundaresan, writing in the Indian Express , says that with the batting form Virat Kohli has been in over the last 12 months, he must be in a good frame of mind

Steve James, writing in the Daily Telegraph , reviews Not in My Day, Sir , a compilation of cricket letters the newspaper has received over the years

Louth CC beat Market Deeping CC by 72 runs on the back of steely century by Arran Brindle

It's important to look at what sort of coach South Africa need, rather than simply who the best coach on offer is, says Tristan Holme, writing in Cricket 365

The ills of today's crass capitalism are far better than the gloomy days of cricket's past, says Ahmed Rizvi, writing in the National .

Kepler Wessels, writing in Super Sport , says the appointment of South Africa's next coach comes at an important time for their cricket, and evaluates the four options on the cards.

Duncan Fletcher has the advantage of his predecessor's tenures to guide him as he takes on the role of India's coach, says David Norton, writing in the Sport Collective

Richard Lord, writing in the Wall Street Journal , tells us why older players have become a such an important feature of the IPL.

Senior players have highlighted the demise of the Sheffield Shield as the root of Australian cricket's tumble from the top says Malcolm Conn, writing in the Daily Telegraph .

Cricket Espana, in collaboration with the MCC and the ICC, is all set to host a national cricket festival on May 15

Steve James, writing in the Daily Telegraph , relives the - rather hilarious - experience of having the ball come crashing through the window of the room where he was commentating during a Glamorgan game in Taunton.

By Andre Leslie

The web has wrought all kinds of innovations in cricket-writing, says Andy Bull, writing in the Guardian