Shane Warne’s routine of dishing out nicknames to his Rajasthan Royals team-mates continues with Ashok Menaria being christened ‘Doxy’

Tishani Doshi reviews Shehan Karunatilaka's book, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew , in the Observer

Scyld Berry, writing in the Daily Telegraph , tells us about Siegfried Sassoon - the soldier and the cricketer.

The IPL is fast turning into a Frankenstein, says Suresh Menon, writing in DNA

Ever thought we’d use John Wright and rock music in the same sentence

It takes a true connoisseur of the game to appreciate the medium-pace bowler, says Harry Pearson, writing in the Guardian .

Differences in language, culture and religion make India a hard team to manage, says Makarand Waingankar, writing in the Hindu

Barney Gibson - who broke a 144-year-old record on Wednesday to become England’s youngest first-class cricketer - on getting a call up for Yorkshire's first team and sitting down to homework after dinner

Wouldn't it have been a help to West Indies' youngsters to have Ramnaresh Sarwan or Shivnarine Chanderpaul meeting them at the crease at some stage to rotate the strike, to deal with Saeed Ajmal and to take some of the pressure off them during the

With there being no such thing as a cricket season - unless you’re referring to the period between January 1 and December 31 - cricket is being robbed of it's meaning says Shehan Karunatilaka, writing in Outlook India .

Sandeep Dwivedi, writing in the Indian Express , says Lasith Malinga has merely chosen a format of the game that suits his frail physical condition

With Daniel Vettori saying the day when a left-arm spinner will bowl the doosra is not far, S Dinakar, writing in the Hindu , examines the implications of such an innovation.

Harbhajan Singh is a great, while he's just stepping on to cricket's ladder, R Ashwin tells Sanjjeev K Samyal in an interview in the Hindustan Times

India's tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, writing in DNA , says despite being fully aware of the fact that athletes cannot perform daily, he selfishly expects Sachin Tendulkar to score every time he bats for India

No, Shane Warne has not had a facelift

Martin Chandler, writing in Cricket Web , reviews the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2011 .

The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, has an unusual new exhibit lined-up

Usain Bolt's younger brother, Sadiki, opens up about his Olympic-champion sibling's bowling exploits, his own plans to make it big in cricket and their life in Jamaica

While county cricket has had notable success in feeding the England Test team, maybe it's time to look to the franchise model for limited-overs domestic competitions says Robin Scott-Elliot, writing in the Independent .

TVNZ's Max Bania takes a look at how the Plunket Shield players fared this season, and puts together his 'Team of the Year'.