Including Abdul Razzaq in Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad and then confining him to the dugout underlines the fact that there is something wrong with their planning, says Khalid Hussain in the News .

Makarand Waingankar, in the Times of India , on VS 'Marshall' Patil, the man who made his Ranji debut in February 1957 and was lethal with old balls - bowling his in and leg cutters - at a time when the quality of balls was very poor.

Warwickshire wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose talks to the Daily Telegraph 's Steve James about his long battle against depression.

From timeless Tests to Twenty20, cricket has been increasingly compressed as a sport

Steve James, in the Daily Telegraph , says it may just be, amid the assorted calamities, that England have achieved their primary aim this summer: improving in one-day cricket.

The Hindustan Times ' Nilankur Das has a look at the financial numbers behind the IPL, and how that translates into trouble for the league.

Aditya Iyer, in the Indian Express , says New Zealand's young quicks are exciting prospects for world cricket and there were plenty of moments in the Bangalore Test that these pacers went uncredited for.

Alec Stewart, in BBC Sport , picks his candidates for the role of England Test opener, in place of Andrew Strauss.

Former West Indies quick Colin Croft says, in an article in Nation News , South Africa getting to the top of world cricket is a massive achievement, given that they returned to the international fold but 20 years ago

On the evidence of Kevin Pietersen's reaction after getting to his century in the Championship match in Taunton , he has a soft spot for county cricket, says Tanya Aldred in the Daily Telegraph

Former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis on being handpicked by Imran Khan for a national camp, how he perfected the reverse-swinging yorker, and winning a Test alongside Wasim Akram with the bat

New Zealand have not had the best of times on the cricket field off late and actor Ryan O'Kane has taken a break from perfecting Jeff Thomson's action to offer his services to the national side

Ian Bishop, on the Cricket Couch , talks about starting out as an opening batsman, a being timid kid, the mental attributes needed to be a quick, and how tough it was for him to quit cricket early.

England had a couple of selectorial dilemmas before this Test

With VVS Laxman’s exit, one of Indian cricket’s most glorious chapters of aesthetic batting has shut, says Vijay Lokapally in the Hindu .

South Africa’s Jacques Kallis is the most dependable cricketer on the planet, says Scyld Berry in the Daily Telegraph , and he has still got some cricket left in him.

Chris Gayle is is back and looking good at the highest level, says Richard Lord in the Wall Street Journal , and politics shouldn't ever again be allowed to cause players with his amount of box-office appeal to be adrift in the international

Hafiz Marikar, in Sri Lanka's Nation , on former Sri Lankan first-class cricketer and administrator Abu Fuard, who died in July.

So you've heard of dogs stopping play and interruptions caused by streakers and missing bails

Dave Barry, in the Miami Herald , has a tongue-in-cheek American view on cricket, and the archery Olympic event at Lord's.