Sachin Tendulkar is perfectly entitled to want to continue playing but the final decision should not be his, says Dileep Premachandran, in the National .

England should remember that it is best not to rile Graeme Smith, Steve James points out in the Daily Telegraph .

Amid the talk about bringing Test cricket back to Auckland with a stadium at Victoria Park, an article in the New Zealand Herald discusses the possibility of developing a Test venue at Tank Farm.

Ahmed Rizvi, in the National , says giving Kane Williamson a longer run as New Zealand captain might be worthwhile.

One minute, 54 seconds. That's how long it took for Jesse Ryder to knockout sports-radio host Mark Watson in their much-anticipated boxing match

ESPNcricinfo editor Sambit Bal on why cricket - the Test format, in particular - is the best sport of all, in More Intelligent Life .

Fawad Ahmed, a legspinner from Pakistan who is grabbing attention at the MCG nets, talks to the Australian Age 's Chloe Saltau about being threatened by religious extremists back home for playing the sport.

Shane Warne, in the Daily Telegraph , says England's over-confidence is bordering on arrogance at the moment and Australia could well win the one-day series.

Sports aerodynamics consultant and NASA scientist Rabindra Mehta on how weather conditions affect the ball’s aerodynamics, in the Dawn .

Ian Bell has proven beyond doubt - and rather quickly - that he is a natural successor to Kevin Pietersen in England's one-day line-up, says Steve James, in the Sunday Telegraph .

In light of Kevin Pietersen's retirement from limited-overs cricket, Stephen Brenkley, writing in the Independent , says one-day cricket is still the preferred format for the investors but may well die out if the players withdraw their support and

The Indian Express ' Bharat Sundaresan and Devendra Pandey tell the story of three boys in their early teens who have been setting records in Mumbai

The Hindu 's G Viswanath says the Duleep Trophy could be made more relevant if it featured young India hopefuls

Max Bania, writing for TVNZ , says if it's true that plans are afoot for a 10,000-capacity purpose-built stadium at Victoria Park, it would be a huge boost not just for Auckland, but for the health of Test cricket in New Zealand.

Mike Selvey, in the Guardian 's blog, on why Pakistan could do with a players' representative

Lahiru Thirimanne talks to Island Cricket about how the influx of limited-over cricket has hindered his Test preparations, the 'Mankad' incident in Australia and more.

An editorial in the Jamaica Observer on the effect of commercialisation on the game.

The Declaration Game blog compares the decision to rest James Anderson to the decision to rest Harold Larwood three-quarters of a century ago.

Time to be honest about the place Test cricket occupies in today's scenario, says Dileep Premachandran, in Wisden India .

By Martin Jones, UK