Peter English

Jon Pierik writes in the Herald Sun cricket is ready to fight off soccer’s push to become Australia's most popular sport in the next 100 years.

He’s been the ‘Sheik of Tweak’ and ‘Hollywood’ for years, but now Shane Warne is the ‘IPL King’, according to the Australian’s Bruce Loudon

The Courier Mail’s Paul Starick says Andrew Symonds, the IPL’s A$1.5m man, is being humiliated

The use of a pink ball at Lord’s has given Cricket Australia hope of finding a suitable object for day-night Tests

Alex Brown, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , says the ICC is not listening to the players, the national administrators or those who seek to profit from cricket.

Shane Warne says in his Herald Sun column the Indian Premier League is here to stay – and his only concern is “the ridiculous new sledging law”.

The Melbourne club Northcote is hoping to attract Tatenda Taibu for next summer, Chloe Saltau reports in the Sunday Age .

Mark Richardson, writing in the Herald on Sunday , says the dumping of Matthew Bell and Mathew Sinclair from the England tour shows runs at domestic level are not enough to earn Test selection.

Jamie Pandaram, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald , looks at how New South Wales’ talent scouts have found players such as Brett Lee, Michael Clarke and Phillip Hughes

Fewer than 1000 people play cricket in the Big Apple even though it hosted the national championships in 2006, reports Timothy Williams in the New York Times

Richie Benaud will be one of the first inductees into New South Wales’ Hall of Fame, but he tells the Daily Telegraph he would be 12th man if the dozen selected ever played in the same team

Simon Katich’s incredible season, which includes a record 1506 Pura Cup runs at 94.12, continues as he pushes to match some of Don Bradman’s records in the Sydney grade competition

It's headache time for New Zealand's selectors as they look for batsmen who will prosper in England next month, David Leggat writes in the New Zealand Herald

Greg Baum, writing in the Age , says the ICC might as well legislate to get rid of bad breath and smelly armpits if it wants to cut sledging from the game.

Christian Nicolussi, writing in the Daily Telegraph , looks at the relevance of the domestic game after small crowds have watched a star-studded New South Wales dominate the Pura Cup final against Victoria.