Robert Craddock writes in The Courier-Mail about Shoaib Akhtar following his positive drugs test .

"Fears that the World Cup in the West Indies next autumn will be a debacle have been laid to rest ", writes Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald .

Nathan Bracken is in India with the Champions Trophy squad, but he hasn’t forgotten his mother-in-law, who he says has premonitions about his performances

Damien Martyn gives a rare glimpse into his personal life in a story by The Courier-Mail ’s Ben Dorries.

Kim Hughes, the former Australia captain, believes Shane Warne is “living in a fool’s world” if he thinks he should have led his country

Peter Roebuck writes in the Sydney Morning Herald the plans of a terror attack during the last series were not a surprise .

The terrorist threat to gas players during last year’s Ashes series is front page news today in The Australian

Ben Dorries attempts a look at the lives of Lara, Tendulkar and Ponting in The Courier-Mail .

Richard Hadlee was the favourite target of Australian supporters in the 1980s and he tells Robert Craddock, of The Courier-Mail , Monty Panesar has done the right thing by seeing a psychologist to deal with potential problems

Chloe Saltau reports in The Age how a Victorian country association has resorted to expensive measures to save their turf competition .

Umpires are in the news again today, starting with Darrell Hair’s belief he will stand in the Champions Trophy

Shane Warne yesterday told Cricinfo England could be the best team in the world , but today in The Age he mocks their progress .

Jon Pierik writes in The Courier-Mail about Angus Fraser’s warning to Andrew Flintoff ahead of the Ashes .

Robert Craddock writes in The Courier-Mail about Cricket Australia’s “Go off in green and gold” plan for the Ashes.

Malcolm Conn writes in The Australian how Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, has "burnt Darrell Hair at the stake" .

Barry Jarman, the former match referee, says he confiscated a ball from the South African team, which was being coached by Bob Woolmer , when it was only 16 overs old because the seam had been lifted